Starter quiz
- Rome was founded on which river?
- Thames
- Tiber ✓
- Danube
- Severn
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- According to the myth, who was the founder and first king of Rome?
- Romulus ✓
- Remus
- Julius Caesar
- Alexander the Great
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- According to the myth, Romulus and Remus were the twin sons of princess Rhea Sylvia and...
- Jupiter, the god of the sky and thunder
- Neptune, the god of the sea
- Mars, the god of war ✓
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- How do we know that the myth of Romulus and how he founded Rome is not true?
- Remus was the actual founder of Rome.
- Myths are fictional stories that often feature gods and heroes. ✓
- The remains of Romulus and Remus have been discovered by archaeologists.
- Archaeologists have found evidence that shows Rome grew over a long period. ✓
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- CE refers to which time period?
- the time from the year 1 onwards ✓
- the time after the year 0
- the time before the year 1
- the time before the year 0
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- BCE refers to which time period?
- the time from the year 1 onwards
- the time after the year 0
- the time before the year 1 ✓
- the time before the year 0
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Exit quiz
- During the time of the Roman Kingdom, Rome was ruled by...
- 'kings' ✓
- According to myth, the Roman Kingdom lasted from 753 BCE to...
- 509 BCE ✓
- 509 CE
- 1509
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- After the last king of Rome was overthrown, Rome became...
- a province
- a republic ✓
- an empire
- a kingdom
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- The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and...
- Macedonia
- Greece
- Carthage ✓
- Tunisia
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- The general from Carthage who crossed the Alps with elephants was called...
- 'Hannibal' ✓
- After the Punic Wars and conquering Macedonia, the Roman Republic was a strong and powerful force in ...
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- the Mediterranean ✓
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Key learning points
- The Roman senators overthrew the last King of Rome, creating the Roman Republic.
- An important part of early Roman identity was the role of the senate in representing the wishes of the people.
- The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and Carthage and made Rome the dominant force in the Mediterranean.
- In 146 BCE, the Roman Republic made Macedonia a province and brought the Greek city-states under its control.
- Not everyone in the Roman Republic was free (slavery was an important institution) or even a Roman citizen.
Common misconception
Rome was always an Empire.
Before the Roman Empire was founded, Rome was first ruled by kings and then Rome became a republic.
Keywords
Elect - to elect someone is to choose them by voting for them
Punic wars - the Punic Wars were a series of wars between Rome and Carthage
Citizen - a citizen is a member of a country or city and has the rights of a free person, such as the right to vote
Republic - a republic is a country where the leaders are chosen or elected by the people living in the country
Province - a Roman province was a place controlled by Rome that was outside of Italy
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