Rome Flashcards
(117 cards)
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Built on how many hills
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Seven
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Forms a ridge down the middle of Italy that divides west to east
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Apennines
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Was Rome safe from pirates
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Yes
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Rome was located at
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Latium
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Who found Rome
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Romulus and Remus
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They were free to run their own local affairs
True or false
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True but were required to provide soldiers for Rome
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Lies at the “toe” of the boot shaped Italian peninsula
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Sicily
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Who found Rome
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Two twin brothers
Romulus and Remus
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What language did they speak
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Latin
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Who unified Italy
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Rome
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Rome was under control of how many kings
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Seven
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People who lived north of Rome
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Etruscans
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Rome did not belong in the Indo-European family
True or false
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False
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One of the ancient sources for the history of the early roman republic
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Livy
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The chief executive officers of the Roman Republic were the…?
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Consuls and praetors
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How many consuls were chosen annually?
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Two
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Greeks settled in what part of Italy
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Southern
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What did consuls do?
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They administered the government and led the Roman army into battle
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He used his stories to teach Romans more moral values and virtues
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Livy
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They were responsible for an outstanding building program
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Etruscans
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Who did Antony ally with against Octavian?
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Cleopatra VII
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In charge of civil law
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Praetor
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Rome fell under their power for a hundred years
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Etruscans
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What kind of moral values and virtues did Livy teach
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Tenacity, duty, courage and ESPECIALLY DISCIPLINE
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Organized by classes based on wealth
Centuriate assembly
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Bisected Italy
Apennines
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Praetors were also allowed to lead armies and govern Rome
| True or false
True
| When consuls were far away from the city
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As Romans' territory expanded, they added another...?
Praetor
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Why would they add another praetor?
To judge cases in which one or both people were noncitizens
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A select group of about three hundred men who served for life
The senate or council of elders
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The senate or council of elders consisted of how many men?
About 300
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Praetors were in charge of
Civil laws
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The most important assembly
Centuriate assembly
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The senate or council of elders serve for how long
Rest of their life
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True or false
| Wealthiest citizens always had the majority
True
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Intermarriage with patricians and plebeians were allowed before the fourth century
True or false
False
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They administered the government and led the Roman army into battle
Consuls
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What were the two groups that divided Rome?
Patricians and plebeians
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Founded around 800 BCE on the coast of North Africa by Phoenicians
Carthage
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Came into being as a result of the struggle of the orders
Council of plebs
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Constituted the considerably larger group of nonpatrician large landowners, less wealthy landholders, artisans, merchants, and small farmers
Plebeians
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Assembled an enormous empire in the western Mediterranean
Carthage
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The Carthaginian Empire included....
Northern Africa, southern Spain,Sardinia,Corsica, and western Sicily
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True or false
| plebeians could not vote
False
| they can vote
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Became the first roman province
Sicily
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Only they could be consuls, magistrates, and senators
Patricians
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Who defeated Carthage?
Scipio
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Latin word for Phoenician
Punicus
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During the first Punic War.....Romans could not win without a...?
Navy
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Greatest of the Carthaginian generals
Hannibal
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Where did Rome lose an army of almost 40,000 men
Cannae
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Great landowners, who constituted an aristocratic governing class
Patricians
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In this battle, Roman crushed Hannibal's forces
Battle of Zama
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The third and final struggle with Carthage was after how many years?
50
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Carthage was established by
Phoenocians
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The territory of Carthage became a roman province called?
Africa
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Carthage was destroyed for how many days?
10
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40,000 men died in the battle of?
Cannae
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Greece was placed under the control of the roman governor of
Macedonia
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Deeded his kingdom to Rome
| Giving Rome its first province in Asia
King of Pergamum
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What begins the second Punic war
Hannibal striking back
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By the fourth century BCE, the roman army co sites of how many legions?
Four
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Scipio attacked who
Carthage
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Second province of Rome
Spain
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The army recruited citizens ages...?
