Ancient Rome Test

What is one example of the rule of law in the Roman Empire?

Why did most of the city of Rome burn down in 390 B.C.E.?

What happened in 476 C.E., often considered to mark the fall of Rome?

Which teaching helped to spread Christianity in the Roman Empire?

Why was the Roman Empire hard to defend?

Which of the following was a main weakness that led to the fall of Rome?

Regarding the gods, the Romans cared for than Greeks about

What is Greco-Roman art?

The poor often ate food that was

Which kind of art was worn as jewelry?

One example of a parable is a story about

Which statement is true of Rome's roads, bridges, and aqueducts?

Which quality would a Stoic consider most important?

How did Emperor Constantine affect the spread of Christianity?

What is the main source of early information about the life of Jesus?

During the Punic Wars in Rome, Rome's main enemy was

Who first lived in the area that would become Rome?

What was one result of the Conflict of the Orders

How did Rome's expansion affect the plebians?

Why was the home of a wealthy Roman unlikely to burn down?

According to legend, events on a visit to the oracle at Delphi determined

What was the name of the cultural flowering in Europe based on Greek and Roman ideas?

Why did Rome have many different forms of worship?

In Rome, patricians referred to

Why did thousands of Romans go to the Circus Maximus?

Who were Romulus and Remus?

Which of the following did Rome do during the first period of expansion?

When did a man become a paterfamilias?

What was the typical name for a poor Roman city-dweller?

Why would a Roman family throw a cake into the fire?

Why was fighting a regular event at he Colosseum?

Who first ruled early Rome?

Which Roman ideal of justice is based on natural law?

What landscape would an early visitor to Rome have seen?

What was one major job of counsels?

Why did the Roman emperors give the poor "bread and circuses"

What was a common way to become a Roman slave?

What did many wealthy Romans do when he city got hot in the summer?

What became of the eastern empire after 476 C.E.?

Why were plebians unhappy when Roman Republic was first set up?

How did Praetorian Guard cause problems for the emperors?