Rome Pre-Test

This was Rome's most powerful governing body which started with 300 members

• Consuls

• Magistrates

• Senate

• Tribunes

Rome replaced their monarchy with this form of government in which the people elect their leaders

• Aristocracy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Republic

The Romans depended on these to supply them with water

• aqueducts

• canals

• rivers

• wells

This was the period of peace that lasted for over 200 years

• Domus

• Legionary

• Pax Romana

• Triumvirate

Which of the following was the foundation of Roman law?

• Code of Hammurabi

• Magna Carta

• Ten Commandments

• Twelve Tables

A major contribution of the Roman Empire to western culture was the...

• belief that the government should be controlled by the military

• concept of a government by laws

• establishment of better agricultural practices

• rejection of the concept of slavery

All of the following contributed to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire EXCEPT...

• an invasion of Rome by the Visigoths

• incompetent rulers

• the lack of a navy

• the collapse of the Roman economy

He was one of the worst emperors of Rome and was accused of starting a fire that destroyed much of the city

• Julius Caesar

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Nero

The richest, most powerful men in Rome

• gladiators

• patricians

• plebeians

• triumvirate

Farmers and workers who made up the lower class

• gladiators

• patricians

• plebeians

• triumvirate