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).