Rome/I Survived Pompeii

What type of figurative language is used "Marcus had barely blinked and the woman was gone, swallowed by the crowd."

The group of Roman gods and goddesses was called a pantheon.

long, stone channels that carried water into cities

religion based on the teachings of Jesus

What did Marcus name the horse that helped them escape?

When Marcus and Tata went up the side of Vesuvius, what did they see that worried them?

Roman was the official language of Rome.

In what year was Rome officially founded?

abusive master of Marcus; sold Tata to the gladiators

A vault is formed by lengthening an arch.

Roman gods and goddesses were adopted from Egypt.

A new religion that developed in the Jewish community was

How did Marcus and Tata escape Pompeii?

Christianity developed in the Jewish community.

person who travels to another country to do religious work

tiny, colored stone cubes set in mortar to create a picture of design

The city of Rome was far enough away from the Mediterranean Sea to escape the foreign invasions of the Polynesian.

main character of I Survived Pompeii; 11 year old slave boy

The city of Rome was close enough to the Mediterranean Sea to benefit from its pirates.

A curved structure over an opening is a/an

kind master of Tata and Marcus; writer and scientist

The appeal of Christianity included all of the following EXCEPT

The Italian Peninsula juts out into the

Marcus's father

The promise of salvation was not important to Christianity.

Romulus and Remus were the sons of which Roman god?

Cleopatra was a friend of Julius Caesar.

group of many gods

Julius Caesar's job in the Roman empire was

The land around the city of Rome had

A picture painted directly onto a wall while the plaster is still wet is

Jesus often taught using parables.

In Roman mythology, who was the king of the gods?

realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

The New Testament presents