Unit 11, Ancient Rome

1. True or false? Correct false sentences.

1. Between 1st and 2nd centuries AD Rome conquered all the territories on the Italian Peninsula.
2. Between 500 and 250 BC, Roman Empire expanded north to south from British Isles to the Sahara Desert, and east to west from Mesopotamia to the Iberian Peninsula.
3. The Roman Empire was divided in provinces that had to pay taxes to Rome. Each province was controlled by a governor.
4. During the Monarchy the king was helped by the senate.
5. The last king of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, was Etruscan and was dethroned in 509 BC.
6. The two main institutions of the Republic were the comitias and the senate.
7. The plebeians were non-citizens who obtained their citizenship by the 4th century BC.
8. During the Empire, Rome had to fight against Carthage in the Punic Wars to extend its power around the Mediterranean.
9. In the 1st century BC the Republic was weakend by corruption and internal conflicts.
10. The fist triumvirate was formed by Mark Antony, Julius Caesar and Crassus; the second triumvirate was formed by Pompey, Octavian and Lepidus.
11. In 27 BC Octavian became Augustus and the Roman Empire started.
12. The military anarchy was a fifty years period in which there were more than 25 emperors.
13. In the 3rd century BC Roman army was defeated by Persians and Barbarians.
14. During the 4th century AD emperors Diocletian and Constantine improved the situation of the empire.
15. When the Huns entered Germanic territories, Barbarians had to flee into the roman empire and Romans couldn't stop this invasion.
16. Emperor Constantine divided the empire into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.
17. The Western Roman Empire had its capital in Constantinople and the Eastern Roman Empire in Rome.
18. The Eastern Roman Empire was brought to an end thousand years later than the Western Roman Empire and changed its name to the Byzantine Empire.
19. Emperor Constantine declared Christianity the only religion of the Roman Empire.
20. Christians were persecuted by the empire because they didn't want to worship Jupiter and the other Roman gods.

Key:

1.  False: Between 500 and 250 BC/ During the Republic Rome conquered all the territories on the Italian Peninsula.
2. False: Between 1st and 2nd centuries AD, Roman Empire expanded north to south from British Isles to the Sahara Desert, and east to west from Mesopotamia to the Iberian Peninsula.
3. True.
4. True.
5. True.
6. False: The three main institutions of the Republic were the comitias, the magistratus and the senate.
7. False: The plebeians were citizens who obtained their political rights (being magistrates and senators) by the 4th century BC.
8. False: During the Republic, Rome had to fight against Carthage in the Punic Wars to extend its power around the Mediterranean.
9. True.
10. False: The fist triumvirate was formed by Pompey, Julius Caesar and Crassus; the second triumvirate was formed by Mark Antony, Octavian and Lepidus.
11. True.
12. True.
13. False: In the 3rd century AD Roman army was defeated by Persians and Barbarians.
14. True.
15. True.
16. False: Emperor Theodosius divided the empire into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.
17. False: The Western Roman Empire had its capital in Rome and the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople.
18. True
19. False: Emperor Theodosius declared Christianity the only religion of the Roman Empire.
20. False: Christians were persecuted by the empire because they didn't want to worship the emperor. 

Unit 11, Ancient Rome

This is a useful revision for the exam. Key is beneath the activities.

1. Order the following events from the oldest to the most recent:

First triumvirate

Lucius Tarquinus Superbus is dethroned

Persians attack from the east

Founding of Rome

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Diocletian comes to power

Punic Wars

Constantine tolerates Christianity

Huns enter Germanic territory

Plebeians fight and obtain the “tribune of the plebeians”

Rome is conquered by the Etruscans

Second triumvirate

Germanic tribes form their own kingdoms in the roman Empire’s territories

Plebeians can be magistrates and senators

Theodosius divided the empire into two

The Republic starts

2. Match the following dates to their events:

1)      753 BC                              a)  Julius Caesar was assassinated

2)      509 BC                              b)  Edict of Milan: Christianity is allowed

3)      44 BC                                c)  Founding of Rome

4)      27 BC                                d)  Fall of the Roman empire   

5)      212 AD                              e)  Christianity is the official religion of the Empire                  

6)      313 AD                              f)  Huns entered the Germanic territories 

7)      375 AD                              g)  The Republic started

8)      380 AD                              h)  The Empire started

9)      395 AD                              i)  Edict of Caracalla

10)  476 AD                              j)  The Roman empire is divided into two

Key, activity 1:

1_Founding of Rome

2_Rome is conquered by the Etruscans

3_Lucius Tarquinus Superbus is dethroned

4_The Republic starts

5_Plebeians fight and obtain the “tibune of the plebeians”

6_Plebeians can be magistrates and senators

7_Punic Wars

8_First triumvirate

9_Second triumvirate

10_Persians attack from the east

11_Diocletian comes to power

12_Constantine tolerates Christianity

13_Huns enter Germanic territory

14_Germanic tribes form their own kingdoms in the roman Empire’s territories

15_Theodosius divided the empire into two

16_Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Key, activity 2:

1)-c), 2)-g), 3)-a), 4)-h), 5)-i), 6)-b), 7)-f), 8)-e), 9)-j), 10)-d).