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“Republic of Rome” Video Guided Questions
1. What were the names of the twins who supposedly founded the city of Rome?
2. What were the two types of land structures that surrounded Rome?
3. What tribe of brutal people conquered the early Roman communities?
4. What group of people took power in the Roman Republic?
5. What were the two classes of people that lived in Rome?
6. What did the tribunes (that the plebeians created) do?
7. What were some of the places that Rome’s army conquered by the 2 nd Century?
8. What did the Roman’s ask for instead of taxes?
9. What was the name of the civic center of the city and what did people do at it?
10. What were Roman slaves forced to do?
11. What was the name of the slave that led a revolt?
12. Who were the two men that the council sent to hunt down Spartacus and his followers?
13. How were Spartacus and his followers killed?
“Republic of Rome” Video Guided Questions
1. What were the names of the twins who supposedly founded the city of
Rome? Romulus and Remus
2. What were the two types of land structures that surrounded Rome? Rivers
and Mountains
3. What tribe of brutal people conquered the early Roman communities? The
Etruscans
4. What group of people took power in the Roman Republic? Councils made
of magistrates and senators
5. What were the two classes of people that lived in Rome? Patricians and
plebeians
6. What did the tribunes (that the plebeians created) do? Provided them a
place to state their problems
7. What were some of the places that Rome’s army conquered by the 2nd
Century? Asia, North Africa, Spain
8. What did the Roman’s ask for instead of taxes? Men to fight in their army
9. What was the name of the civic center of the city and what did people do at
it? Forum
10. What were Roman slaves forced to do? Provide manual labor to build
things
11. What was the name of the slave that led a revolt? Spartacus
12. Who were the two men that the council sent to hunt down Spartacus and
his followers? Crassus and Pompei
13. How were Spartacus and his followers killed? Crucifixion