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| 6894914152 | The First Triumviarates | Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus | 0 | |
| 6894914153 | Pompey | Powerful general in and part of the First Triumvirate -selected to lead an army against a former consul Lepidus in 78BC and defeated him in Spain -helped Crassus defeat Spartacus -got rid of pirates in the Mediterranean -hoped that being in the Triumvirate would secure his political arrangements he made in the east as well as provide land for his soldiers to settle on -took charge of the armies in Spain and Africa -defeated by Caesar in the civil war | 1 | |
| 6894914154 | Crassus | General part of the First Triumvirate -perhaps the richest man in Rome -joined because he has close ties with Caesar and hoped to lead a campaign again the Parthians -he died during his campaign against the Parthians | 2 | |
| 6894914155 | Crassus Campaign Death | Crassus wants to be hero against the Parthians; can't wait for the fight -has to climb up a wide hill which is very tiring for his army -he won't win because of this situation (Generals advise) -going up the hill= get killed -Crassus goes all the way up by himself, his army is packing up -The Parthians don't kill him but knock him off his horse and he starts to complain about his men -Pleas the Parthians that he can give him gold and his great riches -The Parthians put him in a boiling pot and poured his melted down gold down his throat (dead) -wanted to be great= wasn't | 3 | |
| 6894914156 | Caesar | Powerful general and leader part of the First Triumvirate -joined because he wanted to be given command in Gaul -elected consuls -daughter married Pompey's daughter which sealed the deal | 4 | |
| 6894914157 | Marriage between Julia and Pompey's Son | Julie dies which ends the personal ties between Pompey and Caesar | 5 | |
| 6894914158 | Ending of the First Triumvirate | Julia dies, Crassus dies, Pompey and Caesar go against each other -Caesar leads his army against Pompey where once you are at the Rubicam you can't go back -"The die is cast" -Once offically named consul in Rome Caesar quickly defeated Pompey's army in Spain (49 BC) and then before Pompey could bring his other army back to Italy from Greece Caesar surprised him again and then his armies defeated him at the battle of Pharsalus (48 BC) -Pompey fled and escaped to Egypt where Caesar followed him and found that he was already dead | 6 | |
| 6894914159 | Spartacus | One of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic | 7 | |
| 6894914160 | Slave Markings | Slaves were being nailed to crosses every mile -hundreds of miles | 8 | |
| 6894914161 | Caesars Assassination | Known as the "Ides of March" -killed by Brotus and Cassius -committed suicide before they could be found | 9 | |
| 6894914162 | Cleopatra | Queen of Egypt after she took down her brother with Caesar -marries Antony -kills herself with Asp | 10 | |
| 6894914163 | Antony and Octavia | Married for ties in the Second Triumvirate -Octavia is sister of Octavian -Antony is apart of the Triumvirate -Antony divorces Octavia to marry Cleopatra -Octavian comes for them at Actium so they decide to kill themselves -Antony had a soldier hold out a sword as he ran into it | 11 | |
| 6894914164 | Antony | Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from an oligarchy into the autocratic Roman Empire -soldier and friend of Caesar (chief aide) -Pro consul in 44 BC -love affair with Cleopatra | 12 | |
| 6894914165 | Octavian/Augustus | 18 years old and Caesars adopted heir -sister Octavia marries Antony -changes his name to Augustus -27 BC - 14 AD Tribune, Imperator, & Principe -hands on controlled the empire personally -expanded civil service -granted citizenship to soldiers and their families -Pax Romana begins -first emperor of Rome | 13 | |
| 6894914166 | Pax Romana | Time of peace in Rome -lasted 200 years | 14 | |
| 6894914167 | Tiberius Julio-Claudian | Emperor after Augustus -14 AD - 37 AD -Step-son of Augustus -Able soldier & administrator -Wanted to return to the old ways of doing things -Came to the throne at an advanced age -Was distrustful of most people | 15 | |
| 6894914168 | Caligula Julio-Claudian | 37 AD - 41 AD 'Little Boot" -Great grandson of Augustus -Wildly excessive -Possible epileptic ("falling sick") -Murdered by his own army | 16 | |
