World History Unit 2 Quiz 3
The number of punic wars was
3
Why was Nero so famous?
He murdered many people. He was accused of burning Rome in A.D. 64. He persecuted Christians.
Two brothers who, according to legend, are responsible for the founding of Rome were
Romulus and Remus
The original basis of most legal systems today is Roman law.
True
Rome borrowed much of its architecture from:
greece
The Twelve Tables were a written set of:
laws
Three conditions which led to a decline in the empire after A.D. 180 were:
leadership dispute, decline in trade hurt the economy, mercernaries hired
Romans practiced , meaning that a man married only one woman.
monogamy
Caesar was killed because of his belief in:
perpetual dictatorship
Diocletian tried to restore the economy with:
taxation and price controls
Rome's adversary in the Punic Wars was:
Carthage
The three historical divisions of Roman history are:
Empire, pre-republic and republic
built a defensive wall in Britain
Hadrian
scholar, philosopher, and soldier
Marcus Aurelius
Mercenaries are soldiers who fight for
Money
What two men ruled Rome after Julius Caesar's death?
Octavian and Mark Antony
At the height of trade in the empire, materials were imported from
china and india
murderer; accused of setting fire to Rome
nero
defeated Antony and Cleopatra
octavian
Literature in Rome declined after the death of the emperor ______.
Augustus
Jesus was crucified by the Roman officials against the will of the people themselves.
false
The lifestyle of ancient Romans centered around the
family
The work of the Senate was held in the in Rome.
forum