Ancient Rome and Origin of Christianity

Originally, the Roman republic was governed by _______.

• two tribunal consuls

• a senate consisting of 300 patricians

• two patrician dictators

• a senate consisting of 300 plesbians

Which phrase best completes the chart?

• ruled over Patricians

• could veto laws

• served as dictators

• were not citizens

Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, were said to be the sons of a Latin woman and the god _______.

• Zeus

• Jupiter

• Poseidon

• Mars

Ancient Italy was easier to unify than Greece mostly due to _______.

• the existence of a common language

• a shared religion

• geographic advantages

• the peninsula's variety of climate

The architectural structure shown here was adapted _______.

• by the Latins from the Romans

• by the Romans from the Latins

• by the Etruscans from the Romans

• by the Romans from the Etruscans

The two groups of people Cicero refers to in the quotation are _______.

"For, you see, the death of Tiberius Gracchus and indeed earlier the whole conduct of his tribunate divided one people into two parts." —Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher

• slaves and slaveowners

• the young and the elderly

• men and women

• the wealthy and the poor

As the Roman republic declined, agricultural labor of the sort depicted here provided the most direct economic advantage to_______.

• mercenaries

• small farmers

• owners of latifundia

• plebeians

With these words, Julius Caesar boasted of _______.

"Veni, vidi, vici"

• victorious suppression of revolts around the Mediterranean

• forcing the Roman senate to name him dictator

• giving jobs and public lands to the poor

The main reason for the decline of the Roman republic was_____________

• Punic Wars

• Caesar's conquest of Gaul

• the growing gap between the rich and the poor

What did the poet Horace mean by these words?

"Greece has conquered her rude conqueror."

• Although Rome ruled Greece, Greece controlled the Roman senate.

• Although Greece conquered Rome, Rome conquered Greece culturally.

• Although Greece excelled in cultural achievements, Rome had little respect for Greece.

• Although Rome conquered Greece, Greece conquered Rome culturally.