WorksheetsRoman Republic to Roman Empire
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 28mins
Julius Caesar held which of the following powerful positions of Rome?
consul
dictator
general
senator
Caesar is murdered on March 15, 44 B.C.E. This date was known as the Ides of March and has become a traditional day of bad luck or where everyone should what?
wash their back
watch their back
pay someone back
seek revenge
Caesar's famous line during his murder "et tu Brute?" was probably invented by whom for dramatic effect?
Homer
Virgil
Dr. Seuss
Shakespeare
What reason did the conspirators who assasinated Caesar give for killing him?
Caesar was an evil man.
They wanted to win the civil war.
They wanted to protect and preserve the Roman Republic.
None of the above
According to John Green, the collapse of the Roman Republic was due in part to the abuse of power by these individuals.
Roman Senators
Roman lawmakers
Roman voters
Roman generals
The Roman Republic didn't all of a sudden collapse into the Roman Empire. Click on all of the events below that led to this remarkable change.
Caesar was assassinated throwing Rome into a civil war.
Generals were becoming powerful as they gave land away to their soldiers.
Caesar was named "dictator for life."
Justinian plotted with other senators to kill Julius Caesar.
Why, by definition, can't the Roman Empire also be a "republic?"
The empire had taken over too much territory.
An empire has too many people.
An empire is ruled by an emperor with absolute power with no checks and balances.
The empire took away people's freedoms.
Who is considered Rome's first emperor?
Julius Caesar
Marc Antony
Octavian
Justinian
The "Pax Romana" began with the rule of Octavian Augustus. What does this term mean?
The Pax Romana was a time period of great Roman conquest and expansion.
The Pax Romana was a time period of great Roman democracy.
The Pax Romana was a time period of great inventions.
The Pax Romana was a time period of great Roman peace.
Click on the things that made Emperor Nero infamous as an emperor. Infamous means famous in a bad way.
He was the first emperor to eliminate checks and balances.
He was the emperor who watched Rome almost burn to the ground.
He was the emperor who ended the Olympics.
He was the emperor during the "reign of terror" where Christians and Jews were persecuted.
What is the significance (importance) of Hadrian's Wall?
It was constructed with slave labor.
Due to its location, it was a symbol of the size that the Roman Empire had grown to.
It kept the Romans safe.
It was the largest wall ever built (take that Trump...lol).
The Romans never developed a rule/law of how an emperor should be replaced which led to all types of chaos and the murdering of emperors.
True
False
Between A.D. 235 and 284, 23 of 24 emperors were killed.
True
False
During the Roman Empire the 12 Tables were followed throughout all the territories.
True
False
The Roman Empire will eventually be replaced by an empire to the east called what?
Athens
Byzantine
Carthage
Greece
Who was Justinian?
A Roman general
One of the Gracchi brothers who tried to reform Rome
A Byzantine emperor who organized Roman law
A senator of Rome who killed Julius Caesar
When Justinian organizes Roman law with his "code," what effect does it have?
It leads to an end to slavery.
It allowed women to vote.
It led to English law and eventually U.S. law.
It had no effect. It was a waste of his time.
