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When was Rome the most magnificent and largest city in the world?

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2000 years ago

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What river was Rome founded beside?

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The river Tibre

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What were the name of the group of farmers who founded Rome?

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Latins, people of the wide valley.

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What is the legend about the founder of Rome?

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Romulas and Remus

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What did Rome rapidly become?

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Rome rapidly became a rich, beautiful and exciting city

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What did Rome hold?

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Rome held markets, violent games, excitement for all.

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What was Rome. ( in relation to the Empire)

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It was the centre of the Empire

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2000 years ago the Romans were the most what people in the world?

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Powerful

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What did people do at the Roman Forum?

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Crowds of people shopped,talked, went about their business in this market area.

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Could you use carts in a Roman forum.

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No you could not

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What stopped you from bringing carts into the Roman Forum?

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A special law stopped you from bringing carts into the Roman Forum. Thus avoiding any interruptions.

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Huge statues of who stood around the forum?

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Emperors, army generals & famous romans dotted around the forums

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What temples were around the forums?

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Temples to Jupiter, Apollo, and other friendly gods

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What other buildings were around the Roman forum?

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Law court, exchange building, town hall.

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Was the Roman forum important?

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Yes the forum was very important

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What was a forum?

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It was a market place

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Did many people live near/around the forum?

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Yes

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What did Rome quickly grow to be?

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It quickly grew in size and importance

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Where were new buildings and roads added?

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Outside city walls and across the 7 hills of Rome.

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Beautiful parks and what were established in the developing city?

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Gardens

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Why were aqueducts built?

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Aqueducts were built to provide the city with a fresh water supply.

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Why were sewers built?

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They were built to transport the city’s waste

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The were the 3 main Roman pastimes?

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Visiting the baths, the games and the races

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What were one of the most important buildings in a Roman town?

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The baths

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What did people go to the baths to do?

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They went there to keep clean, exercise and meet friends.

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How many temperatures did the baths have?

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3

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What was the name of the hot room?

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Caldarium

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What was the Latin name of the warm room?

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Tepidarium

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What was the Latin name for the cold room?

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Fridgidarium

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How were the hot rooms heated?

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They were heated by using an underfloor heating system

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31
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Were soaps used in the baths?

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No

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32
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How did the romans clean themselves?

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They used sigils to scrape the dirt of their body’s

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What did the romans do after they were clean?

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They rubbed their body’s in scented oils

34
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What was circus Maximus?

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It was a hippodrome.

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What was the width of circus Maximus?

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It was 200m wide

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How long was circus Maximus?

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It was 600m long

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How many people could circus Maximus seat?

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250,000 people

38
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What was the site of chariot riding?

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Circus Maximus

39
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Chariots were pulled by up to how many horses?

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4

40
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What speed did the chariot riders turn corners at?

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45km/hr

41
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Was racing popular?

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Yes

42
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We’re bets placed on the chariot racers?

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Yes

43
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Where were games held?

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They were held at an amphitheater

44
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What was the most famous amphitheater?

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The colosseum was the most famous amphitheater, it holds up to 50,000 people

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What did gladiators fight?

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They fought wild animals and they sometimes fought themselves

46
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Were all of the gladiators professionally trained?

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No, only some were.

47
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Did any fights end in death?

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Most fights ended in death

48
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What power did the crowd have?

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The crowd had the power of life and death

49
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How could the crowd use their power?

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They used it by giving a thumbs up if they wanted him alive or a thumbs down if they wanted him dead.

50
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What was the Latin name for a rich person?

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Patrician

51
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What did the rich do?

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Some of the rich helped to rule the empire while others were generals in the Roman Army.

52
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What did money bring?

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Money brought responsibility and power

53
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What did wealthy romans live in?

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Romans lived in splendour and luxury.

54
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Where did the wealthy romans live during the summer?

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They lived in fine town houses or in villas in the county during the summer

55
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What did the Romans love, in relation to their houses?

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Open spaces, beauty and colour

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What did their houses have?

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They had walls, ceilings and floors that were highly decorated with murals and mosaics

57
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Many wealthy citizens often had statues of who in their house?

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Statues of Roman gods and emperors to pray to in their houses

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Who did they pray to?

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Their ancestors, apollo, Venus, Jupiter and many other gods

59
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Who has the biggest influence on the Roman art?

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The Greeks

60
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What did rich people wear?

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They wore wool or linen tunic. It had short sleeves, reached to the knees and was mainly worn indoors with sandals.

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What would rich romans wear outdoors?

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They wore a wool or linen tunic that had short sleeves and reached down to the knees with a toga over it and boots

62
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What did rich Roman women wear?

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They wore a palla with makeup and perfume

63
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Who served rich romans their food?

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Their slaves

64
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Were the rich romans table manners very good?

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No they didn’t have very good table manners. They used knives and forks but we’re still very messy eaters

65
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What did rich people drunk with their dinner?

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Wine

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Where were rich romans fed?

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They were fed on reclining couches

67
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What was the voimitorium? Who had to work there ?

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It was the sick room, some slaves had to work their way

68
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What food did rich people have plenty of?

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Fish, meat, fruit and vegetables

69
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List 5 examples of a rich Roman meal

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  1. Whole lobster with asparagus
  2. Goose liver
  3. Truffle and mushroom
  4. Spring chicken
  5. Snails and olive oil with white wine sauce.
70
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What was a slave, in relation to their master? How could they come to be that

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They were a piece of property, they could have been captured during a war or a a battle

71
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Wealthy people generally had how many slaves?

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They generally had one or two slaves

72
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How many slaves did the Emeror have?

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He had over 20,000 slaves

73
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Where did most poor romans live ?

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They lived in a single room in a block of flats

74
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What did families do in that flat?

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They cooked, ate, slept, and lived in the one room

75
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What was an ever present threat for a poor persons room?

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Fire

76
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What were the streets below the apartments like?

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The streets were muddy, dirty & unhygienic

77
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Did the apartments improve?

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Over time they did improve, they became bigger and better as ideas improved

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What was the biggest flaw of the flats that the poor lived in?

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They were cold and damp in the winter and hot and stuffy in the summer

79
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At one stage what did the romans rule over?

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They ruled over most of Europe

80
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Where can remainders of Roman ruins be found?

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They can still be found over many European countries.

81
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Who followed the Roman army? And what did they do?

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Builders and engineers followed behind the soldiers, who designed and constructed towns, roads , bridges, temples and forts

82
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The foreign lands that the romans ruled was called ‘ the Empire’. What did it cover?

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It stretched from the south of Scotland to Egypt

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