Early Republic Flashcards
What Roman was Sabine in origin, migrated c. 504
Attus Clausus
What name did Attus Clausus take
Appius Claudius
Plebeian leader who signed a treaty with the Latins in 494, and was killed in 485 for “regal aspirations”
Spurius Cassius
What did the nexum state
that a lender could execute a debtor
What year was the first plebeian succession
494
Where did the plebs secede to in 494
Mons Sacer
Who convinced the plebs to return
Menenius Agrippa
What law bound the Plebs to a sworn confederacy
Lex Sacrata
Who first proposed a codification of Roman law in 461
Terentilius Harsa
Consuls of 449 who passed the Valerio-Horation laws
Valerius Potitus and Horatius Barbatus
What law gave every citizen the right to appeal a consul
Lex Valeria
Law that allowed intermarriage
Canuleian Law (445)
What year was the military tribune established
444
What year was the censorship established
443
What body did the lex Publilia of 471 create
concilium plebis tributum
Who aided the Romans at Aricia (506)
Aristodemus of Cumae
With whom did the Romans establish a divide and conquer technique against the Aequi and Volsci
Hernici
Name of the Sabine chief who stole by night into Rome and occupied the Citadel on the Capitoline
Appius Herdonius (460)
Battle in 431 where Romans defeat Aequi
Mt. Algidus
Commander at Mt. Algidus in 431
A. Postumius Tubertus
City the Romans attempted to seize in 79
Fidenae
Where did the Romans almost lose the Fabian clan
Cremera
Name of the Roman Commander who slew the king of Veians in 426 (Tolumnius)
Aulus Cornelius Cossus
What law prohibited usury
Lex Genucia - 342 BC
What law altered the nexum
Lex Poetelia
Aedile of 309 BC who published a set of civil laws which elaborated on the 12 Tables
Cn. Flavius
Name the two tribunes of 376 BC
L. Sextius and L. Licinius Stolo
What was the land limit set by the Lex Licinia Sextia
500 iugera
In what year was the praetorship created
366
What is a citizen’s right to appeal the decision of a magistrate called
Provocatio
What law confirmed the right of provocatio
Lex Valeria - 300 BC
What was the first establishment of prorogation imperii
Publilius - 326 BC
What law established a ten year interval between magistracies
Lex Genucia - 342 BC
What was the word a tribune used to proclaim his veto
Intercedo
With whom did the Romans make peace in 331 BC
Senones
What two tribes did the Romans defeat in 351 BC
Tarquinii and Falerii
In what year did the Romans sign a treaty with the Samnites
359 BC
In what year did the Romans renounce their treat with the Samnites
343 BC
When did the Romans renew their treaty with Carthage
348 BC
Where did the Romans and Samnites defeat the Latins and Campanians
Suessa Aurunca (340)
What town did the Romans take from the Volsci during the Latin War
Antium
What colony did the Romans establish in 339 BC to secure Capua against the Samnites
Cales
What Greek town did the Romans take from the Samnites in 326 BC
Neopolis
What outpost did the Samnites receive after the defeat at Caudine Forks
Fregellae
Where did the Via Appia originally run to
Capua
Where did Q. Fabius Rullianus redeem his defeat at Lautulae in 310 BC
Ciminian mountains
Where did Rullianus follow up the victory after the Ciminian mountains
Lake Vadimo
Who did the Samnites attempt to ally with by force in 298 BC
Lucanians
What Roman led the force that expelled the Samnites from Lucania
L. Scipio Barbatus
Who attacked Rome after the Gauls were defeated
Boii - 283 BC
Who put down the Boii’s advance at Lake Vadimo
P. Cornelius Dolabella
Name the Spartan king who assisted the Tarentines against the Lucanians
Archidamus
What Greek king did the Tarentines enlist to help against the Lucanians and negotiate a settlement w/ Rome
Alexander of Epirus
Who was the Carthagenian ambassador who negotiated a treaty with Rome in regard to Pyrrhus
Mago
Who did Rome obtain a grant of amicitia from in 273 BC
King Ptolemy II of Egypt
In what year did Tarentum surrender
272 BC
Where did Gellius Egnatius defeat Scipio Barbatus
Camerinum
Who seized Messana in 269 BC
Hiero II
What consul, in his military failure, gained an alliance with Hiero
Manius Valerius (assumed cognomen Messala)
What despot of Syracuse had invaded Carthage in the late 9th century BC almost destroying them
Agathocles
What Carthaginian city in Sicily did the Romans take in 259 BC
Panormus
What Carthaginian city in Sicily did the romans unsuccessfully attempt to siege in 249 BC
Lilybaeium
What consul in 249 BC was defeated at Cape Passsaro
Iunius Pullus
What two strongholds did Hamilcar Barca seize, thus making it possible to carry out guerrilla tactics against the Romans
Mt. Hercte and Mt. Eryx
In what year was Flaminius made censor
220 BC
When was Flaminius elected consul, thus becoming a novus homo
223 BC
What other road, built parallel to the Via Flaminia, ran from Tuscany to Pisae
Via Aurelia
What was Hamilcar Barca’s relation to Hasdrubal
Father-in-law
What impressive base did Hasdrubal establish in Spain
Carthago Nova
In what year was the Ebro treaty agreed upon
226 BC
