6a pretest Flashcards
Center of Roman city
forum
Nobles
patricians
Roman soldier
legionniare
Non-aristocrats
plebians
Large Roman estates
latifundia
Unable to translate their language
etruscans
Phoenician city-state
carthage
Wanted to limit the size of estates
gracchus
Nephew to Julius Caesar
octavian
Friend of Caesar who plotted assassination
brutus
The Etruscans were eventually overthrown by the
latins
Heads of the executive branch in the Roman republic.
counsuls
Legislative body for the Plebeians.
assembly of tribes
Led Roman slave revolt in 73 B.C.
spartacus
Early Roman priests who could tell the future were called
soothsayers
Roman senator who ended every speech with “Carthage must be destroyed.”
cato
Became Roman Emperor and ended the Republic.
octavian
Scholars in Roman province of Alexandria developed the modern
calender
One factor that led to the decline of the Roman Republic was the –
migration of unemployed farmers into cities
Most Roman gods and goddesses were –
modified from greek religionq
What are aqueducts?
stone structures that are used to carry water
How did both the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea affect Rome’s development?
they offered protection form invasion
the legislative branches of the roman republic were the _______ for patricians and the __________ for plebians`
assembly of centuries,
assembly of tribes
the _________ was between rome and carthage
punic wars
; general ________ put together the first roman ful time proffessional army
marius
@ julius, pompey and crassus ruled rome together as a _________—
triumvirate
@ _________ colonists in the southern italian peninsula sought help from ____________ the romans
greek
phyrrhus
@ _____ led troops over the alps to attack rome form the north
hannibal
@ both caesar and _________ had children with ________-
marc anthony
cleopatra
@ to be _________ was the most common form of capitol punishment in the roman empire
crucified
@ _____________ declared war, in the name of rome against marc anthony and his forces
octavian
@ the third ________ war was an uprising of __________ against rome
servile
slaves