Connor Harrison Guide (incomplete) Flashcards
1st king
Romeulus
Romulus mother
Rhea silva
Romulus father
Mars
Rhea Silvia father
Numitor
Numitor kingdom
Alba longa
Numitor brother
Amulius
Romulus raised by
Faustus and Accra larentia
Romeulus brother
Remus
Romulus hill
Palatine
Remus hill
Aventine
Casa Romuli
Hose of romulus on palatine
Rome birthday
Apr 21 753bc
Romulus city expansion methods
Asylum
Original senators
x100 called patres later patricians
Celeres
Swift -personal guard x300
Lictors
x12 follow kings and consuls
City divisions(original)
30 curiae
Sabine rape festival
Consualia
Spurious tarpius
Commander of capitoline citadel daughter is tarpea
Tarpea
Asked for bracelets crushed by shields
Mettius curtius
Fought Hostis hostilitius called lacus curtius after crashed into swamp
Hersilia
Sabine wife of Romulus
Titus tatius
Romulus coruler sabine
1st spoelia optima
Romulus kills Acron of cenina
Death of romulus(traditional)
Swept up into heavens near Capra by wind where he bacame quirinus
Romulus death realistic
Murdered by senators
Interregnum
Senators rule and must choose new king
Decuriae
Held regale power for 5 days
2nd king of Rome
Numa pompilius
Numa date of birth
Apr 21 753
Numa hometown
Cures
Numa father in law
Titus tatius
Numa teacher
Pythagoras of Samos
Numa lover
Egiria
Regia
Palace of kings built by numa
Vestal virgins
Brought to Rome by numa
Pontifex Maximus
Established by Numa
1st pontifex Maximus
Numa marcius
Ancilia
Sacred shields housed in the temple of mars and carried by the Salii established by Numa
June and February
Made by numa
20th year
Rounding year under Numa
Temple of Janus
Open in war closed in peace established by Numa at the bottom of argiletum
Numa death
Old age
3rd king of rome
Tullus hostilius
Hostilius origin
Latin
Warlike king
Tullus hostilius
Roman triplets
Horatii
Alban brothers
Curatii
Public’s horatius
Best horatii brother
Alban king
Mettius fuffetius
Fuffetius death
Drawn and quartered
Alban settlement place
Caelian hill
Mantrap woods
Battle with tullus hostilius and sabines
9 day celebration
Response to tullus’ ignoring of the gods
Demartatus
Corinthian father of priscus
Priscus accomplished
Doubling equites and senate built circus Maximus
6th king of Rome
Services tullius
Ocrisa
Corinthian slave mother of services tullius
Masterna
Servius tullius
Minimum wealth for senators under servius
800000 sesterces
Minimum wealth for equites under servius
400000 sesterces
Settled quirinal hill
Serv. Tull
Settled vim9nal hill
Serv. Tull
Tulia minor
Wife of super bus
7th king of Rome
Tarquinius Superbus
Finished cloaca maxima
Superbus
Finished circus Maximus
Superbus
Turnus heroditus of Aricia
Killed in grove of ferentina due to warning against Tarquinius
War with gabii
Tarquin lead it and had famous moment involving sextus Tarquinius cutting poppy’s when acting as a spy
Ardea
Rutilian capitol
Where was tarquin during rape of Lucretia
Beseiging ardea
Sextus’ threat
He would frame lucreatia for adultery and then kill her
Tarquin’s eldest sons
Titus and arruns
Where did tarquin flee
Caere
Where did sextus flee
Gabii
Horatius cocles
Defended pons sublicius against porsenna
Spurious lartius
Defended pons sublicius less famously
Titus herminious
Defended pons sublicius least famously
Mucous scaevola
Loyal assassin who burnt his hand when caught ‘lefty’
Cloelia
Freeed half the hostages and then returned to porsenna Ronan honor
What replaced kings
Consuls
First two consuls
Lucius iunius brutus & Lucius Tarquinius collatinus
Battle in 509
Silva arsia
Silva arsia