Between 18 and 46
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Rome became the master of?
The Mediterranean Sea
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The number of legions rose to
25
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Most citizens that were recruited were?
Farmers
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True or false.
| Italy has fairly large fertile plains that are ideal for farming.
True
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Who defeated the forces of Pompey and his allies which left him in complete control of the Roman government?
Julius Caesar
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What are the boundaries of Italy?
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Po River
Plain of Latium
Campania
Adriatic Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Large islands of Corsica and Sardinia
Sicily
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Who possess considerably more productive agricultural land, Italy or Greece?
Italy
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Who was the dictator who saved Rome from attacks by the Aequi?
Cincinnatus
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When Romans' territory expanded, they add another __________ to judge cases in which one or both people were noncitizens.
Praetors
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He is Caesar's ally and assistant who took the eastern portion of the Roman world after his death
Antony
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What do you call the roadbed of the chief street through Rome
The Sacred Way
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They constructed the first roadbed of the chief through Rome
Etruscan
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True or false
| In the beginning of the Republic, Rome is safe because they are NOT surrounded by enemies
False
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In this system, Rome allowed some people especially Latins to have full Roman citizenship
Roman Confederation
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Who are the 3 individuals who came to hold enormous military and political power?
Crassus
Pompey
Julius Caesar
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They lead armies and govern Rome when the consuls were away from the city
Praetors
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What influences did the Greeks have on Rome?
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Cultivated olives and grapes
Passed on their alphabet
Sculpture
Architecture
Literature
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They are superb diplomats who excelled in making the correct diplomatic decisions. They are also good and persistent soldiers
Romans
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It means to block
Veto
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It insists military service from the allies
Roman Confederation
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A government without a king
Republic
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What right did the Council of Plebs later on gain in order to protect their interests?
Elect tribunes
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It is a group of elders who served for life
Senate or Council of Elders
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It gave more rights for the plebeians
Tribunes of the plebs
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Patricians and plebeians can both vote but who can be elected to governmental offices?
Patricians
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Is intermarriage before the tribunes of plebs between Patricians and Plebeians allowed?
No, it is not allowed
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This assembly elected the chief magistrates and passed laws.
Centuriate Assembly
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The army was recruited from citizens between what age?
18-46
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Who fled to Egypt and committed suicide after a year?
Antony and Cleopatra
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How did Tiberius and Gaius die?
Both were murdered by senators
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After this disastrous battle, the Romans were forced to recruit larger armies and the number of legions rose to 25. What is this battle?
Battle of Cannae
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A roman general who recruited volunteers from both the urban and rural poor who possessed no property into his army.
Marius
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They believed that the underlying cause of Rome's problems was the decline of the small farmer
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
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He is Caesar's grandnephew and adopted son who took the western portion of the Roman world after he died.
Octavian
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Known as the richest man in Rome and led a successful military command against a major slave rebellion.
Crassus
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He had been hailed as a military hero
Pompey
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Caesar joined with Crassus and Pompey to form a coalition that historians call what?
The First Triumvirate
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It means three-man rule
Triumvirate
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Pompey received a command in what country?
Spain
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Landed aristocrats amassed large estates that used slave lobar called what?
Latifundia
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It is the river that formed the southern boundary of his province
Rubicon
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What was the battle of Antony and Octavian called?
Battle of Actium in Greece
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The Senate is also called what?
Council of Elders
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Caesar increased the senate to how many members?
900
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He was named dictator for life
Caesar
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What kind of calendar did Julius Caesar introduce?
The Egyptian solar year of 365 days
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At what age did Octavian stand supreme over the Roman world?
32
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True or false.
| Civil war has ended along with the end of republic
True
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Crassus received a command in what country?
Syria
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Caesar received a special military command in what?
Gaul
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How did Caesar die?
Assassinated by a group of leading senators
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Who won in the battle of Antony and his ally against Octavian?
Octavian
