Roman Civilization Quiz

A work that pokes fun at human weaknesses *

• anatomy

• satires

• humorous

• tragedy

The study of body structure *

• anatomy

• psychology

• colonnade

• promenade

The first major Roman road linking Rome to southeastern Italy.

• aqueduct

• colonnade

• Appian Way

• M-1

Gladiator who led a slave rebellion

• Ptolemy

• Augustus

• Septimius

• Spartacus

Roman builders used rows of arches in their buildings to form a curved ceiling, or

• aqueduct

• colonnade

• dome

• vault

A person who fought animals and other people as public amusement

• warrior

• legion

• gladiator

• colonnade

Many Roman cities surrounded a marketplace and public square, also called

• Forum

• Meeting Place

• Public Square

• Town Square

This wife of Augustus influenced Rome’s politics even though women did not have full citizenship rights.

• Aphrodite

• Athena

• Hera

• Livia

While this Roman emperor fought battles away from Rome, his wife, Julia Domna, was in charge of political affairs in Rome.

• Augustus

• Ptolemy

• Septimius

• Zeus

The houses of the wealthy Romans were built around a(n) ________.

• atrium

• colonnade

• promenade

• vault