5.1-Ancient Rome Flashcards
When did Augustus start his rule to become Rome’s first Emperor?
27 BC/BCE
Which historical figure was an eyewitness to the eruption of Vesuvius?
Pliny the Younger
What was the Praetorian guard?
An elite group of Romansoldiers used by emperors as bodyguards
Who was the last Western Roman emperor?
Romulus Augustulus
What did the Ancient Romans call the Mediterranean Sea?
Mare Nostrum
Which archaeologist found strange cavities in the remnants of Pompeii?
Giuseppe Fiorelli
When did the Eastern Roman Empire fall?
1453 AD/CE
What was the name of the port, built at the mouth of the River Tiber called?
Ostia
What was the sewer which the River Tiber was built around called?
Cloaca Maxima
When were Pompeii and Herculanium buried?
24 August 79 AD/CE
When was Ancient Rome founded?
753 BCE/BC
When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
15 March 44 BC/BCE
When did Rome become a republic
509 BC/BCE
When was the first law code, the 12 Tables published?
450 BC/BCE
When was the Roman Empire permanently divided into East and West?
395 AD/CE
