Roman Civilization

Complete the statement:

The _____________ invasions occurred in the _____________ Empire

• Christian - low

• Barbarians - low

• Cultural - high

Answer explanation

The "barbarian invasions" or "Germanic migrations" are different names for the historical period characterized by the massive migrations of peoples called barbarians, who came from northern Europe and central Asia.

The social organization of Rome was divided into two classes, the free people and the slaves. What were free people subdivided into?

• Patricians and kings

• Commoners and slaves

• Patricians and commoners

Answer explanation

The patricians had all the political rights while the commoners only had some of them.

What was the key to understanding the conquest capacity of this empire?

• The governments

• The power

• Their army

Answer explanation

The Roman army was a legend, they were trained from childhood to be soldiers. They also received the best care on the front lines.

In what year did Rome conquer Greece?

• 476 BC

• 146 BC

• 142 BC

Answer explanation

Under the command of Alexander the Great Greece was conquered by Rome in 146 BC

The territory of the Roman Empire was divided into 3 zones. What were they called?

• Continental, insular, peninsular

• Assyrian, Middle Sumer

• Cultural, political, economic

Answer explanation

The continental zone covered the Alps up to the Rubicon River, the peninsular zone is divided into two, one in the Adriatic Sea and another in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas while the insular zone is in Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica.

Rome had three main periods. What were they?

• The monarchy, the republic, the empire

• Legislative, judicial, executive

• High empire, low empire, middle empire

Answer explanation

During the period of the Empire, the Roman Coliseum was built, one of the most important constructions in the history of Rome. The monarchy begins with the founding of Rome and its development over 200 years in the hands of kings. In the Roman republic it expanded to dominate much of the Mediterranean countries.

¿What is the origin of Roman numerals?

• They came from the Etruscans

• They came from the Viking alphabet

• They came from the Greeks

Answer explanation

Actually they come from notches, marks, or stripes that were carved into rods, sticks, and bones by the Etruscans.

What does the saying "All roads lead to Rome" mean?

• All the roads of the world joined in Rome.

• Rome was the origin of many important ideas for Western civilization.

• Rome conquered the whole world.

Answer explanation

Rome left a very strong mark; Everything that was said, done and thought in later centuries has a great relationship with this Empire that dominated much of Europe.

¿How is 1970 represented in Roman numerals?

• MCMLXX

• MCMLXXI

• MCMLXIX

Answer explanation

M represents 1000, D=500, C=100, L 50, and X=10, V=5, I=1. If you put it at the right you add the number, but if you put it to the left you subtract.

What are the three most important philosophers of the Roman Civilization?

• Heraclitus of Ephesus, Epicurus of Samos, Sophocles.

• Lucretius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius.

• Empedocles of Agrigento, Parmenides of Elea, Pythagoras of Samos.

Answer explanation

They were Roman philosophers of classical times

Broadly speaking, we can recognize two important stages in it: the Patristic and the Scholastic.