Latin: History 9/20/13 Flashcards
(7 cards)
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How did the Latin language get its name?
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Latin got its name from Latium, the central section of Italy.
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What year was Rome founded?
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753 BC
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Name three famous Roman writers and what they were famous for.
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- Caesar: writer, solider, statesman
- Cicero: great orator
- Virgil: wrote the Aeneid
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When did the Roman Empire fall?
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476 AD
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What does SPQR stand for?
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Senatus PopulusQue Romanus
“The Senate and the Roman people”
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Describe the fasces and what it symbolizes.
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A bundle of sticks and an axe. It symbolizes in unity there is strength and the power of life and death.
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True or False: The Romans were great engineers and builders
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True
