Greek and Roman quiz

What two men ruled Rome after Julius Caesar's death

Octavian and Mark Anthony

Latifundia were

large estates

Rome borrowed much of its architecture from

Greece

consuls

The two most powerful officials in Rome

Hadrian

built a defensive wall in Britain

Octavian

defeated Antony and Cleopatra

tribunes

officials of ancient Rome

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

200

Literature in Rome declined after the death of the emperor

Augustus

Rome's adversary in the Punic Wars was

Carthage

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

China and India

The work of the Senate was held in the _______ in Rome.

Forum

the Vulgate

St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible

patrician

an aristocrat

Romans learned to carry huge amounts of water by building

aqueducts

Anthony of Egypt

father of Christian monasticism

plebeian

having to do with common people

Arianism

heresy denying Christ's divinity

Caligula

insane

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,mercenaries hired

Nero

murderer; accused of setting fire to Rome

Caesar was killed because of his belief in

perpetual dictatorship

The three historical divisions of Roman history are

pre-republic, republic, and empire

Two brothers who, according to legend, are responsible for the founding of Rome were

romulus and remus

Marcus Aurelius

scholar, philosopher, and soldier

Before he became dictator of Rome, Julius Caesar was a famous

soldier

Diocletian tried to restore the economy with

taxation and price controls

The number of Punic Wars was

three