dates Flashcards

1
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Regal Period

A

753-509 BC

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2
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Republic

A

509 - 31 BC

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3
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Roman Empire

A

31 BC - AD 476

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4
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earliest graves in the Forum area

A

1000 - 900 BC

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5
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traditional date of the founding of Rome

A

21 April 753

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6
Q

stone wall built around base of Palatine

A

750 - 725

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7
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Rome is a large and complex city

A

550

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8
Q

Tarquin expelled and first year of the Republic

A

509

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9
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Capitoline Temple (to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva) dedicated

A

13 September 507

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10
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Battle of Lake Regillus

A

496

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11
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Secession of the plebs

A

494

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12
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Treaty between Rome and Latin League

A

493

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13
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Decemviri

A

451-450

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14
Q

defeat of Veii

A

396

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15
Q

conquest of Rome by Senones

A

390 (actual date 386)

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16
Q

Servian wall built

A

378

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17
Q

Defeat of the Latin League at Naples

A

340

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18
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dissolution of the Latin League

A

338

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19
Q

First, second, and third Samnite wars

A

343 - 290

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20
Q

Via Appia completed

A

312

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21
Q

King Pyrrhus of Epirus invades Italy, wine victory at Heraclea

A

280

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22
Q

Pyrrhus wins “Pyrrhic victory” at Ausculum; leaves for Syracuse

A

279

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23
Q

Pyrrhus returns to Italy and is defeated at Beneventum

A

275

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24
Q

Rome captures Tarentum

A

272

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25
Q

First Punis War

A

264 - 241

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26
Q

Only major Roman defeats in First Punic War

A

255, 249

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27
Q

Sicily is first Roman province

A

241

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28
Q

Sardinia and Corsica provinces; Carthage turns to Spanish conquest

A

237

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29
Q

Siege of Saguntum

A

219

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30
Q

Second Punic War

A

218 - 201

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31
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Battles of Ticinum and Trebia

A

218

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32
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Battle of Lake Trasimene

A

217

33
Q

Battle of Cannae

A

216

34
Q

Hannibal takes Capua and is supported by Macedonia and Syracuse

A

215

35
Q

defeat of Syracuse; death of Archimedes

A

212

36
Q

Romans conquer Spain

A

206

37
Q

end of First Macedonia War

A

205

38
Q

defeat of Hasdrubal at Metarus River

A

207

39
Q

Scipio invades Africa

A

204

40
Q

Hannibal recalled

A

203

41
Q

Battle of Zama

A

202

42
Q

Treaty Signed

A

201

43
Q

Spain made into two provinces

A

197

44
Q

Philip V defeated at Cynoscephalae (Second Macedonian War)

A

197

45
Q

Antiochus III of Syria defeated at Magnesia

A

190

46
Q

Third Macedonian War ends at Pydna

A

168

47
Q

Illyricum made a province

A

167

48
Q

Third Punic War; destruction of Carthage; Africa made a province

A

149 - 146

49
Q

Fourth Macedonian War ends

A

148

50
Q

revolt of Achaean League; Achaea and Macedonia made a province

A

146

51
Q

Tiberius Gracchus, tribune of the plebs

A

133

52
Q

Gaius Gracchus, tribune of the plebs

A

123 - 122

53
Q

Gaius Marius, consul six times, five times in a row

A

107 - 100

54
Q

Social War

A

91 - 87

55
Q

siege of Rome

A

82

56
Q

Sulla dictator

A

81 - early 80

57
Q

revolt of Spartacus in Italy

A

73 - 71

58
Q

Pompey and Crassus consuls

A

70

59
Q

Gaius Julius Caesar consul

A

59

60
Q

Caesar begins first five-year command in Gaul

A

58

61
Q

Caesar’s conquest of Britain

A

55 - 54

62
Q

Crassus killed at Carrhae against Parthians

A

53

63
Q

Gaul made a province

A

51

64
Q

senate declares martial law against Caesar

A

7 Jan. 49

65
Q

Caesar crosses the Rubicon River, thereby declaring civil war

A

11 Jan. 49

66
Q

Pompey defeated at Pharsalus by Caesar

A

48

67
Q

Caesar assassinated

A

15 March 44

68
Q

Brutus and Cassius defeated at Philippi by Octavian and Antony

A

42

69
Q

Battle of Actium

A

2 Sept. 31

70
Q

Octavian hands back all power to senate

A

13 Jan. 27

71
Q

Senate bestows title Augustus on Octavian

A

16 Jan 27 BC

72
Q

Clades Variana and end of major Roman expansion

A

AD 9

73
Q

Death of Augustus

A

14

74
Q

Julio-Claudian dynasty (Augustus to Nero)

A

27 BC - AD 68

75
Q

Conquest of Britain

A

43 - 74

76
Q

Year of four emperors

A

69

77
Q

Flavian dynasty (Vespasian to Domitian)

A

69 - 96

78
Q

Adoptive emperors (Nerva to Marcus Aurelius)

A

96 - 180

79
Q

abandonment of Trajan’s eastern conquests

A

117