Romans

Use the map above to indicate the location of Rome.

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• 13

• 6

Roman audiences enjoyed public entertainment

• In the Forum on Capitoline Hill

• In temples and at the Forum

• On the Palatine and Pont du Gard

• In the Colosseum or at Circus Maximus

What was the primary purpose of an aqueduct?

• Allowed people and animals to cross valleys

• Delivered water to cities

• Was designed as a place for gladiators to fight in public

• Used on a battlefield to conquer land

Rome’s 200 years of peace was called the _____.

• Age of Augustus

• Resurrection

• Pax Romana

• Crucifixion

Roman roads were built primarily in order to allow...

• Senators to get to the Senate.

• Rome’s armies to travel through the empire.

• Merchants to travel safely.

• Slaves to travel into the countryside.

This map shows the expansion of the Roman Empire. Which of the following statements is true?

• The Roman Empire started around the city of Rome, and expanded outwardly.

• The Roman Empire started in the West and expanded to the East.

• The Roman Empire began to decline because it had little influence over the areas where it expanded.

• The Roman Empire started on the outskirts of Europe and expanded inwardly towards the city of Rome.

How were Gladiators chosen to fight at the Colosseum?

• Most Gladiators were plebeians

• Patricians would volunteer to fight for glory

• Gladiators were prisoners or slaves

• Roman soldiers who wanted to leave the military early

A government in which there is one supreme ruler, or a small group who rules, is known as ____.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Republic

Who was Rome's first emperor?

• Julius Caesar

• Caesar Augustus

• Romulus

• Remus

Who founded Rome?

• Boudicca

• Romulus

• Remus

• Rhea