The Roman Empire and Early Christianity

The term ____ refers to the idea in Roman society that males should be dominant because females were too weak.

• patriarch

• patrrilineal

• paterfamilias

• matriarch

Judaea became a Roman province under the direction of an official called a ______.

• dictator

• praetor

• procurator

• imperator

Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a powerful governmental coalition called a ________.

• consul

• triumvirate

• republic

• Insulae

A form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote is called a ____.

• monarchy

• monarchy

• empire

• republic

What is the Law of Nations primarily based on?

• Sacrifice

• Civil law

• Reason

• Democracy

Who influenced the way Rome organized its army?

• Sicilians

• Greeks

• Latins

• Etruscans

Who became the first Roman Emperor known as Augustus?

• Crassus

• Julius Caesar

• Anthony

• Octavian

What was one lasting contribution of the Roman Empire?

• The idea of the Triumvirate

• The Christian church

• The gladiatorial shows

• Its system of law

Who wrote The Early History of Rome?

• Virgil

• Horace

• Livy

• Plato

What culture influenced Roman art and architecture?

• American

• Etruscan

• Egyptian

• Greek