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ROMAN EMPIRE QUIZ – STUDY GUIDE

Explain or define the following terms:

1) Republic Branches of Government:
legislative, executive, and judicial

2) Dictator:
A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A
dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique.

3) Cleopatra:
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic
Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.

4) Marc Antony:

5) Julius Caesar:
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First
Triumvirate

6) Augustus (Octavian) Caesar:

Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the rst Roman emperor; he reigned
from 27 BC until his death in AD 14

Respond to the following questions about Julius Caesar’s assassination:

7) When did the assassination take place? Who killed Caesar?
Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March (15
March) of 44 BC during a meeting of the Senate

8) Why was Julius Caesar assassinated?

concerns that he wished to crown himself the king of Rome.

Respond to the following questions about Pompeii:

9) What was the name of the volcano that erupted in Pompeii?

Volcanic
Eruption
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10) What can we still find in Pompeii today, thousands of years after the eruption?

Respond to the following questions about the Roman Empire:

11)What does the term “Pax Romana” mean?

12)What happened during the Pax Romana?

13)What reasons led to the fall of Rome? Choose 3 reasons and explain them.

14) Which reason do you believe was most responsible for the fall of Rome? Why?