Lesson 14: Drill Questions & Timeline

Question 1

The patrician general who was the rival of Marius

Answer 1

Sulla

Question 2

Date of founding of Rome

Answer 2

753 BC

Question 3

Three periods of Roman history

Answer 3

monarchy, republic, empire

Question 4

They were raised by a she-wolf

Answer 4

Romulus and Remus

Question 5

The hill on which Romulus began his city

Answer 5

Palatine

Question 6

The story about the Romans’ first wives

Answer 6

the Sabine women

Question 7

The council of old men who helped to rule Rome

Answer 7

Senate

Question 8

The noble people of Rome

Answer 8

patricians

Question 9

The common people of Rome

Answer 9

plebeians

Question 10

Rome is on this River

Answer 10

Tiber

Question 11

The second king of Rome

Answer 11

Numa Pompilius

Question 12

Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy

Answer 12

farming

Question 13

Two main occupationsof men of early Rome

Answer 13

farming, soldiering

Question 14

The four pillars of Roman Culture

Answer 14

family, faith, farming, fighting

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Horatii, Curiatii

Question 16

Three plains on west coast of Italy

Answer 16

Etruria, Latium, Campania

Question 17

Where public meetings were held

Answer 17

Forum

Question 18

A male seer or prophet

Answer 18

augur

Question 19

A female prophetess

Answer 19

sibyl

Question 20

Symbol of king’s authority

Answer 20

fasces

Question 21

The large racetrack built by Tarquin

Answer 21

Circus Maximus

Question 22

The kings who came from Etruria

Answer 22

Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus

Question 23

The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus

Answer 23

Sibylline Books

Question 24

Rome is the city of seven

Answer 24

hills

Question 25

He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy

Answer 25

Junius Brutus

Question 26

The port city of Rome

Answer 26

Ostia

Question 27

Date of the founding of the republic

Answer 27

510 BC

Question 28

The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome

Answer 28

Lars Porsena

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Junius Brutus

Question 30

He held off the Etruscans at the bridge

Answer 30

Horatius

Question 31

He burnt his hand to show Roman courage

Answer 31

Caius Mucius

Question 32

The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son

Answer 32

Coriolanus

Question 33

The elected representatives of the plebeians

Answer 33

tribunes

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Coriolanus

Question 35

The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city

Answer 35

Fabii

Question 36

George Washington was compared to this Roman hero

Answer 36

Cincinnatus

Question 37

He left his plow to save Rome

Answer 37

Cincinnatus

Question 38

Date of the sack of Rome

Answer 38

390 BC

Question 39

The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic

Answer 39

390 BC

Question 40

These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls

Answer 40

geese

Question 41

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

Answer 41

M. Furius Camillus

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Manlius Torquatus

Question 43

the "Queen of Roads"

Answer 43

Appian Way

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Appius Claudius

Question 45

This structure carried water to Roman cities

Answer 45

aqueduct

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Tarentum

Question 47

A victory that costs too much

Answer 47

Pyrrhic victory

Question 48

A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants

Answer 48

Pyrrhus

Question 49

The highest political office in the Republic

Answer 49

consul

Question 50

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

Answer 50

censor

Question 51

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

Answer 51

Virgil

Question 52

Dates of the Punic Wars

Answer 52

264-146 BC

Question 53

This ancient city was the Roman Republic's greatest rival

Answer 53

Carthage

Question 54

This country developed the alphabet

Answer 54

Phoenicia

Question 55

Punic refers to this country

Answer 55

Phoenicia

Question 56

The name of the wars with Carthage

Answer 56

Punic Wars

Question 57

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

Answer 57

Regulus

Question 58

The Roman general that avoided battle

Answer 58

Quintus Fabius

Question 59

A policy of avoiding direct confrontation

Answer 59

Fabian policy

Question 60

He crossed the alps with his army and elephants

Answer 60

Hannibal

Question 61

The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome

Answer 61

Hannibal

Question 62

The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal

Answer 62

Scipio Africanus

Question 63

Hannibal's last battle

Answer 63

Zama

Question 64

When the Roman Republic was degenerating he restored it by strict discipline

Answer 64

Cato

Question 65

Cornelia's jewels

Answer 65

the Gracchi

Question 66

The champions of the poor who were accused of wanting to be king

Answer 66

the Gracchi

Question 67

The general who defeated the Teutones, Ambrones,a nd Cimbri

Answer 67

Marius

Question 68

The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome

Answer 68

Marius