2. ANCIENT ROME

Towns buried under volcanic ash and lava from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Wrote the only primary source available on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

A rich Roman

A poor Roman

The house of a rich Roman

Patterns made of small pieces of stone, glass or pottery stuck into wet plaster

Age girls were allowed to marry

The main meal of the day for rich Romans. It had three courses

A room where Romans could deliberatley get sick to make more room for food

Apartment blocks where plebeians lived. They had shops on the ground floor

Take away shops which sold hot food

Free supply of grain given to poor Romans

Used by school children to learn to read and write

Became dictator of Rome in 49 BC

'Veni, Vidi, Vici'

Slave who led a rebellion against Rome

Roman code of law

Three weapons used by a Roman soldier

The most famous doctor from Roman times

If these were in correct proportion in the body, a person would be healthy

Cure for sore eyes

Where gladiator contests were held

Amphitheatre in Rome that could hold 50,000 spectators

Gladiators sometimes fought against animals such as...

Hippodrome in Rome that could hold 250,000 people

Plays were held in...

Baths contained three types of bathing room

Used with oil to scrape dead skin off the body

God of War

Goddess of Love

A coin was placed in the mouth of a dead person to pay the...

Made Christianity the state religion at the end of the fourth century

Three modern European cities founded by the Romans

Three features of Roman architecture

Language spoken by Romans that became the basis of many modern European languages e.g. French