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According to legend, who founded Rome?
Romulus
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What does S.P.Q.R. stand for?
Senatus Populusque Romanus
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The Roman Senate was comprised of what two classes?
Patres and plebs
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If the greatest danger to Rome did not lie in foreign wars, in what did it lie?
Corruption
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What does pax romana mean?
Roman peace
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Name four of the excellent emperors from the first and second centuries.
Claudious, Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius
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What was the most formidable religious cult in the empire by the end of the first century CE?
Mithra
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Name two insane Emperors.
Caligula and Nero
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Who was the Roman counterpart of the Greek God Zeus?
Jupiter
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Two eighteenth and nineteenth century concepts can be applied soundly to the Romans of the first centuries BCE and CE. What are they?
Utilitarianism and Pragmatism
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Julius Caesar's adopted son and nephew, Octavia, became the first Emperor of Rome. He was later known as Augustus Caesar.
True
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What is the name of the volcano that erupted in 79 CE destroying Pompeii.
Mt Vesuvius
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What was probably the most influential concept developed by the Romans in any field?
Law and Order
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What artform formed and integral part of household and ancestor worship?
Fresco Wall Painting
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What is the name of the earliest well-prserved Roman Temple.
Temple of Fortuna Virilis
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What is the most significant architectural feature of "Roman Style" building?
Use of the Roman arch.
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What is the original contributions of technology to Roman construction.
Invention of cement/concrete.
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What is the difference between a Republic and an Empire?
A Republic is governed by the people who elect leadership, while an Empire is an autocracy.
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Ovid was a ____________.
Poet
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Stoicism can be associated with the Roman Emperor, _______________.
Marcus Aurelius
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