Chapter 9 Flashcards
(39 cards)
Who were the earliest inhabitants of Italy
Latinas
What is a legend
A story that’s be passed down for generations
What is the Italian peninsula
Italy
Eventually villages developed into anther city what city
Rome
Who were the advanced civilization with a Hellenistic culture
Etruscans
When was Rome founded
735 b.c
What were the brothers who founded Greece named
Romulus and Remus
What were the two social classes of Rome
Patricians and the plebeians
What is a republic
A government ruled by laws and representatives chosen by the people
What were the two partitions that were elected called
Consuls
What was the most powerful branch
The senate
What was the assembly of centuries
The most powerful group that was made up of patricians
Who were the trible assembly
The plebeians own assembly
What were the trible assembly’s leaders called
Tribunes
What were the law of the twelve tables
The roman law engraved in twelve bronze tablets
Where were law of the twelve tables placed
Roman forum
What does “veto” mean
” I forbid”
Who did the Romans battle for the Mediterranean Sea and the coast
Carthage
What were the Punic wars
The three major wars between Carthage and Rome
What did both the roman and Carthage want control of
Sicily
Why was the second Punic war more famous then the other two
Because of a man named Hannibal
What is a tribe
A group of people that share common ancestors
Who was Marius
A military hero
Who is Sulla
The general of the roman army
