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The Ancient Romans

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

1. 

Romans supplied the city with water through ______________, or canals the built.
a.
aqueducts
c.
denarius
b.
aquavillas
d.
inflation
 

2. 

_________ are professional soldiers hired to serve in a foreign army.
a.
assassins
c.
snipers
b.
mercenaries
d.
attilas
 

3. 

A gold coin used in the Roman empire.
a.
Silver
c.
Denarius
b.
Latin
d.
Lira
 

4. 

The Roman poet, ___________ wrote the Aeneid.
a.
Socrates
c.
Virgil
b.
Augustus
d.
Hannibal
 

5. 

The ___________ was the period of peace and prosperity in Rome.
a.
Golden Age
c.
Peaceful Centuries
b.
Pacificus Romus
d.
Pax Romana
 

6. 

____________ is the persistent and substantial ries in the general level of prices.
a.
Inflation
c.
denarius
b.
consumer price index
d.
Euro
 

7. 

The famous king of the Huns who plundered the edges of the Roman empire.
a.
Constantine
c.
Diocletion
b.
Attila
d.
Virgil
 

8. 

A __________ is the term for the gods of a particular culture.
a.
parthenon
c.
pantheon
b.
aqueductus
d.
divinity
 

9. 

______________ are cultures directly affected by Greek and Roman influence.
a.
Hellenic
c.
Arabic
b.
Hellenistic
d.
Greco-Roman
 

10. 

The __________ or the Eastern Roman Empire was formed after the East-West split of Rome.
a.
Byzantine
c.
Hellenistic
b.
Seleucid
d.
Hellenic
 

11. 

__________ was an ancient Roman city buried by a massive volcanic eruption.
a.
Rome
c.
Vesuvius
b.
Pompeii
d.
Olive Gardens
 

Matching
 
 
a.
Latins
i.
dictators
b.
Etruscans
j.
legion
c.
republic
k.
Punic Wars
d.
patricians
l.
Hannibal
e.
plebians
m.
Julius Caesar
f.
tribunes
n.
triumvirate
g.
forum
o.
Augustus Caesar
h.
senate
 

12. 

the common class of Romans
 

13. 

language of Romans; an ethnic group that established Rome
 

14. 

an Ethnic group of Northern Italy; rivals of the Latins
 

15. 

a division of the Roman army
 

16. 

supreme council of the state of Rome; elected by the citizens
 

17. 

three wars waged by Rome against Carthage
 

18. 

Roman general and ruler who became dictator for life
 

19. 

the marketplace or public square of an ancient Roman city
 

20. 

people of noble or high rank; an aristocrat
 

21. 

a union of three rulers
 

22. 

administrative officers elected to protet the interests and rights of the Plebians
 

23. 

the first emporer of Rome.
 

24. 

a person given supreme authority, usually during a crisis
 

25. 

government system in which citizens elect officials to represent them
 



 
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