Dates (Test 1) Flashcards
Memorize Dates
1
Q
Euboean trading post on island of Pithecusae
A
770-750
2
Q
***Founding of Rome by Romulus
A
753
3
Q
Creation of the Greek alphabet
A
c. 750
4
Q
Phoenicians founded Carthage
A
c. 750
5
Q
Start of Greek colonization in S. Italy and Sicily
A
730-720
6
Q
***Start of the Roman Republic (following expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus)
A
509
7
Q
Cicero
A
106-143
8
Q
***Rome=city state
A
c. 625
9
Q
rule of tyrant kings abolished. Aristocratic constitution established
A
c. 509
10
Q
***first codification of roman law
A
c. 450
11
Q
defeat, capture, destruction of Veii
A
396
12
Q
battle of Allia river (Gauls defeated the Romans)
A
390
13
Q
Pyrrhic War 1
A
280-278
14
Q
Pyrrhic War 2
A
276-275
15
Q
Tarentum fell to Rome
A
272
