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Ancient Rome Flashcards

1
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What is the definition of SPQR?

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Senatus Populusque Romanus (the Senate and People of Rome)

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Who were the Plebeians?

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the lowest social class in Rome

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Who were the Equestrians?

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The equites constituted the second of the property-based classes of ancient Rome

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Who were the Patricians?

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the highest social class in Rome

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What was a Roman Province?

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A large areas of land or kingdoms that came under Roman rule

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What was often the reward for being a province ?

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Citizenship

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7
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Who were the first to gain provincial status in the first century BCE?

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Italian allies

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8
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When was a charter produced?

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When a province was annexed

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9
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What did Romans do to local arrangements?

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Leave them alone

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What were favoured communities called?

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civitates foederatae and civitates liberae

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What was the benefits of being a favoured community?

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  • Use your own laws
  • exempt from joining the army
  • exempt from taxation
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12
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What would a pro-consul leave Rome to do ?

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Become a governor

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13
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Who would decide which governor went where?

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The Senate

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14
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How long was the governor post?

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A year

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Why would the governor post sometimes be longer than specified?

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If there were a shortage of high-end officials

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16
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What was provocatio?

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A provincials right to appeal the decision of the governor

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17
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What was the governors main duty ?

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External attack and internal disorder

18
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What changed after Julius Caesar’s Lex Julia?

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Governors had to publish their financial accounts

19
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What staff did a governor have?

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  • A Quaestor
  • Three Legati
  • Subordinate officers
20
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What was the Quaestors role in the provinces?

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the finances

21
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What were the Legatis role in provinces?

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Senators for jurisdiction, levies and sometime military command

22
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What were the subordinate officials ?

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Private secretary, clerks, lictors

23
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Who is the most famous corrupt governor?

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Verres in Sicily

24
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Why did many people want to become Governors?

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So they could gain the money they lost in their campaigns back

25
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Why did Augustus change the allocation of provinces?

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The governorship was not a political prize but became a job that needed doing

26
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What was client Kingdom?

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A kingdom that chose to align with Rome but not become a province

27
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Why did most client kingdoms become provinces?

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When Rome felt they needed to step in and control local unrest

28
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Where were Client kingdoms located normally?

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On the margins of Roman control, where it would be difficult for them to govern

29
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What did client kingdoms provide Rome?

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  • manpower
  • resources
  • local knowledge
30
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What did Rome require Client kingdoms to do?

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Meet her demands whenever she saw fit to make them, but they were not required to pay tax

31
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What did Client Kingdoms require Rome to do?

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Ensure their positions locally

32
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How did the roman army help client kingdoms?

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It threatened the clients enemies even with just their presence

33
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How did Augustus nurture client kings?

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He encouraged them and developed personal relationships with them

34
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How can we describe the Rome Client kingdom relationship ?

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One of mutual advantage

35
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Why did provinces have to pay tax?

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Mainly for military assistance

36
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What type of tax was payed on agricultural land?

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Tithe

37
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What did Roman roads bring to the provinces?

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trade to cities and towns

38
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How did trade benefit the romans?

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Allowed them access to goods and materials all acrrss the empire

39
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Where did Rome get their grain supply?

A

Egypt

40
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How did Aqueducts benefit the provinces?

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Brought water from distant sources into the towns and cities within the empire

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