Describe the geography of the Italian peninsula.

How are the food growing lands of Rome different from those of Greece?

What were some benefits to the village that would become Rome?

Why do you think later Romans would like the story of Romulus and Remus?

The early Roman empire had what form of government?

How is a "republic" different than a monarchy?

What were the differences between Plebeians and Patricians?

How were "tribunes" formed?

Why would the plebeians protest against the unwritten laws of Rome?

Describe the home of a wealthy Roman.

Why was there fighting between Rome and Carthage?

How did Lucius Sulla break the laws of Rome?

Which river was Caesar warned not to cross by the Roman Senate?

Why did the senators murder Caesar?

What led to the war between Octavian and Mark Anthony?

Even though Octavian was given the title of "Augustus", he used the name "Princeps",  why was this important?

How was the army used by Octavian?

Why would rulers of the other cities want their own cities to look like Rome?

List some of the Roman gods and the names they had been called by the Greeks.

Why were early Christians punished by the Romans?

Which Roman emperor ended the persecution of Christians?

How does the quote, "Our history now plunges from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust" describe the end of the Roman Empire?

What caused the Germanic tribes to move south into Roman lands?