ancient rome 3

Question 1

At first, who was allowed to serve in Rome’s legions?

Answer 1

property-owning citizens, and they had to supply their own weapons

Question 2

What did each consul lead?

Answer 2

An army of two legions

Question 3

How many men did one legion consist of?

Answer 3

4200

Question 4

What did people do when the Batle season finished in october?

Answer 4

they went home

Question 5

Why did consul Marius allow poor landless citizens to volunteer?

Answer 5

citizens who owned property became reluctant to serve

Question 6

Who supplied the poor citizens’ equipment?

Answer 6

the governemnt

Question 7

What did the government supply?

Answer 7

bronze helmet, mail armor, javelin, oval shield

Question 8

What are legionaries?

Answer 8

professional soldiers

Question 9

What did marius do for maximum strength and flexibility?

Answer 9

he reorganised the legions

Question 10

How did marius reorganise the legions?

Answer 10

He grouped squads of men into 100men units. these units were grouped into 600men divisions.

Question 11

How did the reorganisation help rome?

Answer 11

It gave roman generals control over large numbers of men, and its’s a model for modern day military organisation

Question 12

How did Rome gain more manpower?

Answer 12

By recruiting additional soldiers from the regions it defeated

Question 13

How did Rome conquer its enemies

Answer 13

the legions

Question 14

What was the max years that a legionary could serve?

Answer 14

16 years

Question 15

What did a recruit have to pass?

Answer 15

a physical inspection

Question 16

What would the recruit swear to do?

Answer 16

Swear an oath to serve the republic. Oath inspired a powerful sense of duty

Question 17

how did soldiers build strong bonds of friendship and loyalty?

Answer 17

through sharing a tent, duties, and meals

Question 18

What did legionaries do off duty?

Answer 18

They played games or visited public baths

Question 19

What was the key to legions’ success?

Answer 19

Training

Question 20

What did legionaries do everyday at the end?

Answer 20

Built fortified camp

Question 21

What did legionaries build?

Answer 21

straight roads and strong bridges that connected the republic and carried its men into battle

Question 22

What was the north african city of Carthage like?

Answer 22

immensely rich

Question 23

What has carthage grown from?

Answer 23

a Phoenician colony into a trading empire

Question 24

What had carthage established?

Answer 24

colonies and trading ports around the mediterranean

Question 24

What did carthage control?

Answer 24

valuable mineral resources

Question 25

What did rome and carthage compete over?

Answer 25

control of the sea

Question 26

What did the first punic war break our over?

Answer 26

the strateic land of sicilt

Question 27

Where was the first punic war fought?

Answer 27

mainly at sea

Question 28

Which navy was more superior at first?

Answer 28

carthage

Question 29

what did rome do after suffering a key defeat?

Answer 29

built hundreds of powerful warshipes that beat carthage in almost every battle

Question 30

What did the victories allow Rome to occupy?

Answer 30

Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica

Question 31

Who was the general of carthage, who surrendered to rome?

Answer 31

Hamilcar barca, the father of a boy named hannibal

Question 32

When did the second punic war start?

Answer 32

After hannibal attacked one of Rome's allies

Question 33

How did Hannibal outsmart the romans?

Answer 33

he led thousands of soldiers and a herd of war elephants across the Alps to invade the italian peninsula

Question 34

Why were elephants so useful?

Answer 34

Most roman soldiers had never seen them before

Question 35

What did roman general Scipio do?

Answer 35

Invaded North africa to draw hannibal out of italy to defend his hometown

Question 36

In what battle was hannibal defeated?

Answer 36

The battle of zama

Question 37

What did carthage focus on after the second punic war?

Answer 37

trade to grow very rich

Question 38

How did Cato share his fears of the wealth of Crathage?

Answer 38

ended everything with "carthage must be destroyed"

Question 39

What did roman leaders order?

Answer 39

For the city of carthage to be abandoned

Question 40

how did rome fight carthage?

Answer 40

they laid seige to it, surrounding it and stopping its food supply

Question 41

How did the romans shatter walls?

Answer 41

By hurling huge rocks from the catapult

Question 42

How did romans take revenge after their victory?

Answer 42

they sold carthaginian survivors as slaves and destryoes every building

Question 43

What was carthage renamed as?

Answer 43

the roman province of africa

Question 44

What did the iberian peninsula, which carthage controlled become?

Answer 44

the roman province of hispania

Question 45

Who launched the first macedonian war against Rome?

Answer 45

philip 5 of macedonia

Question 46

Why were the romans forced to make peace?

Answer 46

they were at war with hannibal

Question 47

When did the second macedonian war start?

Answer 47

after hannibals defeat

Question 48

What was the flaw of the macedonian phalanx?

Answer 48

It lacked flexibility, and macedonia was defeated

Question 49

What did macedonia later become?

Answer 49

a roman province

Question 50

How did Rome conquer Greece?

Answer 50

by destroying the city of corinth