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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from
Pax Romana
Pax Romana means this.
$100 Answer from
Pax Romana
Roman Peace
$200 Question from
Pax Romana
He was the first emperor during
the Pax Romana. He was responsible
for building many of Rome’s great
buildings.
$200 Answer from
Pax Romana
Augustus Caesar
$300 Question from
Pax Romana
The Coliseum, which was bulit
during the Pax Romana, holds about
this many people.
$300 Answer from
Pax Romana
50,000 – 70,000 people
$400 Question from
Pax Romana
The Pax Romana last about how
many years?
$400 Answer from
Pax Romana
200 years
$500 Question from
Pax Romana
The first five emperors during the Pax
Romana were from the same family and
were called the ___________- Claudian
Emperors.
$500 Answer from
Pax Romana
Julio
$100 Question from
Julius Caesar
Why was Julius Caesar murdered?
$100 Answer from
Julius Caesar
Senators thought he was getting too
much power.
$200 Question from
Julius Caesar
As emperor Julius Caesar set up a
new calendar that we still use today.
This is what we call this calendar.
$200 Answer from
Julius Caesar
Julian Calendar
$300 Question from
Julius Caesar
This was Julius Caesar’s great nephew
who eventually becomes Rome’s first
emperor. (His “real name” is needed for
this question.)
$300 Answer from
Julius Caesar
Octavian
$400 Question from
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar (and his troops)
defies the Senate and crosses this
river, which begins a civil war in Rome.
$400 Answer from
Julius Caesar
the Rubicon River
$500 Question from
Julius Caesar
Before Julius Caesar becomes dictator
he rules with two other men. They had
equal power. What is this called?
$500 Answer from
Julius Caesar
a triumvirate
$100 Question from
Emperors
This emperor was probably insane;
he had his mother killed and is said
to have started a fire that burned
much of Rome.
$100 Answer from Emperors
Nero
$200 Question from
Emperors
He was the first of Rome’s emperors;
he was in power during the Pax Romana.
$200 Answer from Emperors
Augustus Caesar
$300 Question from
Emperors
This emperor built the Coliseum where
Nero had built his lake.
$300 Answer from Emperors
Vespasian
$400 Question from
Emperors
He was the emperor who built a wall
in Britain to keep the enemy out.
$400 Answer from Emperors
Hadrian
$500 Question from
Emperors
This was the name of Nero’s palace
that he built after the fire of 64 CE.
$500 Answer from Emperors
Domus Aurea
$100 Question from
Christian Era
The first Christians were thought to be
this; a group within Judaism.
$100 Answer from Christian Era
a Sect
$200 Question from
Christian Era
He preached that “God’s rule was
close at hand” and that people should
turn away from their sins.
$200 Answer from Christian Era
Jesus of Nazareth
$300 Question from
Christian Era
He is probably most responsible for
the spread of Christianity after the
crucifixion of Jesus.
$300 Answer from Christian Era
Paul
$400 Question from
Christian Era
This emperor was considered the
protector of Christianity; he issued the
Edict of Milan.
$400 Answer from Christian Era
Constantine
$500 Question from
Christian Era
This emperor made Christianity Rome’s
official religion; all other religions were
banned.
$500 Answer from Christian Era
Theodosius
$100 Question from
Decline & Fall
He was the leader of the Huns, an
Asian group that plundered Italy in
the fifth century.
$100 Answer from
Decline & Fall
Atila
$200 Question from
Decline & Fall
The Romans minted more coins as
the fall began, which led to a rise in
prices called this.
$200 Answer from
Decline & Fall
Inflation
$300 Question from
Decline & Fall
This German soldier named himself
“King of Italy” in 476 CE, which many
historians think of the official “fall” of
the empire.
$300 Answer from
Decline & Fall
Odoacer
$400 Question from
Decline & Fall
This emperor issued the “Edict of Prices”
which he hoped would stabilize the empire.
$400 Answer from
Decline & Fall
Diocletian
$500 Question from
Decline & Fall
This empire declared that Rome
should be divided into two empires
upon his death. It happened in 395
CE.
$500 Answer from
Decline & Fall
Theodosius I
$100 Question from
Terms & People
These were the artificial waterways
built to give Romans running water.
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Terms & People
Aqueducts
$200 Question from
Terms & People
During the empire this was the area
in Rome where government business
took place.
$200 Answer from
Terms & People
The Forum
$300 Question from
Terms & People
This was built by the emperor Hadrian
to honor the Roman gods
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Terms & People
Pantheon
$400 Question from
Terms & People
He was the Visigoth chief who led his
people into Italy and sacked Rome.
$400 Answer from
Terms & People
Alaric
$500 Question from Terms &
People
What was the name of the chariot
race track that was built during the
Pax Romana. It could seat about
150,000 people.
$500 Answer from Terms &
People
Circus Maximus
Final Jeopardy
This emperor made it legal for
landowners to chain their workers to
keep them on the farms.
Final Jeopardy Answer
Constantine