Early Romans

The first Romans were a collection of people from different culture groups. Match the details with the correct cultural group.

Groups:

(a) Latins

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(b) Etruscans

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(c) Greeks

• Not united and towns often fought

• First to settle near the Tiber River

• Replaced mud huts with stone houses

• Expert traders, metalworkers and engineers

• Introduced advances in agriculture, architecture, and learning

• Romans modified their alphabet

Romulus and Remus were saved by (a)   and later a (b)   raised them as his own.

• she-wolf

• shepherd

• lion

• slave

• beaver

• merchant

How does Romulus respond to Remus' mocking of his city walls?

• He challenges him to a duel.

• He looks for another omen.

• He kills him in a fit of rage.

• He asks for Remus' advice about what he should do differently.

Who created the Twelve Tables?

• The Patricians

• The Plebeians

• The Etruscans

• Both the Patricians & Plebeians

Why were the Twelve Tables placed in the public?

• It was the only location they would fit.

• So all citizens can read & know the laws.

• They wanted to sell copies of them in the market place.

• They were too heavy to put anywhere else.

What were the first written laws of Ancient Rome called?

• The code of Hammurabi.

• The Bible.

• The Torah.

• The Twelve Tables

1) To what group did the wealthy upper class of Ancient Rome belong?

• Plebeians

• Patricians

How did the plebeians revolt against the patricians in early Rome?

• They left the city

• They refused to work

• They refused to fight in battle

• All of the above

Government type where you vote for the people that represent you

• Oligarchy

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

The common citizen

• Praetor

• Patrician

• Plebeian

• Province