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Final Rome Classic Civ. Flashcards

1
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What group flourished 900-400 BC?

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Etruscans

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2
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This Etruscan city fought against Rome and lost in 396.

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Veii

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3
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What period was from (753-509 BC)?

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Monarchy

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4
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What period was from (509-31 BC)?

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Republic

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5
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What period was from (133-31 BC)?

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Late Republic/Century of Blood

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6
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What period was from (31 BC-476 AD)?

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Empire

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7
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last independent Etruscan city destroyed by Rome in 264?

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Volsinii

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8
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Who were transitional citizens?

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Latins

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9
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Who did the Gracchi’s reforms help particularly?

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Latins

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10
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What group was inhabitants of south-central Italy speak language related to Latin?

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Samnites

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11
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What battle in 295 BC did Samnites ally with Gauls for largest battle in Italy so far (36000 Roman troops) and Roman allies outnumber Romans?

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Battle of Sentinum

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12
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Time frame of Roman expansion into central Italy?

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350-280 BC

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13
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When was first treaty between Rome & Carthage?

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508 BC

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14
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Carthage _____ power vs. Rome ______ power. Carthaginians depend on mercenaries Romans campaign in Sicily

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sea… land

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15
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largest naval battle in history (680 ships)?

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Battle of Ecnomus, 258 BC

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16
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When did Regulus invade Carthage?

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255 BC

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17
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2nd Punic war happened what years?

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(218-201)

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18
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Who defeated Rome in 217 BC, only to be defeated in 201 BC by Rome? What war was this in?

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Hannibal, 2nd Punic War

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19
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When did the 3rd Punic War take place?

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(149-146)

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20
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Who wanted the destruction of Carthage in 3rd punic war?

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Cato

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21
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Who was the mother of the Gracchi?

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Cornelia

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22
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Whose reforms were these? - Reforms (133-122) distribute public land in small plots
limit plot size found new colony at Carthage subsidize the price of grain equestrians collect taxes more rights for “Latins”

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Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus

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23
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(Century of Blood) 111-105 Who won the Jugurthine War?

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Marius

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24
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Civil War between Marius & Sulla. Who won and what years did it take place?

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Marius exiled to Africa, raises an army, then comes back to Rome to exile Sulla. 86-82

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25
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Whose reform was this? Cursus honorum: “course of offices,” minimum ages and prerequisites for each office

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Sulla

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26
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Whose reform was this? Term limits: ten years between same office Senate doubled in size to 600 .

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Sulla

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27
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Whose reform was this? Equites kicked off juries in favor of senators

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Sulla

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28
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Whose reform was this? Tribunes now ineligible for any other office and cannot originate legislation

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Sulla

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29
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Whose reform was this? Abolition of grain distribution Restrictions on governors of provinces.

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Sulla

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30
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Which Roman General led the insurrection in Spain in 72 BC?

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Sertorius

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31
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When was Caesar’s invasion of Britain?

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50 BC

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32
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Who was in the ‘first triumvirate’?

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Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey

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33
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Who was in the ‘second triumvirate’?

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Lepidus, Octavian, and Mark Antony

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34
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What were the 2 chief executives called?

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Consuls

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35
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Who were the judicial/military officials, later governors of provinces?

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Praetors

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36
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Who were the treasurers/financial managers of revenue already collected ?

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Quaestors

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37
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Who were the commissioners for urban amenities (sewers, aqueducts, games, roads)?

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Aediles

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38
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Name the three assemblies.

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Plebeians, centuriate, and tribal

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39
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what is moving animals for pasture between mountains & plains and who did it?

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transhumance, Samnites

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40
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What types of weapons did Samnites use?

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Iron

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41
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What years were the Samnite wars?

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343-290

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42
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Who did Samnite’s ally with for Sentinum?

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Gauls

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43
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When Rome attacks the Messinians as precursor to the Punic wars, who comes to the Messinians’ aid?

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Carthage and Syracuse

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44
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Regulus’ invasion of Carthage happened in what war?

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1st Punic War. in 255 BC

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45
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Where did the Romans finally defeat Hannibal?

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Zoma, 201 BC

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46
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What years were the Macedonian Wars?

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215-146 BC

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47
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Romans fight against Macedonians, what is another name for Macedonians?

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Antigonids

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48
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Who did the Romans crush in 146 BC at Corinth?

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Achaean league

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49
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What years was the Syrian war?

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192-189

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50
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In Syrian war, Romans try to keep _________ (successors of Alex) out of Europe with Greek allies Rhodes & Pergamum

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The seleucids

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51
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first Roman bronze coins struck in _________ (south Italy) in ____’s BC

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Campania, 320’s

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52
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What kind of money did the Romans use?

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Specie: Coins. NOT fiat.

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53
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What type of crash happened in 146-133 and who took care of it?

