Rome Vocabulary Practice

Choose the correct name for the building in the image.

b

Vatican

Colosseum

Pantheon

The ​ (a)   Wars were fought between Rome and ​ (b)   ​​

• Punic
• Persian
• Carthage
• Constantinople
• Gallic

Match the following

• Organized group of soldiers

• Veto

• A territory

• Province

• Type of gov. where people elect leaders

• Legion

• Twin brothers; supposedly founded Rome

• Republic

• Prohibit or block a law or action

• Romulus & Remus

One of the most skilled and powerful generals in the history of Rome

• Constantine

• Augustus Caesar

• Julius Caesar

• Mark Antony

Vast empire with territories on parts of three continents

• Persian Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Mongol Empire

• Roman Empire

200-year period of peace and stability within the Roman Empire.

Religion based upon the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

Match the following.

• Single leader with complete control

• Plebians

• Powerful and wealthy nobles

• Patricians

• One of two magistrates with most power

• Magistrate

• Elected officials of Rome's first gov.

• Dictator

• Common People

• Consul

A trained fighter who fought to the death in arenas like the Coliseum

Society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the western Roman Empire fell

• Ottoman Empire

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Macedonian Empire