Ancient Rome

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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 four 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.  What was the Pax Romana?
20.  Name 3 products that Rome imported from Hispania
21.  Were the Romans monotheistic or polytheistic?
22.  Name three Roman gods
23.  Name three things the Romans invented that are still in use today
24.  Name two Roman monuments that still exist in Spain today
25.  Name a famous Roman monument that still stands in Rome
26.  In what year did the Roman Empire fall?
27.  Name a famous Roman city in Spain
28.  Name the two Roman emperors that came from the city of Itálica, in southern Spain
29.  Why is Julius Caesar remembered in history?
30.  Which Roman Emperor chose Christianity as the official religion of the  Roman Empire?