| 6894914169 | Claudius Julio-Claudian | 41 AD - 54 AD -Nephew of Tiberius -Thought to be a fool who stuttered -Excellent administrator began the 'cabinet' -Built aqueducts, campaigned in Britain -Expanded civil service once again -Murdered by his wife Agrippina | 17 | |
| 6894914170 | Agrippina | Wife of Claudius and mother of Nero -killed Claudius -killed by Nero | 18 | |
| 6894914171 | Nero | 54 AD - 68 AD -Son of Agrippina (he would have her murdered) -Insane (lead-lined goblets??) -Considered himself an artist, poet, musician & singer -Persecuted Christians -Blamed them for the great fire in Rome -"Fiddled while Rome burned -"What an artist dies in me" | 19 | |
| 6894914172 | Vespasian Flavian | 69 -79 After a struggle with other claimants to the throne -named Emperor by the Senate -Plebeian birth - brilliant general - honorable -Strengthened the senate by allowing prominent new families in -Began public education -Extended Roman citizenship again | 20 | |
| 6894914173 | Titus Flavian | 79 -81 -Nice guy did not accomplish much during his brief reign (Opened the Colloseum) | 21 | |
| 6894914174 | Domitian Flavian | 81 -96 -Began like Gabrielle & ended like Lucifer -Suspicious & cruel - accomplished little and was killed by members of his own household | 22 | |
| 6894914175 | Fabius Strategy | Roman Consul who used the tactics of delay and misdirection that were seen as unvirtuous to many Romans | 23 | |
| 6894914176 | Cicero | Orator, lawyer, & statesman -was considered a patriot who upheld the virtous principles of Republican Rome -63 BC exposed the plot by Cataline to seize the government -follower of Pompey | 24 | |
| 6894914177 | Caesar's Reforms | -Julian calendar - adopted from the Egyptian calendar of 365 days with a leap day every 4 years. -Debt reduction for the poor -Public works - a new forum, roads throughout the empire -Standardize the system of tax collection -Introduce legislation to increase the qualifications for Roman magistrates *had many more plans but all were cut short by his asassination | 25 | |
| 6894914178 | Second Triumvirate | Marc Antony, Octavian, Lepidus -Antony and Octavian kill Lepidus and split the empire in half -Antony in the east -Octavian in the west | 26 | |
| 6894914179 | Lepidus | Pro-consul of Spain -killed by Antony and Octavian | 27 | |
| 6894914180 | Nerva 5 Good Emperors | 96-98 -named by Senate -began the practice of training your successor -2 years | 28 | |
| 6894914181 | Trajan 5 Good Emperors | 98-117 -great commander of Spanish ancestry -expanded the empire to its greatest size -encouraged philanthropy -enlarged Alimenta -ruled Rome at its largest | 29 | |
| 6894914182 | Philanthropy | Showing the love of humanity by donating things | 30 | |
| 6894914183 | Ailmenta | Provided subsistence payments to support children at public expense -orphans | 31 | |
| 6894914184 | Hadrian 5 Good Emperors | 117-138 -great administrator and leader -standardized all Roman Law (still use today) -reduced the size of the empire to make it more manageable -fortified Roman boundaries -Wall that expands about 84 miles | 32 | |
| 6894914185 | Antonius Pius 5 Good Emperors | 138-161 -improved Roman Law -"Innocent until proven guilty" | 33 | |
| 6894914186 | Marcus Aurelius 5 Good Emperors | Philosopher King (Meditations) -constantly at war with the Barbarians -plague ran through the empire causing him to take Barbarians into the army -Persecuted the Christians -End of Pax Romana | 34 | |
| 6894914187 | Commodus | Son of Marcus Aurelius -killed by a Gladiator -terrible leader | 35 | |
| 6894914188 | Aurelian | Good leader -highly successful "soldier emperor" | 36 | |
| 6894914189 | Diocletian | 284-305 -split the empire in half -edict on prices and occupations -end of the citizen as a individual -Divine Right; Emperor as a God | 37 | |
| 6894914190 | Constantine | Made Christianity the state religion -fights battle at Milvian Bridge, prays and wins -Edict of Milan -Constantinople -York England -Moved his area from Rome to Constantine | 38 | |
| 6894914191 | Constantinople | Modern Day Istanbul | 39 | |
| 6894914192 | Justinian and Theodora | 527-565 -Justinian's Law Code -The Digest -Santa Sophia (Hagia Sophia) -Varangian Guard , Greek Fire (Viking guards for the Emperor) -Icons -Byzantine Empire | 40 | |
