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Unit VIII Study Guide: Rome & Christianity
Fill in the blank : Coins Cincinnatus Patrician Republic Latin Arches
Plebian Twelve Tables Aqueducts Forum Roads
1. The Etruscans developedthe ____________________________ whichleadto ____________________________
beingbuiltovermountainsandrivers.
2. The _________________________ wasthe centerof the cityand heldshops,government,andpublicbuildings.
3. What type of governmentwasRome before itbecame anempire?_____________________________________
4. A commonRomanperson______________________________________________________________________
5. What was Rome’sfirstsetof writtenlaws?________________________________________________________
6. Romansoftenused______________________________________________ to announce majoreventsinRome.
7. Roman___________________________________________ were verywell builtandconnectedthe vastempire
8. The language usedforbusiness,governmentandlaw inRome was _____________ _______________________.
9. A wealthyRomanlandowner___________________________________________________________________
10. The best-knownRomandictatorof Rome whogave up power_________________________________________
Architecture
(A) (B)
11. (A)Whatisthe name of thisRomanbuildingandwhatwasits primarypurpose?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
12. (B) What isthe name of thisRomanbuildingandwhatwasits primarypurpose?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
13. What newbuilding material wasusedto create these buildings?_______________________________________
True or False: Circle True of False and rewrite the sentence tomake it true if it’s false
14. True or False.Christianityspreadduringthe RomanEmpire whenEmperorConstantinemade the religion legal.
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15. True or False. TheIliad wasa Romanepicpoemwrittenby Caesaraboutthe foundingof Rome.
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16. True or False.The Romansadoptedthe Greekgodsand changedtheirnames to more Roman soundingnames
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Name: Date: ClassPeriod:
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17. True or False. The cityof Rome fell whengroupsof Germanicpeople invadedfromnorthernEurope
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Religion
18. The above ideasare the basisforwhat religion?____________________________________________________
19. Is thisreligionmonotheisticorpolytheistic?________________________________________________________
20. What happenedtothe leaderwhofoundedthisreligion?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
21. Whose teachingsare describedinthe webabove?__________________________________________________
22. What symbol isassociatedwiththisreligion?______________________________________________________
23. Whenthe Romans exiledthe JewsfromJerusalemthisstartedthe _____________________________________
Rome’sLanguages and numbers
24. What are the 5 languagesthatLatindevelopedinto
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25. What were those 5 languagescalled______________________________________________________________
26. What was Rome’snumbersystemcalled__________________________________________________________
27. Beside eachnumberwrite outthe Romannumber:
1=__________ 5=__________ 10=__________ 50=__________
Whoam I? Diocletian Constantine Jesus Cleopatra JuliusCaesar Augustus Caesar
28. I was an incrediblymilitaryleaderandIwas declareddictatorforlife in44 BC and was assassinatedshortlyafter,
whoam I? ___________________________________________________________________________________
29. I was the lastEgyptianpharaoh,I lostat the Battle of Actiumandtook myown life toavoidbeingcaptured,and
withmydeaththe Egyptianculture ended,whoamI?________________________________________________
30. I was the Romanemperorwhodividedthe empire intoEasternandWesternhalves,andIruledfromthe east in
Byzantium,whoamI? _________________________________________________________________________
?
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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31. I was the firstemperorof Rome;I changedmyname afterbecomingemperor,Istartedthe Pax Romana and
made Rome successful,whoamI?_______________________________________________________________
32. I was a Hebrewmanwhofoundedthe religionof Christianity,Iwasexecutedformyteachingsandwassaidto
have risenfromthe deadthree dayslater_________________________________________________________
33. I am the Roman emperorwhomade Christianitylegal,theylaterchangedthe citiesname fromByzantiumto
Constantinople afterme,whoamI?______________________________________________________________
The Roman Laws and Government
34. What subjectisfoundonTable Ten ______________________________________________________________
35. How are the topicsof Roman laws similartoour lawstoday?
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36. Is everyone treatedequallyunderthe laws?_______________________________________________________
37. What are the three branchesof the Roman Republicgovernment
I. ________________________________________________________________________ ____________
II. ____________________________________________________________________________________
III. _____________________________________________________________________________________
38. EmperorJustinianlatercollatedthe laws,whatwere these new lawscalled?
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Timeline
c. 755 B.C.E. Romulus &
Remus found Rome,
accordingto legend.
C.E. 410 Germans attack
and destroy the city of
Rome, putting an end to
the Western Roman Empire
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
39. How manyyearspassedbetweenthe foundingof
Rome and the collapse of the RomanEmpire?
40. How manyyearspassedbetweenJuliusCaesar
becomingdictatorof Rome and AugustusCaesar
became emperor?
41. What wouldbe a goodtitle forthistimeline?
A. Life of JuliusCaesar
B. Developmentof Roman Empire
C. Developmentof Christianity
42. Betweenwhattwoeventswouldthiseventfall?
“C.E.117 Roman Empire reaches its largestsize”
43. Whichstatementisthe bestdescriptionof Rome
from450 BCE throughCE 117?
A. Rome experiencedmilitarysuccessesas
well aschangesinpolitical leadership
B. Rome became a republic
C. Rome wasattacked byits enemiesbut
foughtthemoff
C.E. 117 Roman Empire
reaches its largestsize
