THE GREAT QUESTIONS FROM HISTORY

THE ROMANS

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1.  What do you know about Romulus & Remus?
2.  Who did they name Rome after?
3.  What was the language spoken by the Romans?
4.  Why did they call it that?
5.  What three groups of people lived in the Italian peninsula when Rome was founded?
6.  What are the three stages of Roman history?
7.  Who changed Rome from a Republic to an Empire?
8.  How did he die?
9.  What did the Romans call the Mediterranean Sea?
10.  What did SPQR, which appeared on the Roman military standard, stand for?
11.  What were the Punic Wars?
12.  What does the word ‘Punic’ mean?
13.  Where was Carthage?
14.  What was the name of the famous Carthaginian general who crossed the  Alps with elephants?
15.  How did the Romans call Spain?
16.  True or false: Spain was Rome’s richest province in its empire
17.  Who was the first dictator of Rome?
18.  Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
19.  True or False: Ancient Rome conquered Ancient Greece
20.  What was the Pax Romana?
21.  True or false: There were slaves in ancient Rome
22.  What products did Rome import from Hispania?
23.  Were the Romans monotheistic or polytheistic?
24.  Name three Roman gods
25.  Name five things the Romans invented that are still in use today
26.  Name two Roman monuments that still exist in Spain today
27.  Name a famous Roman monument that still stands in Rome
28.  In what year did the Roman Empire fall?
29.  Name a famous Roman city in Spain
30.  Where was the Roman capital in Spain?
31.  Name the two Roman emperors that came from the city if Itálica, in southern Spain
32.  Why is Julius Caesar remembered in history?
33.  What territories did the Roman Empire cover?
34.  Which Roman Emperor chose Christianity as the official religion of the  Roman Empire?
35.  Can you name these Roman monuments in Italy?

36. Can you name these Roman monuments in Spain?