History lesson 13 unit 2

What two men ruled Rome after Julius Caesar's death?

Octavian Mark Antony

Pax Romana refers to an extraordinary years of peace for Rome.

200

At the height of trade in the empire, materials were imported from and

China India

Circuses and bloody games were held in the Roman

Colosseum

Mark Antony married Cleopatra, who was the queen of

Egypt

Rome borrowed much of its architecture from

Greece

Romans learned to carry huge amounts of water by building:

aqueducts

Hadrian

built a defensive wall in Britain

Octavian

defeated Antony and Cleopatra

Nero

murderer; accused of setting fire to Rome He was accused of burning Rome in A.D. 64. He murdered many people He persecuted Christians

Marcus Aurelius

scholar, philosopher, and soldier

The work of the Senate was held in the in Rome

Forum

Caligula

insane