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Economic, the Gracchi’s reforms were needed.

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54
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What were the dates of the Reforms of the Gracchi’s?

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133-122 BC

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55
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who distributed public land in small plots?

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Gracchi

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56
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who limited plot size ?

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Gracchi

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57
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who found new colony at Carthage ?

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Gracchi

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58
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who subsidized the price of grain ?

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Gracchi

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59
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who let equestrians collect taxes ?

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Gracchi

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60
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Bridges famously had _______.

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Arches

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61
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Where was the Necropolis?

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Appian Way

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62
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Roman History before 509 BC may reflect reality or is important for how Rome saw itself. Which view?

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Anglo-American

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63
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Roman History before 509 is pure hogwash or reflects later Roman History. Which view?

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Italo-french

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64
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some Roman History before 509 reflects reality, some is hogwash. Which view?

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Swedish

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65
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Source for Roman history: in Latin eclipsed all predecessors

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Livy (24 BC – 17 AD)

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66
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Source for Roman history: oratory/philosophy, ideological view

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Cicero (70-43 BC)

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67
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Source for Roman history: biographies of famous Greeks & Romans

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Plutarch (100-120 AD)

68
Q

god of war

A

mars

69
Q

goddess of love

A

venus

70
Q

goddess of hunting & animal fertility

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diana

71
Q

Origins of rome: colonial legend

A

Aeneas from Troy

72
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Origins of rome: native legend

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Romulus and Remus from Alba Longa (suburb of Rome)

73
Q

Struggle of the ______ (___-400).

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Orders, 500

74
Q

plebeians evolve as self-governing interest group in early ___’s.

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400

75
Q

Plebeians want what from Roman government?

A

food, land, office

76
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______ evolve as political group in response to Plebs

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Patricians

77
Q

Co-opting of ________- through marriage

A

Plebs

78
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Patrician repeated holding of an office due to _______ support

A

Pleb

79
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Senate becomes _______ through control of offices.

A

patrician

80
Q

legend for Etruscans: __ Etruscan kings 616-509, ______ed from Rome.

A

3, expelled

81
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What type of tombs did Etruscans have?

A

Chamber

82
Q

103-101 War vs. Cimbri & Teutones, won by whom?

A

Marius

83
Q

80-72 Revolt of Roman general _______ in Spain, ends when assassinated by own staff

A

Sertorius

84
Q

67 Pirate war, won by whom?

A

Pompey

85
Q

88-66 Mithridatic War, won by whom?

A

Pompey

86
Q

63 annexation of Judaea by Afranius, _____ of Pompey

A

legate

87
Q

91-87 ______ War

A

Social

88
Q

86-82 Civil War between ______ & _______

A

Marius, Sulla

89
Q

82 Reforms of _____

A

Sulla

90
Q

73-71 Slave Revolt under ______

A

Spartacus

91
Q

70 Extortion trial of ______ brought by Cicero

A

Verres

92
Q

Who defeats Spartacus?

A

Crassus

93
Q

How did Mark Antony die in 70 BC?

A

Pirates

94
Q

Pursuit of _____ & ______, assassins of Caesar: battle of Philippi 42 BC

A

Brutus, Cassius

95
Q

Open warfare at ______ 31 BC: ______ vs. Antony & Cleopatra VII

A

Actium, Octavian

96
Q

Praenomen….

A

first name (Tiberius)

97
Q

Nomen….

A

family name (Claudius)

98
Q

Cognomen…

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nickname (Nero)

99
Q

Male slaves take master’s praenomen and nomen, but their ______ becomes their cognomen.

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Slave name. *If Kyle is the slave = Tiberius Claudius Kyle

100
Q

Female slaves take master’s _______ and add slave name to the end.

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nomen, *If Kyla is the slave - Claudia (fem.) Kyla

101
Q

Whose office? Tribunician power to propose & veto laws

A

Augustus

102
Q

Censor to enlarge & shrink Senate. Whose office?

A

Augustus

103
Q

Consul on irregular basis until 2 BC. Whose office?

A

Augustus

104
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Whose office? Proconsular power in frontier provinces

A

Augustus

105
Q

Whose office? “Greater Power”– outrank every other military

A

Augustus

106
Q

officer everywhere in Empire. Whose office?

A

Augustus

107
Q

Caretaker of grain supply. Whose office?

A

Augustus

108
Q

Several priesthoods (Pontifex Maximus). Whose office?

A

Augustus

109
Q

Senate enlarges with supporters. Whose reform?

A

Augustus

110
Q

Senate shrinks by removing civil war participants. Whose reform?

A

Augustus

111
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Senate used as helpers for administration. Whose reform?

A

Augustus

112
Q

Restore voting with some choices for people. Whose reform?

A

Augustus

113
Q

Reduce grain dole for people. Whose reform?

