T2 ID's Flashcards
Marius
Promised a quick end to the repeated failure at war.
Faced gurrilla warfare.
Roman general and statesman.
He held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his career.
Sulla
Romangeneral and statesman.
He had the distinction of holding the office ofconsultwice, as well as reviving thedictatorship.
Sulla was a skillful general, achieving numerous successes in wars against different opponents, both foreign and Roman. He was awarded agrass crown, the most prestigious Roman military honor, during theSocial War.
Pompey
29 September 106 BC– 28 September 48BC)
A military and political leader of the lateRoman Republic.
He came from a wealthyItalian provincialbackground, and his father had been the first to establish the family among theRoman nobility.
Julius Caesar
13 July 100BC[1]– 15 March 44BC[2]),
ARomanpolitician and general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of theRoman Republicand the rise of theRoman Empire.
He is also known as a notable author ofLatinprose.
In 60 BC, Caesar,Crassus, andPompeyformed apolitical alliancethat dominatedRoman politicsfor several years.
Their attempts to amass power asPopulareswere opposed by theOptimateswithin theRoman Senate, among themCato the Youngerwith the frequent support ofCicero
Graccus Brothers
TiberiusandGaius, were Romans who both served astribunesin the late 2nd century BC.
They attempted to pass land reform legislation that would redistribute the major aristocratic landholdings among the urban poor and veterans, in addition to other reform measures
Equestrian Order
Entry into the highest order, the Senate, was by membership in the equestrian order, which in a sense contained the Senate.
Admission to the equestrian order was not based on wealth, although a fixed base net worth of four hundred thousand sesterces was required.
Punic wars
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC.
The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflicts of interest between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic.
Cicero
Career coincided with the decline of the Republuc, is the best known but by now means the only example of a public figure whote great literary talents were combined with a vigorous career of public service.
A man from the new Italian munucupal aristocracy, he lacked most of the normally essential prerequisites for advancement in Rom, such as family connections and military ability.
His awesome oratorical and literary talents compensated for these deficiencies and enabled his to play and important political role throughout most of the declining years of the Republic.
Livy
Roman Historian. Commented on Rome’s involvement with Campania that led to the war with Pyrrhus, which in turn led to the wars with Carthage. Helped Rome reach historical writing maturity in the rise of Rome. Considerable segmetns of the work of Livy have survived.
His history is full of edifying examples of virtue and vice, and despite his great narrative ability,his characteristics tend to become idealized and somewhat wooden. Nevertheless, Livy’s scope and his capacity for sustained narrative far outdistanced the literary talents of his predecessors, and his work soon replaced theirs.
