Life Roman Empire

Prosperity implies

• the empire is doing well

• the empire is doing horribly

• the empire is still a republic

• the empire is not a republic

Pax Roman means

Augustus built an army of

• 6000 men

• 150,000 men

• 60,000 men

• 150,000 men and women

The Praetorian Guard was in charge of

• guarding the emperor

• guarding the senate

• guarding the plebians

• guarding the nation

Augustus Caesar boasted that he found Rome "a city of brick" and "left it a city of _______"

Augustus

• reformed (made better) the tax system

• renewed (made again) the republic

• made a proconsul for each province

• reformed (made better) laws for non-citizens

Cruel Julio-Claudian emperors were:

• Caligula

• Claudius

• Tiberius

• Nero

Titus destroyed Jerusalem's temple in

Hadrian built Hadrian's wall in Britain

• because the British were too fierce

• He wanted to keep illegal workers out

• He realised the empire had grown too large

Check the two main languages spoken in the Roman empire

• Latin in West

• Greek in East

• English in West

• French in East