Roman Republic

EmperorsRoman

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Final Jeopardy!

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100 Greece

Early Romans acquired most of their gods from this earlier

civilization.

200Categories

The highest body of government in the Republic.

Senate

300Categories

Name and describe the two social classes in Rome.

Patricians & Plebeians

400Categories

This is the position in which two people were elected to run the government and command the

army.

Consuls

As a republic, Rome faced its most challenging foe in Hannibal and this

civilization in Northern Africa.

Carthage500Categories

100He was a member of the First

Triumvirate, that declared himself dictator for life (well…at least until he

was stabbed to death.)

Julius CaesarCategories

200He commissioned the building pictured below

and might have been the actual architect.

Hadrian

GERMANY

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300 NeroHe was blamed for a major fire in

Rome, but he blamed the new religious group (the Christians).

GERMANY POLAND

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400 Vespasian

GERMANY

He built this truly innovative building, which brought Roman entertainment to new heights.

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500

Hadrian and Trajan belonged to this select group of excellent emperors.

Five Good EmperorsCategories

100Categories

This was an Etruscan

achievement, but the Romans used it

because it used less materials and

provided strength in structures

(ex. Aqueducts).

Arch

All roads lead to Rome, especially

with this first major road

system, which is still in use today.

200Categories

Via Appia

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300 Dacian WarsTrajan’s column depicts scenes

from this event that brought money into the empire to make Trajan’s

building projects possible.

400 Oculus or CoffersThis is one of the

two tricks this building uses to

reduce the weight in it’s ceiling.

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500 Cloaca MaximaThis structure was

built, which enabled Rome to develop from a

small community of tribes into the world’s largest

empire.

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100

This leader of the Huns indirectly

helped to lead to the fall of Rome because

he attacked Barbarians that in

turn attacked Rome.

AttilaCategories

200 CaracallaExtravagant

spending on his bath complex led to a downward economic spiral that Rome could not recover from.

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300Barbarians attacked this Roman prized possession

first before they invaded the city of Rome.

AqueductsCategories

Romans began to lose faith in both the government and military because they

both were both suffering from this.

Corruption400Categories

Late in the Roman Empire Rome was suffering greatly from a lack of people

in this career field.

FarmingCategories

100He divided the Roman Empire to make ruling the empire more efficient and his decision enabled the empire to hold on for another 200+ years.

DiocletianCategories

200Categories

He officially accepted Christianity into the Roman Empire.

Constantine

300Categories

These two groups of people had the highest seats and were furthest away from the action at the Colosseum.

Women & Plebeians

400This Roman province was continually giving Rome trouble with Barbarian invasions, so Hadrian finally addressed the problem.

BritainiaCategories

500 Attila the HunCategories

He put pressure on local barbaric tribes which in turn led to

the sacking of Rome by the Goths and

Visogoths.

Germany

Austria

This is the essential block required for the building of an arch.

100Categories

Keystone

200Categories

The Roman legal system that provided with the essential right that one is innocent until proven guilty.

Twelve Tables

Romulus & Remus

These two brothers are the traditional founders of Rome and are rooted in

Roman mythology.

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400Categories

Rome was protected by these mountains to the North.

Alps

This was a peaceful period in Rome’s

history that lasted for 200 years and was focused on internal

improvements.

Pax Romana500Categories

The Greek God Zeus became _____ and the Greek Goddess Hera became

________!

Jupiter & Juno