1) The Romans developed aqueducts which allowed bridges and buildings to be constructed over mountains and rivers. The Forum was the center of the city and held shops, government, and public buildings. 2) Before becoming an empire, Rome's government was a republic. The emperor Theodosius divided Rome into eastern and western empires. 3) Christianity spread during the Roman Empire when Emperor Constantine made the religion legal.

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Unit VIII Study Guide: Rome & Christianity
Fill in the blank : Theodosius Coins Cincinnatus Patrician Republic
Latin Arches Plebian Twelve Tables Aqueducts Forum
1. The Etruscans developedthe ________________ whichleadto__________________ being
builtovermountainsandrivers.
2. The ____________ was the centerof the cityand heldshops,government,andpublicbuildings.
3. What type of governmentwasRome before itbecame anempire?________________________
4. Thisemperordivide Rome intoEasternandWesternEmpires____________________________
5. A commonRomanperson_________________________________________________________
6. What was Rome’sfirstsetof writtenlaws?_________________________________________
7. Romansoftenused_________________________________ to announce majoreventsinRome.
8. The language usedforbusiness,governmentandlaw inRome was _______________________.
9. A wealthyRomanlandowner______________________________________________________
10. The best-knownRomandictatorof Rome whogave up power____________________________
Architecture
(1) (2)
11. (1)Whatis the name of thisRomanbuildingandwhatwasitsprimarypurpose?
____________________________________________________________________________
12. (1) What architectural feature allowedthisbuildingtobe built?__________________________
13. (2) What isthe name of thisRomanbuildingandwhatwasits primarypurpose?
______________________________________________________________________________
14. (2) What newbuildingmaterial wasusedtocreate thisbuilding?_________________________
15. What Roman achievementhelpedtospreadgoodsandideasacross the empire _____________
True or False: Circle True of False and rewrite the sentence tomake it true if it’s false
16. True or False.Christianityspreadduringthe RomanEmpire whenEmperorConstantinemade
the religionlegal.________________________________________________________________
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17. True or False. TheIliad wasa RomanepicpoemwrittenbyVirgil aboutthe foundingof Rome.
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18. True or False.The RomansenatorskilledJuliusCaesarbecause theyfearedhe wasbecomingtoo
powerful.______________________________________________________________________
19. True or False.Rome defeatedGreece inall three PunicWars
______________________________________________________________________________
20. True or False.Rome finallyfell whengroupsof Germanicpeople invadedfromnorthernEurope
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Religion
21. The above ideasare the basisforwhat religion?_______________________________________
22. What type of religionisthis?_______________________________________________________
23. What happenedtothe leaderwhofoundedthisreligion?
______________________________________________________________________________
24. Whose teachingsare describedinthe web above?_____________________________________
25. What symbol isassociatedwiththisreligion?_________________________________________
Rome’sLanguages and numbers
26. What are the 5 languagesthatLatindevelopedinto
______________________________________________________________________________
27. What were those 5 languagescalled________________________________________________
28. Write a mnemonicdevice tohelpyourememberthe languages
______________________________________________________________________________
29. What was Rome’snumbersystemcalled____________________________________________
30. Beside eachnumberwrite outthe Romannumber:
1=__________ 5=____________ 10=_________ 50=_________
?
God will forgive
people who are
truly sorry for
their sins
God created all
people and loves
them like a father
loves his children
People
should love
God and one
another

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Whoam I? Spartacus Jesus Cleopatra JuliusCaesar Augustus Caesar
31. I was an incrediblymilitaryleaderandIwas declareddictatorforlife in44 BC and was
assassinatedshortlyafter,whoamI?________________________________________________
32. I was the lastEgyptianpharaoh,I lostat the Battle of Actiumandtook myown life toavoid
beingcaptured,andwithmydeaththe Egyptianculture ended,whoamI?__________________
33. I was a Romangladiatorwholeda slave rebellionin73BC, the Romanarmy stoppedthe
rebellionandall of the slaveswere executed,whoamI?________________________________
34. I was the firstemperorof Rome;I changedmyname afterbecomingemperor,Istartedthe Pax
Romana andmade Rome successful,whoamI?_______________________________________
35. I was a Hebrewmanwhofoundedthe religionof Christianity,Iwasexecutedformyteachings
and wassaid tohave risenfromthe deadthree dayslater_______________________________
The Twelve Tablesand Government
36. What subjectisfoundonTable Ten _________________________________________________
37. How are the topicsof Roman lawssimilartoour lawstoday?
______________________________________________________________________________
38. Is everyone treatedequallyunderthe laws?__________________________________________
39. What are the three branchesof the Roman Republicgovernment
I. ________________________________________________________________________
II. _______________________________________________________________________
III. ________________________________________________________________________

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Timeline
c. 755 B.C.E. Romulus &
Remus found Rome,
accordingto legend.
C.E. 410 Visigoths attack
and destroy Rome
500 B.C.E Rome
established as a
Republic.
C.E. 313 Christianity
becomes an accepted
religion in Rome
450 B.C.E. Romans
complete the Twelve
Tables
27 B.C.E. Augustus
Caesar become emperor
of Rome
44 B.C.E. Julius Caesar
becomes dictator for
life
40. How manyyearspassedbetweenthe founding
of Rome andthe collapse of the RomanEmpire?
41. How manyyearspassedbetweenJuliusCaesar
becomingdictatorof Rome and Augustus Caesar
became emperor?
42. Betweenwhattwoeventswouldthisevent
fall?
“C.E.117 Roman Empire reaches its largestsize”