History Chapter 5 Test

Pax Romana is the era of [blank_start]peace[blank_end] in Rome.

Paterfamilias are the [blank_start]dominant[blank_end] male.

New Testament talks about [blank_start]Jesus[blank_end].

Circus Maximus was the largest [blank_start]stadium[blank_end] in Rome.

Nero persecuted [blank_start]Christians[blank_end].

Rome was located right by the [blank_start]Tiber[blank_end] river.

Tyrants seize power by [blank_start]force[blank_end].

Rome's first Punic War was against [blank_start]Carthage[blank_end].

A triumvirate is a government ran by [blank_start]3[blank_end] people of equal power.

Julius Ceaser named himself [blank_start]dictator[blank_end] of Rome. [blank_start]Dictator[blank_end] means aboslute ruler. He gave land to the poor and increased the number of senators from 300 to [blank_start]900[blank_end]. He was the most [blank_start]popular[blank_end] man in Rome. He was assassinated by a group of [blank_start]senators[blank_end] in 44 B.C.

Patricians were wealthy [blank_start]land owners[blank_end] who became Rome's ruling class.

[blank_start]Plebians[blank_end] were less wealthy landowners, small farmers, craftspeople, and merchants.

[blank_start]Spartacus[blank_end] led the most famous slave revolt in Italy.

Augustus was the founder of the [blank_start]Roman Empire[blank_end].

[blank_start]Romulus Augustulus[blank_end] was the last Roman Emperor.