1. Empire to Republic

2. Directions: Two teams. Questions are between 100-500 points. Teams make a wager each time there is a new question. Teams have one guess. Teams can work together [quietly… don’t want the other team hearing]. Teams lose points for incorrect answers. Teams can lose points for noise level.

3. Standards MAKE YOUR WAGER

4. Question What groups did the Roman standards represent?

5. Answer: LEGIONS!

6. Question Why did each legion have a different standard? Give as many reasons as you can think of?

7. Answer: For messengers For commands Inspire the legion Put fear in enemy Identity Tell their story

8. Question What was the rank in the legion that held the highest honor?

9. Answer: Standard bearer

10. Roman Translations MAKE YOUR WAGER

11. Question: Translate S.P.Q.R. into English.

12. Answer: The Senate and the Roman People

13. Question: Translate Pax Romana.

14. Answer: “Roman Peace”

15. Roman Government MAKE YOUR WAGER

16. Question What is a republic?

17. Answer: A type of government where government officials are elected to represent the interests of the people.

18. Question: Why didn’t Rome have a police force during the republic?

19. Answer Rome did not have enough tax money, because they needed to fund the legions and the growing welfare system.

20. Question: Who was the first emperor of Rome?

21. Answer: Octavian or Augustus Caesar

22. Question: Who/What was the governing body of the Roman Republic?

23. Answer: Roman Senate

24. Question When was Ancient Rome formed?

25. Answer: 743 BC

26. Technology MAKE YOUR WAGER

27. Question How did Romans transport water from the mountains to their cities and towns?

28. Answer: Aqueducts

29. Question: What was the name of the heating system in Roman homes and baths that heated the spaces under the floors?

30. Answer: Hypocaust

31. Question: What Roman technological development helped make cities and towns more sanitary?

32. Answer: Sewers… or waste drainage systems

33. Military MAKE YOUR WAGER

34. Question When attacked by a barrage of arrows the Roman legions would get into what formation?

35. Answer: Testudo (“tortoise”)

36. Question: How many soldiers were in each legion?

37. Answer: 4,000 – 6,000

38. Question: What were Roman soldiers main two weapons? Need the Roman name of the weapon and what we call it today.

39. Answer: Gladius: short sword Pilum: spear or javelin

40. Question Why did Spartacus become a slave?

41. Answer He deserted his legion and was caught. His punishment was to become a slave.

42. Question After Spartacus fought his way to freedom, where did he go with the other former slaves loyal to him?

43. Answer Mount Vesuvius BONUS QUESTION: How many freed slaves ended up joining him there?

44. Assorted Rome Questions MAKE YOUR WAGER

45. Question: What is the name of this building?

46. Answer The Grand Pantheon

47. Question: Fill in the blank: The Grand Pantheon has one of the largest domes in the world still to this day.

48. Answer The Grand Pantheon has one of the largest single spandomes in the world still to this day.

49. Question Who could attend gladiator battles in the Colosseum?

50. Answer ANYONE!?!?!?!?!!!…. FOR FREE!!!!

51. Question What was the maximum capacity of the Colosseum (attendance including standing room)?

52. Answer 70,000 people!