Final Exam Flashcards
Roman commoner
plebeian
an officer of the king who carried his symbol of power (fasces)
lictor
two chief magistrates elected to rule the Republic
consuls
representatives chosen to protect the rights of plebeians
tribunes
Roman official who supervised public morals
censor
first Roman laws written and displayed in the forum
Laws of the Twelve Tables
first Roman magistrate sent to govern a province (either name)
praetor/ pro-consul
amulet given to a Roman boy or girl 9 days after birth
bulla
citizen-spy; set up by Tiberius (Roman gestapo)
delator
chief priest; established by Numa
Pontifex Maximus
bodyguard of the emperor
Praetorian Guard
son of Hamilcar; general of Carthage
Hannibal
man who saved Rome at the Pons Sublicius
Horatius
day that Caesar was murdered
Ides of March
man who burned his hand to scare Lars Porsena
Caius Mucius
brothers (just last name) who tried to reform Roman laws
Gracchi
Roman censor who opposed the growth of Greek culture
Cato
dictator who returned to his farm after defeating the Aequians
Cincinnatus
solider under Pompey; conspired to murder Caesar
Marcus Brutus
led rebellion of gladiators
Spartacus
consul who changed the citizen army into a professional army
Caius Marius
consul taken captive when he led an attack against Carthaginian armies
Regulus
first general to use the Roman army to take Rome itself captive
Sulla
Hannibal’s brother; slain at the battle of Metaurus
Hasdrubal
founder of Carthage; clever with an ox skin
Dido
sister of Ptolemy; made Mark Antony lose his mind
Cleopatra
king of Syria; plotted with Philip against Rome
Antiochus
consul who opposed Julius Caesar; member of First Triumvirate
Pompey
two cities destroyed by Rome in 146 B.C.
Corinth, Carthage
the year Rome became “Mistress of the Mediterranean”
133 B.C.
dictator during the Second Punic War; used tactics that avoided having any open battle with Hannibal
Qunitus Fabius Maximus
mother of Nero; married for power
Agrippina the Younger
general who led revolt against Nero
Galba
founder of the Stoic philosophy
Xeno
leader of the Huns
Attila
leader of the Goths that captured Rome
Alaric
Roman general (of German descent) who ended the reign of emperors in the West
Odoacer
collected and preserved many Greek and Latin manuscripts
Cassidorus
nephew of historian; witnessed the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Pliny the Younger
Stoic philosopher; unsuccessful in teaching Stoicism to Nero
Seneca
Adopted son of most famous Scipio; sent to burn Carthage
Aemilianus
Most famous Scipio; defeated Hannibal at Zama
Africanus
Daughter of most famous Scipio; mother of Gracchi
Cornelia
Brother of the most famous Scipio; defeated the Syrians
Lucius
Consul who led attack on Carthaginians in Spain
Publius Cornelius
Who said, “Veni, vedi, vici.”
Caesar
Who said, “The City which had taken the world was itself taken … The Roman world is falling!”
Jerome
Who said, “Take we the course which the signs of the gods and the false dealing of our foes point out. The die is cast!”
Caesar
Who said, “Greece, conquered Greece, her conqueror subdued, And Rome grew polished, who till then was rude.”
Horace
Who said, “All men rule over women, we Romans rule over all men, and our wives rule over us
Cato the Censor
What was the threefold mission of Rome?
To conquer, to rule, and to civilize
Diocletion divided the Empire into the ___ and ___.
East and West
Rome reached its greatest extent, in terms of size, under ___
Trajan
Rome reached its greatest extent, in terms of unity, under ___
Hadrian
