The Rest of The Roman World Q's

Question 1

The Etruscans did what to the Latins in 600 BC?

Answer 1

they conquered the Latins

Question 2

What is considered to be the event that marks the beginning of the Roman Empire?

Answer 2

When Latins retaliated and conquered the Etruscans in 509 BC

Question 3

Republic

Answer 3

a gov’t where the citizens vote and choose their leaders

Question 4

Patricians

Answer 4

the wealthy landowners (a class in the Roman social structure)

Question 5

Plebians

Answer 5

the common people (traders, farmers, shop owners, everyone not a slave or patrician)

Question 6

the Senate was made up of?

Answer 6

300 Patricians who governed Rome

Question 7

How long was a Senator’s term in office?

Answer 7

their term was for life

Question 8

consul

Answer 8

officials that administered the law in Rome

Question 9

Twelve Tables of Law

Answer 9

the first written code of law in Rome

Question 10

If you owned land you ____________.

Answer 10

had to serve in the Roman army

Question 11

legion

Answer 11

composed of six thousand soldiers

Question 12

What major event happened in the first Punic War?

Answer 12

Rome wins a naval victory (up to this point Rome had not had a navy)

Question 13

tribute

Answer 13

annual payment to Rome

Question 14

Hannibal

Answer 14

a general of Carthage involved in the Second Punic War (wanted to avenge father’s death)

Question 15

What land area did Rome get for winning the second Punic War?

Answer 15

Spain

Question 16

“Carthago est Decanda” is Latin for ___________.

Answer 16

Carthage must be destroyed

Question 17

What did the Roman army do to Carthage in the third Punic War?

Answer 17

They totally destroyed Carthage

Question 18

“Carthagenian Peace” means

Answer 18

you totally annihilate your enemy to where they cannot recover

Question 19

Who was in the first Triumvirate and what were there roles?

Answer 19

Caesar-an acclaimed general popular with the people
Pompey- a Roman general
Marcus Crassus-weakest of the three

Question 20

triumvirate means

Answer 20

three man rule

Question 21

in the 1st triumvirate there was a power struggle between

Answer 21

Caesar and Pompey

Question 22

Caesar is ultimately given an ultimatum by the Senate. What was it?

Answer 22

He was ordered to return to Rome without his army. (if did it he was saying that he yielded to the Senate; if didn’t he was defying the Senate) (involved crossing the Rubicon River)

Question 23

What did Caesar decide to do in regard to the Senate’s ultimatum?

Answer 23

He comes back with his army and defeats Pompey.

Question 24

What does “Crossing the Rubicon” mean?

Answer 24

it is where you make a final decision and you cannot turn back

Question 25

Brutus

Answer 25

a close friend of Caesar and co-conspirator in his death

Question 26

what does “et tu Brute” mean?

Answer 26

literally means “why you Brutus?” (figuratively means the ultimate betrayal of a friend)

Question 27

Who was in the second triumvirate and what were their roles?

Answer 27

Octavian-heir/grand-nephew to Caesar (handpicked successor)
Marc Antony-Roman general
Marcus Lepidus-weakest

Question 28

What was the first objective of the second Triumvirate?

Answer 28

to capture and try Caesar’s murderers (executed everyone of them)

Question 29

Who was involved in a power struggle in the second triumvirate?

Answer 29

Octavian and Marc Antony

Question 30

Marc Antony allies with ______________.

Answer 30

Cleopatra Queen of Eygpt

Question 31

Who eventually wins in the power struggle between Octavian and Marc Antony?

Answer 31

Octavian defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra in a devastating battle

Question 32

in 27 BC the Senate gives Octavian the title of ________

Answer 32

Augustus

Question 33

Augustus means

Answer 33

“Exalted One”- Augustus was also the first Roman emperor

Question 34

Pax Romana means

Answer 34

Roman Peace

Question 35

What is the Pax Romana?

Answer 35

a period of peace and prosperity

Question 36

Imperator (another title given to Augustus) what does it allow him to do?

Answer 36

allows him to be the commander in chief of the entire army

Question 37

Greco-Roman

Answer 37

a blending of Greek and Roman culture/civilization

Question 38

aqueducts

Answer 38

brought water from the countryside into the cities

Question 39

Appian Way

Answer 39

a major roadway to move trade and troops

Question 40

what happened in the Colosseum?

Answer 40

gladiator events, wild animal events, mock naval battles, and reinacted military victories

Question 41

Religious toleration of the Roman emperor

Answer 41

other people could worship an way they pleased but the other people had to recognize the emperor as a divine being

Question 42

Who were the only people to defy the Romans and not recognize the emperor as a divine being?

Answer 42

the Christians

Question 43

What was the reaction of the Roman officials to Jesus’s teachings?

Answer 43

Jesus was considered a troublemaker because he claimed to be the Messiah

Question 44

Christians were viewed as _________

Answer 44

scapegoats

Question 45

Pontius Pilate

Answer 45

the governor who ordered Jesus to be put to death

Question 46

313 A.D. Edict of Milan

Answer 46

gave religious toleration to the Christians

Question 47

395 A.D. Christianity became the

Answer 47

official religion of the empire

Question 48

Germanic invasions

Answer 48

they moved in looking for and area with better climate and better farmland

Question 49

What did the Visigoths do to the Romans in 344 A.D.?

Answer 49

They defeated the Roman army and showed that Rome was now beatable

Question 50

In 476 AD ________ became the first German born emperor

Answer 50

Odacer

Question 51

after the Roman Empire split, the eastern half became known as the __________.

Answer 51

Byzantine Empire and it would last for about another thousand years

Question 52

Where did the early Latins settle?

Answer 52

along the Tiber River