Rome/I Survived Pompeii

realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

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

In what year was Rome officially founded?

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

person who travels to another country to do religious work

Jesus often taught using parables.

Cleopatra was a friend of Julius Caesar.

A new religion that developed in the Jewish community was

What did Marcus name the horse that helped them escape?

Roman was the official language of Rome.

Roman gods and goddesses were adopted from Egypt.

A curved structure over an opening is a/an

abusive master of Marcus; sold Tata to the gladiators

The land around the city of Rome had

A vault is formed by lengthening an arch.

How did Marcus and Tata escape Pompeii?

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

Christianity developed in the Jewish community.

The New Testament presents

long, stone channels that carried water into cities

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

Romulus and Remus were the sons of which Roman god?

Julius Caesar's job in the Roman empire was

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

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

kind master of Tata and Marcus; writer and scientist

religion based on the teachings of Jesus

The Italian Peninsula juts out into the

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

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

group of many gods

The promise of salvation was not important to Christianity.

Marcus's father

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

The appeal of Christianity included all of the following EXCEPT