509bc- Brutus and Aruns die fighting
Brutus’s sons
Titus and Tiberius led rebellion then were killed by father
Battle in 506
Aricia
Aricia
Aristodemus of cumae defeats arruns(the other one son of porsenna)
Replaced Brutus
Valerius Poplicola
Velian hill
Poplicola almost built house here but stopped because public thought he was becoming king
Poplicola meaning
Freind of the people
Lake regulus date
496bc
Lake regulus
Romans v Latin ledge Roman’s win with help from Dioscuri
Roman at lake regulus
Aulis posthumous albinus
Magister equitum under albinus
Aebutius elva
Octavius mamilius
Latin commander at lake regulus
494
1st secession of the plebs
Meninus Agrippa
Belly and limbs speech got plebs to return from aventine
Spurious Cassius
First magister equitum, first land reformer, executed due to tyranny
Coriolanus
Took town of corili attack Rome with Volsci till dissuaded by wife volmunia and mother venturia
479/477
Cremara- Fabio wiped out
471
Concilium plebis becomes tribal
458
Mt.algidus
Trapped by aequi
Minucius
450-451
12 tables
Terentilius harsa
Proposed codification of laws in 462
Appius Claudius Crassus
12 tables appius Claudius
Consuls of 449
Valerius potius & horatius barbaratus
Valerio Horace an laws
Ended 2nd cessesion
Lex canuleia
Ended 3rd secession allows inter marriage
Cornelius cossus
2nd spoelia optima by slating tolumnius of veii 426
Mt algidus 2
Aequi are defeated by tubertus
Camilus
Conquers veii in 496 after ten years called pater patriae
390bce
Allia river
Senonian
Brennus
Marcus man Luis
Heard geese of Juno saved capitoline from Brennus
7 months
Brennus’ occupation of rome
Lex licinia sextia
Allowed pleb consul(sextus in 366)
Rutilius
First pleb consul
Philo
1st pleb praetor
1st Samnite war
343-341
Lex genuciA
Prohibits loans and usery(342
Great Latin war
340-338
Suessa aurunca
340- romans+Samnites vs campaignins and Latins
Battle of Mt.Vesuvius
Romans under torquatus and Decius mus defeat Latins
Antium
Captured in 338 Rome took rostra and this ends the GLW
Lex poetelia
313/326 eleminates bond servitude
2nd Samnite war
326-304
Siege of Naples
327-326 lead by philo
321
Caudine forks
Caudine forks
Romans under calvinus and postumius suffer major defeat at the hands of Samnites under Gavin’s pontius - forced to pass under yolk
Lautulae
315- rullianus disasterouly defeated by Samnites
Bovianum
305- final battle in Samnite war #2
Lake vadimo #1
310 rullianus regains honor by defeating etruscans here
Appius Claudius caecus
Censor in 312 built via and aqua appia
3rd Samnite war
298-290
Barbatus
Drove Samnites out Samnites from lucania
Sentinum
295-Roman’s under Decius mus and rullianus defeat Samnite army under gellius egnatius decisively most famous devotio(acts of ritual suicide by a commander in battle committed three times by someone named Decius mus mentioned on each card)
293
Aquilonia- Roman’s under papirus cursor defeat linen legion
Curtius dentatus in 3rd Samnite war
Wrapped it up and lead peace deals
Pyrrhic war
282-275
Tarentum
Greek colony asked Pyrrhus of Epirus for help
Heraclea
280- 1st pyrrhic victory
Cineas
Pyrrhus’ ambassador said senate was an assembly of kings sued for peace but was out spoken by appius Claudius caecus
Asculum
279 2nd Pyrrhic victory last c]Decius mus
Beneventu
275- Roman’s under curious dentatus defeat Pyrrhus
5th secession of the plebs
287 causes Lex hortensia
Lex hortensia
287 made pleb ;was binding
Lake vadimo#2
Dolabella defeated boii 283
Amicitia with Egypt
Rome becomes freinds with Egypt- 273
264-241
1st Punic war
Mamertines
