Greek And Roman Final Flashcards
Romulus and Remus
Both founded Rome
Romulus
Said to have founded the roman Senate
Tarquinius superbus
The last king of Rome
Brutus
Not a king leader of the revolt which ousted Tarquinius superbus
Samnite wars
Three wars against the Samnites which were all won by Rome
Tarentum
Greek colony which got into a dispute with Rome
Pyrrhus
King of Epirus who invaded Italy on tarentums behalf
Pyrrhic war
English phase that is derived from the fact that all of pyrrhic’s victories came with heavy losses
First Punic war
This war was fought in Sicily and north Africa
Outcome of the first Punic war
Rome made Sicily her first Providence
Barca family
Lead Carthaginian campaigns in spain
Second Punic war
Bought in Italy Spain in North Africa
Hannibal
Mean Carthage general of the second Punic war
Battle of cannae
Hannibal’s most famous victory still study because of the tactics he used
Scipio africanus
Roman general who captured new Carthage from victory in Spain invaded Africa
Battle of Zama
Decisive Roman victory in which Scipio africanus defeated Hannibal in North America
Third Punic war
Fought in north Africa
Macedonia
Roams first Eastern enemy
Antiochus III
King of Syria who invaded Greece
Further Roman intervention in Greece
Braum sacked the city of Corinth in 146 b.c The same year as Carthage
Pacification of Spain
Accumulated in the destruction of the city of numantia in 133 BC
Patricians
Wealthy Romans who led most government offices
Plebeians
Less wealthy Romans
Tiberius and gaius gracchus
Both were tribunes both were murdered