Lesson 10: Drill Questions & Timeline Flashcards
He killed a giant Gaul and ordered his own son executed for disobedience
Manlius Torquatus
the “Queen of Roads”
Appian Way
“The greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace”
Appius Claudius
This structure carried water to Roman cities
aqueduct
Greek city that insulted the Romans and laughed at their togas and speech
Tarentum
A victory that costs too much
Pyrrhic victory
A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants
Pyrrhus
The highest political office in the Republic
consul
The office responsible for collecting taxes and construction of roads and buildings
censor
The author of the Aeneid who lived in the time of Augustus
Virgil
Date of founding of Rome
753 BC
Three periods of Roman history
monarchy, republic, empire
They were raised by a she-wolf
Romulus and Remus
The hill on which Romulus began his city
Palatine
The story about the Romans’ first wives
the Sabine women
The council of old men who helped to rule Rome
Senate
The noble people of Rome
patricians
The common people of Rome
plebeians
Rome is on this River
Tiber
The second king of Rome
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy
farming
Two main occupationsof men of early Rome
farming, soldiering
The four pillars of Roman Culture
family, faith, farming, fighting
The two sets of brothers who fought to decide if Alba or Rome should rule
Horatii, Curiatii