From Messana are attacked by heiro 2 led to at Punic war
Ap. Claudius Caudex
Grandson of caecus, defeated carthaginians in 264, 1st 1st PW commander
M. Valerieus Messallla
Negotiated peace with heiro, helped messana lots getting 1st agnomen in Roman history, messalla 263
262
Siege of agrigentum, taken with help from heiro
260
Mylae, Roman’s under duiliius use naval Corvus grapples to win 1st naval victory
Duilius’ reward
A colomn in the forum
256
Cape ecnomus, Roman’s under atilius regulus and manlius defeat carthaginians clearing the way to invade Africa
255
Bagradas valley- Roman’s defeated by the spartan xanthippus regulus captured
255bc-naval
Cape hermaeum Roman and Carthaginian navies wiped out almost totally by storms and each other
254
Panormus- Roman take it
249 early
Lilybaeum- Roman don’t take it
249 late
Drepana- Claudius pulcher threw chickens, subsiquintally defeated by adherball but not the Barca one
Cape passaro
Iunius pullus defeated by Carthaginian carthalo in 249
Hamilacar Barca
Chief command in 247, made progress in mt.hercte, erynx in 240s
241
Aegates islands- Roman’s under catulus defeat carthagininans under hanno the great ending 1st Punic war
Roman gains in 1st Punic war
3200 euboic talents, control of scicily then Sardinia and Corsica after declaring a fake war in order to essentially extort it out of Carthage in addition to another 1700 euboic talents
Cape telemon
225bc—Atilus regulus and aemilius papus defeat gauls
Insuberes defeated
By gaius flaminius after crossing the po
222
Battle of clastidium- Claudius Marcellus defeats insuberian chieftain virodamarus in single combat leading to spoelia optima
Gaius flaminius
Tribune 232- made land reform bill that hurts sennones
Consul 223
Censor 220- built via flaminia from Tuscany to pisae
229-228
1st Illyrian war- romans beat teuta
220-219
2nd Illyrian war- Roman’s defeat Demetrius of Pharos who flees to Philip 5- often described as Greek adventurer
218-202
2nd Punic war
Command in Spain 228-221
Hastribal barca
Commanded Spain 221 on ward
Hannibal
Ebro treaty
Signed 226 established no crossing zone at Ebro river
Hanno in Spain
Carthaginian- Tried to argue against attacking saguntum
219
Saguntum under siege(falls in 8 months)
218 politics
2nd Punic war is declared
218 first fall battle
Ticinius river Hannibal defeats Roman’s on Italian soil nearly killing public’s Cornelius scipio elder who is saved by Publix cornelius scipio Africanus
2nd fall battle 218
Trebia river- water described as cold Hannibal defeats scipio elder and sempronius Longus
217
Lake trasimene- hanibal defeats and kills gaius flaminius
Q. Fabius Maximus cunctator
Elected dictator after trasmene, sheld of Rome, delaying tactics, magister equitum was m. Minucius Rufus
216
Cannae
Canae
Hannibal surrounds and destroys a Roman army under terentilius Varro and aemilius paullus(dies)
Varro’s return to rome
War reception despite the loss at cannae
Cannae soldiers outcome
Sent to labor in scicily
216-211
Revolt of capua- Capra revolts until it is put down by fulvius flaccus
212-209
Revolt of terentum- put down by QFM cunctator
Rulers of Syracuse
Pro Roman heiro 2 till 215
Then pro Carthaginian heironymus replaced hil till 214
Then pro Roman republic
Seige of Syracuse
Until 211 lead by “sword of Rome” Claudius Marcellus defended by archemedes who died in the sacking
Dertosa
215 Publius and gnaeus scipio defeat hasdrubal
Death of publius and gnaeus scipio
In 211 after minimal successes such as the taking of saguntum
210
Scipio given command in Spain first private citizen to get pro consular imperium
