Upgrade to remove ads
Only $35.99/year

Engineering An Empire

Terms in this set (12)

As an ambitious young general, he had recognized the road to glory in Rome began on,___________ ,far from it.
battlefields
Julius Caesar led 8 Roman legions north through ____________.
Gaul
How did Caesar and his engineers plan to cross the Rhine River?
Caesar and his engineers plan to cross the Rhine River by building a bridge to march across.
How many days did it take to construct the Rhine bridge?
10 days
What happened when the Germans saw the Romans legions crossing the Rhine River?
They fled to higher ground.
How old was Caesar when he was crowned dictator for life?
age of 55
What happened to the brothers in the story of Romulus & Remus?
Remus was killed at the hands of Romulus.
What did the Cloaca Maxima, the city's first engineering achievement, served as?
served as a sewer system
In 312 B.C. the via Appia, Rome's first national highway was how many miles long?
132 miles
What was Rome's engineer's secret weapon that enabled them to build bigger, stronger, and
faster, than anyone else?
Waterproof concrete.
Of all the achievements of Rome's engineers, what was the most life-altering?
Running water
In the capital city, how many aqueduct lines were there? How many gallons of water did they
supply to the city each day?
11 aqueduct lines, 200 million gallons.
Other sets by this creator