Lesson 11: Drill Questions & Timeline

Question 1

Dates of the Punic Wars

Answer 1

264-146 BC

Question 2

This ancient city was the Roman Republic’s greatest rival

Answer 2

Carthage

Question 3

This country developed the alphabet

Answer 3

Phoenicia

Question 4

Punic refers to this country

Answer 4

Phoenicia

Question 5

The name of the wars with Carthage

Answer 5

Punic Wars

Question 6

A hero who lost an army, but sacrificed his life for Rome and his honor

Answer 6

Regulus

Question 7

The Roman general that avoided battle

Answer 7

Quintus Fabius

Question 8

A policy of avoiding direct confrontation

Answer 8

Fabian policy

Question 9

He crossed the alps with his army and elephants

Answer 9

Hannibal

Question 10

The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome

Answer 10

Hannibal

Question 11

The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal

Answer 11

Scipio Africanus

Question 12

Hannibal’s last battle

Answer 12

Zama

Question 13

Date of founding of Rome

Answer 13

753 BC

Question 14

Three periods of Roman history

Answer 14

monarchy, republic, empire

Question 15

They were raised by a she-wolf

Answer 15

Romulus and Remus

Question 16

The hill on which Romulus began his city

Answer 16

Palatine

Question 17

The story about the Romans’ first wives

Answer 17

the Sabine women

Question 18

The council of old men who helped to rule Rome

Answer 18

Senate

Question 19

The noble people of Rome

Answer 19

patricians

Question 20

The common people of Rome

Answer 20

plebeians

Question 21

Rome is on this River

Answer 21

Tiber

Question 22

The second king of Rome

Answer 22

Numa Pompilius

Question 23

Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy

Answer 23

farming

Question 24

Two main occupationsof men of early Rome

Answer 24

farming, soldiering

Question 25

The four pillars of Roman Culture

Answer 25

family, faith, farming, fighting

Question 26

The two sets of brothers who fought to decide if Alba or Rome should rule

Answer 26

Horatii, Curiatii

Question 27

Three plains on west coast of Italy

Answer 27

Etruria, Latium, Campania

Question 28

Where public meetings were held

Answer 28

Forum

Question 29

A male seer or prophet

Answer 29

augur

Question 30

A female prophetess

Answer 30

sibyl

Question 31

Symbol of king's authority

Answer 31

fasces

Question 32

The large racetrack built by Tarquin

Answer 32

Circus Maximus

Question 33

The kings who came from Etruria

Answer 33

Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus

Question 34

The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus

Answer 34

Sibylline Books

Question 35

Rome is the city of seven

Answer 35

hills

Question 36

He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy

Answer 36

Junius Brutus

Question 37

The port city of Rome

Answer 37

Ostia

Question 38

Date of the founding of the republic

Answer 38

510 BC

Question 39

The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome

Answer 39

Lars Porsena

Question 40

The first consul of Rome who watched his two sons executed for treason

Answer 40

Junius Brutus

Question 41

He held off the Etruscans at the bridge

Answer 41

Horatius

Question 42

He burnt his hand to show Roman courage

Answer 42

Caius Mucius

Question 43

The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son

Answer 43

Coriolanus

Question 44

The elected representatives of the plebeians

Answer 44

tribunes

Question 45

Shakespeare's play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians

Answer 45

Coriolanus

Question 46

The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city

Answer 46

Fabii

Question 47

George Washington was compared to this Roman hero

Answer 47

Cincinnatus

Question 48

He left his plow to save Rome

Answer 48

Cincinnatus

Question 49

Date of the sack of Rome

Answer 49

390 BC

Question 50

The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic

Answer 50

390 BC

Question 51

These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls

Answer 51

geese

Question 52

He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country

Answer 52

M. Furius Camillus

Question 53

He killed a giant Gaul and ordered his own son executed for disobedience

Answer 53

Manlius Torquatus

Question 54

the "Queen of Roads"

Answer 54

Appian Way

Question 55

"The greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace"

Answer 55

Appius Claudius

Question 56

This structure carried water to Roman cities

Answer 56

aqueduct

Question 57

Greek city that insulted the Romans and laughed at their togas and speech

Answer 57

Tarentum

Question 58

A victory that costs too much

Answer 58

Pyrrhic victory

Question 59

A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants

Answer 59

Pyrrhus

Question 60

The highest political office in the Republic

Answer 60

consul

Question 61

The office responsible for collecting taxes and construction of roads and buildings

Answer 61

censor

Question 62

The author of the Aeneid who lived in the time of Augustus

Answer 62

Virgil