Chapter 66: The First Sack of Rome

Question 1

Citizens

Answer 1

in Sparta, this was the name of the people who were the conquerors.

Question 2

Decemvirs

Answer 2

it was a board of ten lawmakers, who were appointed to run the government and draw up laws to govern Rome.

Question 3

Helots

Answer 3

in Sparta, this was the name of the people who were the conquered.

Question 4

Patricians

Answer 4

in Sparta, they were by tradition descendants of the Roman council of advisers that served the old kings. It came from the Latin word pater, “father.”

Question 5

Plebians

Answer 5

in Sparta, they were the opposite of patricians, everyone else. It included conquered peoples living in Rome, and men who traced their ancestry back to lowly inhabitants of the original city.

Question 6

Tribune

Answer 6

in Rome, their job was to protect the plebs from injustice. They were “above the law.”

Question 7

The Twelve Tables

Answer 7

they were written out on wood and set in the Forum, for all to see them. Livy says that in his day they were still the foundation of Roman law.

Question 8

Volscii

Answer 8

it was a city nearby Rome, that lived to the south of Rome.