Ancient Rome Introduction

This was the home of entertainments, like the gladitorial combats or "games."

____ tried to rescue the victims of Pompeii, but he died in doing so.

___ was the official language of the empire.

The Romans built the first ___ houses in Eurasia.

_______ founded the imperial system of government.

This was the world's first great concrete structure

____ tightly restricted citizenship.

_____ comment humorously on th attitudes and behavior of the day.

_____ is considered to be one of the greatest orators in history.

___ allowed men of any social or ethnic background to become citizens

What was the backbone of the Roman economy?

The most sacred temple in Rome was that of _____, goddess of the _____.

____ legalized Christianity in the empire.

These were painted directly on a thin wet layer of plaster.

What was the Circus Maximus known for?

Romans used Greek poetic forms of

What volcano erupted causing devastation that contributed to our sense of what life was like in Italy 2,000 years ago?

When ___ wrote the Metamorphoses, he took Greek myths as his subject.

In architecture, the Romans made great advances in building techniques, like the invention of __.

The Roman ______ was the city's gathering place.

Which one is NOT a modern language that derrived from Latin

Who were often persecuted for ____________ because they denied the existence of the gods?

Greeks stressed ______, & Romans were more interested in ______ in art.

These were natural resources that contributed to the expansion & success of the Roman Empire.

The largest Roman arena was the _____.

This was a remarkable period of peace within the Roman sphere of influence.

Gladitorial combats originated among the ___

These are the natural advantages of the city of Rome

An extensive ______ allowed the Colosseum to be flooded for mock naval combats.

THe Roman poet Virgil wrote this kind of poem on Rome's history, using the Iliad and the Odyssesy as models

Romans used round forms, such as __,__,& ___ in their architecture.

___ gained respect for their work in feeding the poor and tending the sick.