Rome Review

Who were Romulus and Remus?

• Brothers who founded Constantinople

• Brothers who founded Rome

• Cousins who founded Constantinople

• Cousins who founded Rome

What tribe held power over the area of Rome before the republic?

• Romulan

• Estruscan

• REmusian

• Mycenaean

What two groups of people existed in the Roman Republic?

• Patrician and Plebeians

• Latins and Etrustcans

• Patricians and Romans

• Greeks and Romans

Who were the top 10% of the population that were very wealthy

• Plebeians

• Emperors

• Patricians

• Slaves

These people were the laborers, artisans, and shopkeepers

• Plebeians

• Emperors

• Patricians

• Slaves

The plebeians loved Julius Caesar because he helped create jobs, increased pay, gave land.

• true

• false

Why weren't Generals allowed to cross the Rubicon River with their army?

• it was too deep

• it was considered treason

• they would be shot

• there was no bridge

Caesar returning to Rome and naming himself "dictator for life" marked

• the end of the empire

• the end of the republic

• the start of the republic

• the start of the empire

Who was the first emperor? (marking the start of the Roman Empire)

• Julius Caesar

• Diocletian

• Augustus

• Constantine

What emperor was considered insane and possibly burned down the city of Rome and danced while it burned?

• Trajan

• Augustus

• Nero

• Hadrian