I. The Paradoxical Republic : Ancestral Voices Flashcards
Who ruled Rome before it became a Republic ?
Kings.
Who’s Tarquin ?
Tarquin the Superb ( Lucius Tarquinius Superbus), also known as Tarquin the proud, 7th and last king of Rome. He ruled Rome for 25 years before his tyranny caused the abolition of the monarchy.
What’s the myth of the Sybil and Tarquin ?
Centuries ago, concurrent with the 50th Olympiad, not long before the expulsion of Rome’s kings, an old woman “who was not a native of the country”arrived incognita in Rome. She offered nine books of prophecies to King Tarquin; and as the king declined to purchase them, owing to the exorbitant price she demanded, she burned three and offered the remaining six to Tarquin at the same stiff price, which he again refused, whereupon she burned three more and repeated her offer. Tarquin then relented and purchased the last three at the full original price, whereupon she “disappeared from among men”.
When did the rule of Kings end ?
509 BC, after an uprising drove Tarquin out of Rome.
What was the direct reason behind Tarquin’s exile ?
Tarquin was expelled from Rome because his son, Sextus Tarquinius, raped a noblewoman named Lucretia (who had afterwards taken her own life). The husband of Lucretia, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, together with Tarquin’s nephew, Lucius Junius Brutus, mustered support from the Senate and Roman army and forced the former monarch into exile to Etruria.
Underlying reasons of Tarquin’s exile ?
The various grievances of the people and the king’s abuses of power.
What happened after the end of the monarchy in Rome?
The founders of the Republic divided the powers of the former King between two magistrates, neither permitted to serve for longer than a year.
What was the point of electing two consuls to rule?
For the Romans, it was a way to ensure that no man be permitted to rule supreme in Rome.
360 Bc..
Rome has established itself as the mistress of central Italy.
By the 260s..
Rome had mastered the ntire peninsula.
Carthage before Rome..
Carthage was an ancient Phoenician city located on the northern coast of Africa. Its name means “new city” or “new town.” Before the rise of ancient Rome, Carthage was the most powerful city in the region because of its proximity to trade routes and its impressive harbor on the Mediterranean.
What did the Romans and Carthagians fight over?
The First Punic War (246BC to 241BC) was fought to establish control over the strategic islands of Corsica and Sicily (Some of which belonged to the Greeks).
Who won the first punic war?
Rome won the first Punic War when Carthage agreed to terms in 241 BC, in doing so, Rome became the dominant navy in the Mediterranean Sea, Carthage had to pay for war damages, and Rome took control of all of the Carthaginian lands on the island of Sicily.
In 227 BC..
Sicily was constituted as the first Roman province.
When did the Second Punic War happen?
218 to 201 BC.