| 6894914193 | Carthage | Modern day Tunisia | 41 | |
| 6894914194 | Colosseum | The most famous stadium in the world -gladiator fights took place here | 42 | |
| 6894914195 | Trajan's Column | Stories of Trajan's fights are written on here | 43 | |
| 6894914196 | Forum | Center of Rome -equivalent to an Greek Agora | 44 | |
| 6894914197 | Arch of Constantine | Tells the stories of his battles and accomplishments -entrance for Constantine coming back from his battles and tours to celebrate his victories | 45 | |
| 6894914198 | Attila the Hun | Scourge or God -died from having 8 nights of partying and being wasted, saw his new wife and died -Double bow -Huns were great horseman -killer | 46 | |
| 6894914199 | Vandals | Their name comes from random acts of destruction -(vandalism) | 47 | |
| 6894914200 | Aqueduct | Transported water from the mountains to the cities | 48 | |
| 6894914201 | Juvenal | Wrote 'Satires' | 49 | |
| 6894914202 | The Gracchi | The reforming brothers -Tiberius and Gaius were brothers who served as tribunes | 50 | |
| 6894914203 | Imperator | Origin of the word emperor | 51 | |
| 6894914204 | Ovid | Famous for his 'The Art of Love' | 52 | |
| 6894914205 | Veto | 'I Forbid' | 53 | |
| 6894914206 | 44 BC | Year of Caesars death | 54 | |
| 6894914207 | Livy | Roman general known to stretch the truth | 55 | |
| 6894914208 | Gladius | Roman short sword | 56 | |
| 6894914209 | Meditations | Book written by Marcus Aurelius | 57 | |
| 6894914210 | SPQR | The Senate and the People of Rome -Senatus Populus Que Romana | 58 | |
| 6894914211 | Romance Languages | French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Portuguese | 59 | |
| 6894914212 | Mosaic | A picture of made of small prices of glass or tile | 60 | |
| 6894914213 | Pliny | Wrote a number of books on natural history | 61 | |
| 6894914214 | Which of the following names doesn't belong to Caesar? | King | 62 | |
| 6894914215 | Which of the following would not be considered a cause of the collapse of the Romans? | Population Increase | 63 | |
| 6894914216 | All of the following were Roman historians except who? | Pliny | 64 | |
| 6894914217 | Which of the following was associated with "innocent until proven guilty"? | Antonius Pius | 65 | |
| 6894914218 | Which of the following invaders were Germanic? | Huns | 66 | |
| 6894914219 | The Pax Romana included all but what? | Comfortable standard living for all | 67 | |
| 6894914220 | What failure from Augustus created problems for the Roman Empire? | He didn't make a law about the process of picking the next emperor | 68 | |
| 6894914221 | Which of the following rivers marked the northern most point of the East Empire? | Danube | 69 | |
| 6894914222 | Who's nickname is 'Scourge of God'? | Attila the Hun | 70 | |
| 6894914223 | Which of the following invaders were known for random acts of destruction? | Vandals | 71 | |
| 6894914224 | Where in Rome would you go for chariot racing? | Circus Maximus | 72 | |
| 6894914225 | What was feet of engineering that brought water from far away? | Aqueduct | 73 | |
| 6894914226 | Which emperor brought forth public education? | Trajan | 74 | |
| 6894914227 | Which year is associated with the Fall of Rome? | 476 BC | 75 | |
| 6894914228 | Who sacked Rome? | Alaric | 76 | |
| 6894914229 | Who is credited with convincing Attila not to invade Italy? | Pope Leo | 77 | |
| 6894914230 | Which of the following was not a Roman writer? | Nerva | 78 | |
| 6894914231 | Which of the following languages was not part of the Roman Language from Latin? | English | 79 | |
| 6894914232 | Roman accomplishments included all except what? | Monotheism | 80 | |
| 6894914233 | Which of the following was not a Julian-Claudian emperor? | Vespasian | 81 | |
| 6894914234 | Which of the following was not one of the 5 Good Emperors? | Vespasian | 82 | |
| 6894914235 | How did Pliny die? | A volcano | 83 | |
| 6894914236 | Herculaneum | An ancient Roman town that was destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD -destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius along with Pompeii -located in Italy | 84 | |
| 6894914237 | Who wrote Meditations? | Marcus Aurelius | 85 | |
| 6894914238 | Edict of Milan | a proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire | 86 |
