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  • True or false, Italy is a peninsula?
    True!
  • What were the twelve tables?
    Laws that were engraved into twelve large bronze slabs
  • What does the word economy mean?
    Having to do with money and how it is spent
  • What do you call people who battle each other or animals inside the colosseum?
    Gladiators
  • Ancient Romans often visited these as places of social gathering and to clean themselves.
    Bathhouse
  • Who was allowed to go to school in Ancient Rome?
    Wealthy boys
  • What do you call the richest class of society in Ancient Rome?
    Patricians
  • Who was the famous dictator that was later killed for having too much power?
    Julius Caesar
  • True of false, a pharaoh is a leader of ancient Rome?
    False, leaders in ancient Rome are called emperors
  • What country is Rome located in?
    Italy
  • What is a loft?
    An apartment that Ancient Romans lived in
  • Who was the first emperor of Rome? Julius Caesar or Caesar Augustus?
    Caesar Augustus
  • Share two facts about going to school in ancient Rome
    only boys, had to be wealthy, no technology, 7 days a week, corporal punishment, sun up to sun down
  • True of false, there were many different types of gladiators
    True
  • Royals, emperors, and upper class all fell into which class of society?
    Patricians
  • Describe the Colosseum: give at least three details
  • What are two natural resources made in ancient Rome?
    olive oil, fish, wine
  • What do you call the middle class of society in Ancient Rome?
    Plebians
  • What type of job might a plebian have?
    tutor, farmer, merchant, soldier