Between the Wars, 241-218 BCE Flashcards
What war rose up following Carthage’s inability and unwillingness to pay the 20,000 mercenaries who demanded pay following the First Punic War?
Truceless War
What island became Rome’s province following the First Punic War?
Sicily
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?
Sardinia
What two islands became Rome’s second province after quelling any Carthaginian claims to the islands?
Sardinia and Corsica
Where did Hamilcar land in 237 BCE to begin the recovery efforts following the First Punic War?
Gades (Cadiz)
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)?
Hasdrubal
What city in Spain did Hasdrubal found to be the new capital of the Carthaginian empire?
Carthago Nova (Cartegena)
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?
Hamilcar Barca
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?
Ebro Treaty
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?
ius gentium
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?
Gaius Flaminius
At what battle of 225 BCE did Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus defeat a coalition of Gauls?
Cape Telamon
In what year was the battle of Cape Telamon?
225 BCE
Who crosses the Po River to defeat the Insubrian Gauls in 223 BCE?
Gaius Flaminius
Following Gaius Flaminius’s success against the Insubrian Gauls in 223 BCE, who defeats them again in 222 BCE at the battle of Clastidium?
M. Claudius Marcellus
What man defeats the Insubrian chieftain Virodamarus in 222 BCE at Clastidium in single combat earning him the spolia opima?
M. Claudius Marcellus
What Insubrian chieftain does M. Claudius Marcellus defeat at Clastidium to earn the spolia opima in 222 BCE?
Virodamarus
What consul of 220 BCE constructed his namesake road from Rome to Ariminum?
Gaius Flaminius
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?
Quintus Claudius
What man became the first plebeian to hold the office of Pontifex Maximus in 254 BCE?
Tiberius Coruncanius
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?
Tiberius Coruncanius
In 204 BCE, what learned jurist published his free commentaries on the Twelve Tables with legal interpretations following in the footsteps of Tiberius Coruncanius?
Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus
In 230 BCE, two Roman envoys arrived in the Illyrian capital of Scodra to address complaints of piracy towards what Illyrian queen?
Teuta
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?
Demetrius of Pharos
What man, after receiving control of Pharos and other mainland towns, conspired with Antigonus Doson and invaded Roman protectorates following the death of Teuta?
Demetrius of Pharos
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?
Philip V
What man was assassinated in 221 BCE leading to the rise of Hannibal as leader of the Carthaginians?
Hasdrubal
What man, the eldest son of Hamilcar Barca, took the place of Hasdrubal following his assassination in 221 BCE?
Hannibal
In 219 BCE, what town on the eastern coast of Spain did Hannibal besiege setting the stage for the Second Punic War against Rome?
Saguntum
