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Ancient Rome
Rome
Question | Answer |
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a word that means "I say no." | veto |
the wealthy citizens of Rome | patricians |
famous paved road of ancient Rome | Via Appia |
ancient people who conquered the Romans | Etruscans |
a stone channel that carried water | aqueduct |
term for a leader of the Roman republic | consul |
river near Rome | Tiber |
term for land surrounded on three sides by water | peninsula |
Hannibal crossed the Alps--in cold weather--with these animals | elephants |
island fought over by Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars | Sicily |
volcano that erupted in A.D. 79 | Vesuvius |
warriors who fought in the Colesseum | gladiators |
known for his wall | Hadrian |
month named after the first emperor of Rome | August |
Roman writing tool | stylus |
Roman poet who wrote the "Aeneid" | Virgil |
Roman slave army who led an army of 90,000 slaves against the Roman government | Spartacus |
famous Roman charioteer | Diocles |
Latin word for peace | pax |