Between the Wars, 241-218 BCE

Question 1

What war rose up following Carthage’s inability and unwillingness to pay the 20,000 mercenaries who demanded pay following the First Punic War?

Answer 1

Truceless War

Question 2

What island became Rome’s province following the First Punic War?

Answer 2

Sicily

Question 3

What island did Hamilcar Barca attempt to reoccupy in 238 BCE much to the dismay of a particularly anti-Carthage group of Roman senators who pushed for a Roman occupation of the island?

Answer 3

Sardinia

Question 4

What two islands became Rome’s second province after quelling any Carthaginian claims to the islands?

Answer 4

Sardinia and Corsica

Question 5

Where did Hamilcar land in 237 BCE to begin the recovery efforts following the First Punic War?

Answer 5

Gades (Cadiz)

Question 6

Following Hamilcar Barca’s drowning in 229 BCE, what son-in-law of his continued rebuilding Carthage in Spain founding the new capital Carthago Nova (Cartagena)?

Answer 6

Hasdrubal

Question 7

What city in Spain did Hasdrubal found to be the new capital of the Carthaginian empire?

Answer 7

Carthago Nova (Cartegena)

Question 8

Wary over what man’s rapid expansion into Spain, in 231 BCE the Romans sent emissaries to Spain to investigate, but seemingly were happy with the response that he is attempting to acquire new forms of revenue to pay Carthage’s indemnity to Rome following the First Punic War?

Answer 8

Hamilcar Barca

Question 9

Because of the incessant worries of Massilia, what treaty was signed by Rome and Hasdrubal in 226 BCE restricting him from entering into allied territory too aggressively?

Answer 9

Ebro Treaty

Question 10

As Rome became more and more involved in the wider world, what “law of nations” did they develop which eventually would lay the groundwork for the basis of modern international law?

Answer 10

ius gentium

Question 11

What plebeian tribune of 232 BCE unilaterally organized a plebiscite requiring lands south of Ariminum be divided and distributed to poor families despite violent opposition from the wealthy aristocrats?

Answer 11

Gaius Flaminius

Question 12

At what battle of 225 BCE did Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus defeat a coalition of Gauls?

Answer 12

Cape Telamon

Question 13

In what year was the battle of Cape Telamon?

Answer 13

225 BCE

Question 14

Who crosses the Po River to defeat the Insubrian Gauls in 223 BCE?

Answer 14

Gaius Flaminius

Question 15

Following Gaius Flaminius’s success against the Insubrian Gauls in 223 BCE, who defeats them again in 222 BCE at the battle of Clastidium?

Answer 15

M. Claudius Marcellus

Question 16

What man defeats the Insubrian chieftain Virodamarus in 222 BCE at Clastidium in single combat earning him the spolia opima?

Answer 16

M. Claudius Marcellus

Question 17

What Insubrian chieftain does M. Claudius Marcellus defeat at Clastidium to earn the spolia opima in 222 BCE?

Answer 17

Virodamarus

Question 18

What consul of 220 BCE constructed his namesake road from Rome to Ariminum?

Answer 18

Gaius Flaminius

Question 19

What tribune of 218 BCE passed a law banning any senator or their sons to own or operate a ship capable of overseas trade and to participate in public contracts?

Answer 19

Quintus Claudius

Question 20

What man became the first plebeian to hold the office of Pontifex Maximus in 254 BCE?

Answer 20

Tiberius Coruncanius

Question 21

Following the trend set by Appius Claudius Caecus and his freedman Gnaeus Flavius in the late 300s BCE, what plebeian Pontifex Maximus offered free legal advice to any person expanding the common Roman’s understanding of the law?

Answer 21

Tiberius Coruncanius

Question 22

In 204 BCE, what learned jurist published his free commentaries on the Twelve Tables with legal interpretations following in the footsteps of Tiberius Coruncanius?

Answer 22

Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus

Question 23

In 230 BCE, two Roman envoys arrived in the Illyrian capital of Scodra to address complaints of piracy towards what Illyrian queen?

Answer 23

Teuta

Question 24

When a fleet of 200 Roman ships appeared off the island of Corcyra in 229 BCE, what man, to whom Teuta had previously entrusted the defense of the island, betrayed her and immediately surrendered?

Answer 24

Demetrius of Pharos

Question 25

What man, after receiving control of Pharos and other mainland towns, conspired with Antigonus Doson and invaded Roman protectorates following the death of Teuta?

Answer 25

Demetrius of Pharos

Question 26

Following the Romans victory over Demetrius of Pharos in the Second Illyrian War, he fled to the court of what young king of Macedon, whispering anti-Roman rhetoric in his ear?

Answer 26

Philip V

Question 27

What man was assassinated in 221 BCE leading to the rise of Hannibal as leader of the Carthaginians?

Answer 27

Hasdrubal

Question 28

What man, the eldest son of Hamilcar Barca, took the place of Hasdrubal following his assassination in 221 BCE?

Answer 28

Hannibal

Question 29

In 219 BCE, what town on the eastern coast of Spain did Hannibal besiege setting the stage for the Second Punic War against Rome?

Answer 29

Saguntum