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Who conquered Britain?

Claudias

Which area did Trajan conquer and temporerily add to the roman empire?

Dacia, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Part of Arabia

Who built a defensive wall in Britain?

Hadrian

Who made the Roman army a professional body of soldiers?

Marius

Whose rein was called the "REIGN OF TERROR"?

Nero

Who was blamed for the small fire of Rome?

Nero blamed the christians

In whose reign did the Roman empire reach its fullest potential territorily?

Trajan

Name the volcano that erupted in AD 79 and buried all of Pompei and Hereculaneum?

Vesuvias

trimvirate-

a political alliance of 3 people

The Gracchus Brothers-

brothers who thought that many of Rome's problems were caused by the loss of many small farms; asked the senate to take back public land from the rich and divide it among the landless Romans; the senate murdered them

ballista-

catapult that hurled rocks and flaring darts at the enemy

What was the name of the smallest unit of the Roman army?

century

What was the name of the largest unit of the Roman army?

legion

castrum-

permanent camp; located on frontier of Roman empire; in permanent buildings; had storerooms and hospitals

Cicero-

political leader, writer, & Rome's greatest public speaker; argued againts dictators & called for a representitive government with limited powers; speeches and books swayed the Romans; ideas influenced the writers of the US constitution;supported Octavian rule

Bread & Circuses Rule-

to win the votes of the poor, politicians began providing cheap food & entertainment to the poor; helped many dishonest rulers come to power

What kind of people made up the corps of the Roman army?

writers, accountants, carpenters, angineers, and surveyors