Ancient Rome Revision – Cloze Exercise. Fill in the blanks.
Romans loved their entertainment. They went to the _______________________to see
gladiators fight. Gladiators would fight against each other and sometimes against
_____________. Romans also visited The____________ ______________ to see
_________ racing. This sport was extremely _________________. If you weren’t the
sporty type you could go to the ____________________.
When a boy turned 17 he could join the army. The Roman army was divided up into
__________________ of about 4000 men and Roman soldiers are called _______________.
The roman army was well organised and conquered many lands. One land they didn’t take over
was Ireland. The Romans had a name for Ireland however. They called it ______________.
Rome followed a strict social system. You had two groups of people called the
_____________ _, who were wealthy, and the _________________ made up of everyone
else. Beneath these were freedmen and _____________. To vote in elections you had to be a
__________ of the empire. Women could not vote. People voted for politicians called
________________. These in turn voted for two________________.
Poorer Romans lived in apartments called______________. The conditions were far from
ideal. Typhoid, cholera and the constant danger of _________ was ever present. They got
their food and other goods in shops called________________. Wealthy Romans lived in
houses called ____________. These featured an interior courtyard called the ___________.
Some even had central ________________. These wealthy Romans liked to entertain their
friends in their homes and had lots of ________________ where food and drink would be
served by _______________. Some Roman food was a bit odd and they were very fond of
drinking ______________.
The main road into Rome was called the Via ___________. Victorious Generals would march
down this street on their return to the city and also build large Arches to commemorate their
victories, like the Arch of __________________. The Forum was the central meeting place
in Rome. Here you would find the _____________ - where the government met, and also the
place where Romans went to pray, which in pagan times was called the _________________.
Romans believed in many gods, such as __________ – the God of War and Jupiter who was the
___________________.
We know a hell of a lot about the Romans thanks to the ruins of _______________ which
were discovered in the late 1800’s. The city was destroyed in _________ when the volcano,
Mount _______________ erupted.
We also know from written sources from writers like_______________ and finally from
artefacts left behind like__________ ______________ ______________ which were
actually used by Roman people.