decline of the roman republic

Question 1

dates of Roman Republic

Answer 1

509-27 BC

Question 2

dates of Tiberius Gracchus

Answer 2

168-133 BC

Question 3

dates of Gaius Gracchus

Answer 3

154-121 BC

Question 4

how was Tiberius killed

Answer 4

when he tried to illegally run 2 years in a row, a riot broke out and he was killed in it

Question 5

what were Tiberius’ reforms

Answer 5

Agrarian reforms: puts a land limit, if you have land over the limit it will be taken a distributed among the Plebs

Question 6

why is the assassination of the Gracchi brothers one of the dates used as the start of the decline of Rome?

Answer 6

it shows that civil problems were not able to be solved peaceably anymore

Question 7

what does Gaius do, what, reforms does he make

Answer 7

basically everything his brother does, but bigger and better: Agrarian reforms, grain sibsidies (makes grain cheaper) and military reforms (provides basic equipment for poor soldiers)

Question 8

how did Gaius die

Answer 8

he tried to be tribune for a 3rd year in a row, a mob broke out and he was scared he would be captured so he had his slave kill him

Question 9

dates of Marius

Answer 9

157-86 BC

Question 10

who was Marius

Answer 10

-was a plebian who rose to fame while in the military
-famous b/c he ended the Jugurthine war, kicked out the Gauls who were attacking, and fought in Social war
-was consul for 6 years in a row(illegal)
- reformed the roman army

Question 11

when did Marius first become a consul

Answer 11

107 BC

Question 12

when does marius go fight the Gauls

Answer 12

105 BC

Question 13

who was Marius’ right hand man

Answer 13

Sulla

Question 14

years of Jugurthine war

Answer 14

112-106 BC

Question 15

what was the Jugurthine war

Answer 15

civil war in numidia when Jugurtha usurped the throne

Question 16

years of Sulla

Answer 16

138-78 BC

Question 17

years of social war

Answer 17

91-89 BC

Question 18

what was the social war

Answer 18

people wanted everyone in Italy to be considered a Roman citizen, but the senate said no, only people in Rome can be Roman citizens, Italy vs. rome and her allies

Question 19

who are the 2 roman consuls who fight in social war and where did they fight

Answer 19

Sulla fights on the South and marius fights in the north
they both fight very well

Question 20

how does the social war end

Answer 20

senate does not want the war to continue b/c it is really bloody so they allow almost everyone in Italy to be considered an Roman citizen

Question 21

dates of mithradatic wars

Answer 21

88-63 BC

Question 22

who is king Mithradites

Answer 22

king of Pontus, very ambitious wants to expand his kingdom

Question 23

Asiatic vepers were

Answer 23

Mithradites organizes troops and allies and kills thousands of roman soldiers

Question 24

who does the senate want to send to fight the Mithradatic wars but who do they actually send

Answer 24

they want to send Sulla, but Marius bribes Senate to let him lead the army - everyone knows who’s really in charge and sulla takes the army marches on rome and kicks out Marius and his allies then goes to fight Mithradites

Question 25

who becomes allies with Marius after sulla leaves to fight

Answer 25

Cinna - he is elected consul and kills all of Sulla’s supporters

Question 26

What happens when Sulla is coming back from Asia

Answer 26

he starts marching back to Rome, when Cinna hears that he is coming back he organizes an army but it mutinys and kills Cinna, Sulla takes Cinna’s army back to Rome with him and kills all of Marius/Cinna’s supporters

Question 27

Sulla’s reforms:

Answer 27

-expands senate from 300 to 600
-you cannot run for same office unless you wait 10 years
-if you are a consul the next year you become a pro-consul and are sent to govern a province
-takes away the power of tribune to veto laws and if you are a tribune you cannot run for any office after that
-puts an age requirement on offices

Question 28

what does sulla declare himself as

Answer 28

dictator for life (however he retired after 2 years)