Ancient Rome Trivia

The River system on the Roman peninsula is the:

• Yellow River

• Tiber River

• Nile River

Which popular Roman attraction is pictured?

• Colosseum

• Pantheon

• Circus Maxiums

• Forum

What were the two top officials in the Roman government chosen to serve one year?

• Consuls

• Praetors

• Tribunes

• Senators

What was the code of laws that the Romans created that laid out various rights and privelages?

• Constitution

• 12 Tables

• Roman Law

• Laws of Rome

Who was believed to be the founder of Rome?

• Hammurabi

• Romulus

• Mr. Colon

• Mrs. Walsh

By expanding the empire and reorganizing the military and government to make it safe and strong, Augustus created a new era of peace and prosperity that lasted 200 years called:

• Pax Romana

• Golden Years

• Pax Augustus

• Age of Prosperity

Which leader was betrayed and killed by the Senate because he was trying to establish a dictatorship?

• Augustus Caesar

• Mark Antony

• Julius Caesar

• Lepidus

Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 300 Patrician men was called the

•  Forum

• House of Representatives

• Congress

• Senate

Roman society was divided into two groups: the _____ (common people) and the _____(wealthy and powerful).

• Patricians; Plebeians

• Plebeians; Patricians

• Peasants; Patricians

• Servants; Plebeians

Where was Rome located?

• Italy

• Egypt

• France

• Spain