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.