8-4 The Early Empire

a human-made channel for carrying water long distances

• dam

• basin

• stream

• aqueduct

one of the five "good emperors"

• Caligula

• Hadrian

• Nero

• Tiberius

Roman Peace

• Pax Romana

• Mater Romana

• Rex Romana

• Pater Romana

a system of minted or coined money

• barter

• trade

• credit

• currency

a vicious ruler of Rome who had his mother and two wives killed. He is best remembered for having played a fiddle while Rome burned.

• Nero

• Hadrian

• Caligula

• Vespasian

mental illness caused this emperor to act strangely and treat people cruelly. His own guards eventually killed him

• Nero

• Hadrian

• Caligula

• Vespasian

During Vespasian's reign, construction of a huge amphitheater called the . . . began.

• Circus Maximus

• Pantheon

• Forum

• Colosseum

Which emperor expanded the Roman Empire to its largest size?

• Hadrian

• Nero

• Vespasian

• Trajan

Who said this quote, "I found Rome a city of brick, and I left it a city of marble."

• Vespasian

• Augustus

• Caligula

• Hadrian

Who set the eastern boundaries of the Roman Empire at the Rhine River and the Danube River? He also built a wall across northern Britain to keep out the Picts and the Scots.

• Hadrian

• Vespasian

• Nero

• Caligula