Rome: Engineering an Empire

1. Before Caesar, no other emperor had crossed the __________________________.

2. It took _________________days to build Caesar's famous bridge into German territory.

3. Why was Caesar assassinated?

4. Name two things the Romans borrowed from the Etruscans:

5. The first Roman sewer system was called the __________________________________

6. The first national Roman highway was the ____________________________

7. What's the difference between modern roads and Roman roads?

8. Pozzolana was _______________________. What made it so special?

9. How did the building of aqueducts allow for an increased population size?

10. List two physical traits of the emperor Claudius:

11. List two important things that happened during Claudius' reign:

12. How did the Romans ensure that the water from the aqueducts reached the city?

13. How did Claudius die?

14. What was Nero doing as the city burned to the ground in 64 A.D.?

15. What were the physical attributes of the Domus Aurea?

16. One out of every _______________people in Rome were slaves.

17. How did Nero die?

18. The emperor _____________ won the fight for power.

19. The Colosseum was originally called the _____________________________________

20. It took ___________________years to complete the Colosseum and it was the tallest
Roman building every built.

21. Name two ways in which the Colosseum is similar to modern day stadiums:

22. List at least two things that were found in the hypogea:

23. In 98 A.D. for the first time ever, the emperor was not ______________________

24. How did Trajan win the hearts of the Roman people?

25. Trajan conquered __________________ in 107 A.D.

26. With the gold acquired from his conquest, he built ______________________

27. In order to acquire space for his building plans he chiseled out ____________________

28. Trajan's column tells the story of _____________________________________________________

29. The largest extant building of Trajan's engineering feats is _________________________

30. The giant wall built across the center of Britain is known as ________________________

31. What is a mile castle?

32-34. Hadrian's most famous building is the ___________________________________.

What is the purpose of this temple?

What is the rotunda?

35. What happened to Rome's greatest architect, Apollodorus?

36. How did Caracalla gain power in 212 A.D.?

37-38. What famous structure did Caracalla have built?

List four features of this structure:

39-40.List two reasons given by the documentary for the fall of the Roman Empire: