Chapter 11 Study Guide Flashcards
The Romans overthrew which group and set up the republican form of government?
Etruscans
One reform of Julius Caesar’s still in effect today is what?
12 month calendar
In 494 BC what did many Roman plebeians do to protest equal rights?
Went on strike
What started when in Rome fought for control of Sicily?
The first Punic Wars
Italy has attracted settlers from thousands of years because of its:
central location
The political leader Cicero called for a limited representative government and was against what?
Dictators
The ruling class and top officials of the Roman Republic was what group?
Patricians
The most important element in Rome’s strong economy was what?
Agriculture
The Etruscans were skilled in what?
Metalworking
Rome’s lower class saw Julius Caeser as a what?
Hero
Who did Rome fight in the Punic wars?
Carthaginians
Under the emperor Trajan, the Roman European boundaries were set at what locations?
Britain in the Northwest and Mesopotamia in the east
Traditional legend says that Romulus and Remus founded what city?
Latium
What brothers fight to bring reforms to the early republic?
Gracchus brother (Tiberius and Gaius)
Rome’s first code of law was what?
Twelve Tables
