Ancient Roman Flashcards
(28 cards)
What year did Latins begin to settle in Italy?
800 B.c
What river did Latins settle along in Italy?
Tiber River, scattered over seven hills
Who found rome
Romulus and Remus find Rome.
How did Rome get its name
After Romulus kills his brother Remus over where to put the new city, Romulus names it after himself
What’s the name of the earliest people of Rome
Etruscans
What is the name of Government form creates in 509 B.C
Res public which belongs to the people
Who made the laws
Senate
What are patrician
Landowning upper class
Who would choose a dictator
Senate
How long were dictators put in power
6 months
Who is this; farmers, artisan, and merchants significant portion of the overall population citizens with little influence
Plebeians
Who is this; elected officials who could veto laws that they felt treated plebeians unfairly.
Tribunes
In what year were rom laws written and what were they called
450 B.C, 12 tablets
Who fought in the Punic wars
Rome vs Carthage
Who won the first Punic war
Rome was victorious
Who were Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus
Plebeians who would both be elected as tribunes.
Why wher Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus sentenced to death
They pushed for the government to distribute land to poor farmers, and to push the government to use public money to feed the poor
What does Augustus create
Pax Romana
What were some entertainment in Rome
Circus Maximus, Gladiator contests,
Who and when were the two empires divided into two parts
Diocletian divided the two in 248 A.D
How does geography of Italy compare to Greek geography
They had mountains, they had good farmin because they settled around a river
How does Rome’s expansion lead to Hellenistic ideas
It made them interact with more people
Whist does the impact of Greek gods have on Rome
Roman believed in many gods and goddesses influenced by Greek
What advancements did Rome have
Influenced by Greek sculpture, mosaics, architecture symbolized power of Rome