A

Augustus

114
Q

Settle more people in colonies (e.g. Berytus = Beirut). Whose reform?

A

Augustus

115
Q

adultery laws. Whose reform?

A

Augustus

116
Q

right of 3 children. Whose reform?

A

Augustus

117
Q

ex-slaves as Junian Latins (transitional citizens). Whose reform?

A

Augustus

118
Q

Augustus was the adopted son of whom?

A

J. Caesar

119
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Who was Son of Livia, Augustus’ wife?

A

Tiberius

120
Q

Who was General in Germany and Pannonia?

A

Tiberius

121
Q

All other candidates for emperor die so who comes to the throne?

A

Tiberius

122
Q

Who Decreases role of Senate & People?

A

Tiberius

123
Q

Who Holds rather than expands frontiers?

A

Tiberius

124
Q

Under whom can we consider the Empire “here to stay”?

A

Tiberius

125
Q

Who Makes horse a senator?

A

Gaius (Caligula) (37-41 AD)

126
Q

Who has Unsuccessful invasion of Britain?

A

Gaius (Caligula) (37-41 AD)

127
Q

Who was Murdered by Praetorian Guard?

A

Gaius (Caligula) (37-41 AD)

128
Q

Under whom was there a successful invasion of Britain?

A

Claudius (41-54 AD)

129
Q

Under whom did a new harbor at Ostia begun?

A

Claudius (41-54 AD)

130
Q

Who wrote History of Etruscans (now lost)?

A

Claudius (41-54 AD)

131
Q

Who introduced digamma, F (“w” sound) to distinguish consonant V (sounds like “w”) from vowel V (sounds like “u”)?

A

Claudius (41-54 AD)

132
Q

Who had wars with Parthians (Persians)?

A

Nero (54-68 AD)

133
Q

Who faced revolt in Britain under Boudicca (60 AD)?

A

Nero (54-68 AD)

134
Q

Who promoted spectacles at Rome?

A

Nero (54-68 AD)

135
Q

Who was wildly popular in East, considered divine?

A

Nero (54-68 AD)

136
Q

Under whom did the 1st Jewish War begin in 66 AD?

A

Nero (54-68 AD)

137
Q

Who commits suicide before Praetorian Guard can kill him?

A

Nero (54-68 AD)

138
Q

Younger brother of Titus?

A

Domitian

139
Q

who Re-institutes reign of terror?

A

Domitian

140
Q

who Fights Germans 83-87 AD?

A

Domitian

141
Q

who Sends Agricola to Britain 87-89 AD?

A

Domitian

142
Q

who has Trouble with Decebalus, King of Dacia (Rumania) in 84 AD?

A

Domitian

143
Q

______ – foundation to feed poor children (Nerva)

A

Alimenta

144
Q

Dacian campaign by ______ -> _______ -> inflation

A

Trajan, Gold

145
Q

Who Extended Empire north of Danube?

A

Trajan

146
Q

Who squared off vs. Decebalus, Dacian king since Domitian?

A

Trajan

147
Q

Under whom did Dacia become new province?

A

Trajan

148
Q

Under whom did Precious metals flood Roman economy?

A

Trajan

149
Q

1st Jewish War->destruction of 2nd Temple in Jerusalem 70 AD by _____

A

Titus

150
Q

_______’s campaign against Jewish revolts in Egypt, Cyrene, Africa in 116 AD -> militants move to Judaea

A

Trajan

151
Q

Who Outlawed circumcision ?

A

Hadrian

152
Q

Who Proposed building pagan temple on site of 2nd Temple?

A

Hadrian

153
Q

___ Jewish War under Hadrian 132-135

vs. ___ _____

A

2nd, Bar Kochba

154
Q

Julius Caesar’s expedition, 50 BC where?

A

Britain

155
Q

Boudicca’s revolt 60 AD: Romans briefly expelled from where?

A

Britain

156
Q

Agricola’s expedition, 78-89 AD, where?

A

Britain

157
Q

Oldest church ____-______ on Euphrates destroyed 256

A

Dura-Europus

158
Q

Queen Zenobia from where?

A

Palmyra (fleeing the center 267-272)

159
Q

Who started the Tetrarchy (four-ruler system,Caesar->Augustus)?

A

Diocletian

160
Q

who settled “barbarians” within empire?

A

Diocletian

161
Q

Whose persecution of Christians in 303-11?

A

Diocletian

162
Q

______’s retirement in 305 -> succession problem.

A

Diocletian

163
Q

Coinage reform under whom? (295 AD)

A

Diocletian

164
Q

Who placed Edict on Maximum Prices of slaves 301-5 AD?

A

Diocletian

165
Q

Constantine moves capital to where?

A

Constantinople

166
Q

What is Edict of Milan and when?

A

Toleration of Christianity in 312

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