Time-Life Rome: The Ultimate Empire
Do not copy the questions. You do not need to answer in complete sentences.
1. What did the Romans call their new arena?
2. What would the Romans do to a town that rebelled against them?
3. Who saved Romulus and Remus after they were thrown in the Tiber River?
4. Where is Carthage? (Which continent?)
5. How many people lived in the ancient city of Rome?
6. Which Roman building survived whole until now?
7. Who conquered Gaul? (his name)
8. What happened on March 15, 44 B.C.E.
9. Who took over after Julius Caesar?
10. What was the Pax Romana?
11. Why did the Roman military build 200,000 miles of roads and 50,000 miles of paved highways?
12. What choice did the Romans give conquered people?
13. What was Petra so important to the Romans? (make an inference)
14. How long would it take to get from one end of the Roman Empire to the other?
15. What was the purpose of Hadrian’s Wall?
16. Why was it actually not really needed?
17. What was the major breakthrough found in the garbage dump by archeologists?
18. Why was this so special? (make an inference)
19. Why is Pompeii so important to archeologists? (make an inference)
20. Name something specific that we got from the Romans. (not just civilization)