209
New Carthage captured
208
Baecula- scipio crushes hasdrubal Barca
207
Claudius Nero and Livius salinator defeat and behead hasdrubal barca head is thrown at Hannibal’s camp
206
Illipa scipio defeats hasdrubal gisco, takes gades, and effectively conquers Spain
203
Campi magni- scipio starts to conquest africa with the help of Numidian masinissa Roman gaius laelius and a volenteer army primarily made up of disgraced soldiers from cannae they defeat gisco and syphax
202
Zama- scipio +massinisa defeat Hannibal and win the second Punic war
2nd Punic war outcomes
Rome gets hispania, Carthage is made client state, Carthage was made to pay 10,000 talents and her military was reduced to a navy of 10 ships to ward off pirates
Cato the elder
Conservative, anti Greek, supported Lex oppia in 215 and was consul in 195 and censor in 184 with Valerius flaccus
149-146
Third Punic war- Carthage defends against massinissa’s bullying and is then besieged and destroyed from 149-146
181
Ligurian war
197
Hispania divided into citerior, ulterior
Cato the elder in Spain
Fought celtebarians
151
Claudius Marcellus makes peace with the celtaberians
Suspicious galba in Spain
Offers better land to Lusitania, lies
146-140
Lusitanian chieftain viriathus fights a guerilla campaign against Rome
Maximus servilianus
Trapped by viriathus leading to Lusitanian freedom
First national hero of Portugul
Viriathus
Defeat of viriathus
Betrayed after viriathus’ servants are bribed by servility’s caepio
134-133
Seige of Numantia
137
Hostilius mancinus failed to take numantia but is saved by T grac
133
Numantia finally put down by aemilianus
214-205
1st Macedonia war
Valerius laevinus
Main commander in Macedonia war 1
Cause of Macedonia war 1
Philip 5 helps Hannibal
200-196
2nd Macedonia war
Roman command in 2nd Macedonia war
Theoretically under sulpicius galba but quinctius flaminius is in real control
197
Cynocephalae- flaminius and aeotolians defeat Philip 5 showing legion superiority over phalanx
196
Flaminius declares freedom for Greece at isthmian games
192-188
Seleucid war
Seleucid Allies
Aeolian league and Hannibal
195
Hannibal aruves in Ephesus Seleucid court
191
Battle of Thermopylae- acilius glabrio defeats Antiochus 3 Cato the elder is his tribune
190
Myonessus- aemilius regulus defeats rhodine fleet lead by polyxenides
190/189
Magnesia- domitius ahenobarbus and Lucius scipio defeat Antiochus 3 with the aid if eumenes 2 of pergamum
188
Treaty of apmea ends the Seleucid war oversaw by manlius vulso
Perseus’ rise
Success his father and executes his brother
Hannibal’s death
183/82 suicide by poison
171-168
Third Macedonian war
171
Battle of Larissa- licinius Crassus defeated by Perseus
168
Aemilius paullus defeats Perseus at pydna
150-148
4th Macedonian war
148
2nd battle of pydna- metelus Macedonius defeats the pretender andriscus
148 politics
Macedonia annexed
146
Battle and subsequent sacking of Corinth under its dictionary critolaus by Lucius mummius
133
Pergamum is bequeathed to Rome aristonicus opposes
130
Aristonocus defeated by Peter a after a failed attempt by the boring Crassus
Antiochus 4’s invasion of Egypt
Popillius laenus drew circle ended war
161
Rome ends treaty with Judas macabaeus. Leader of Palestinian revolt
152
Senate supports Alexander balas to Seleucid war
135-132
First servile war- led by eunus, cleon on scicily
Mother of the gracchus
Cornelia
Cornelia gemmae
Gracchi
Cornelia’s children
12 all died but the gracchi and sempronia who married scipio aemilianus