Lesson 15: Drill Questions & Timeline

Question 1

The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar

Answer 1

Marius, Sulla, Pompey

Question 2

The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates

Answer 2

Pompey

Question 3

Date of founding of Rome

Answer 3

753 BC

Question 4

Three periods of Roman history

Answer 4

monarchy, republic, empire

Question 5

They were raised by a she-wolf

Answer 5

Romulus and Remus

Question 6

The hill on which Romulus began his city

Answer 6

Palatine

Question 7

The story about the Romans’ first wives

Answer 7

the Sabine women

Question 8

The council of old men who helped to rule Rome

Answer 8

Senate

Question 9

The noble people of Rome

Answer 9

patricians

Question 10

The common people of Rome

Answer 10

plebeians

Question 11

Rome is on this River

Answer 11

Tiber

Question 12

The second king of Rome

Answer 12

Numa Pompilius

Question 13

Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy

Answer 13

farming

Question 14

Two main occupationsof men of early Rome

Answer 14

farming, soldiering

Question 15

The four pillars of Roman Culture

Answer 15

family, faith, farming, fighting

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Horatii, Curiatii

Question 17

Three plains on west coast of Italy

Answer 17

Etruria, Latium, Campania

Question 18

Where public meetings were held

Answer 18

Forum

Question 19

A male seer or prophet

Answer 19

augur

Question 20

A female prophetess

Answer 20

sibyl

Question 21

Symbol of king’s authority

Answer 21

fasces

Question 22

The large racetrack built by Tarquin

Answer 22

Circus Maximus

Question 23

The kings who came from Etruria

Answer 23

Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus

Question 24

The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus

Answer 24

Sibylline Books

Question 25

Rome is the city of seven

Answer 25

hills

Question 26

He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy

Answer 26

Junius Brutus

Question 27

The port city of Rome

Answer 27

Ostia

Question 28

Date of the founding of the republic

Answer 28

510 BC

Question 29

The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome

Answer 29

Lars Porsena

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Junius Brutus

Question 31

He held off the Etruscans at the bridge

Answer 31

Horatius

Question 32

He burnt his hand to show Roman courage

Answer 32

Caius Mucius

Question 33

The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son

Answer 33

Coriolanus

Question 34

The elected representatives of the plebeians

Answer 34

tribunes

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Coriolanus

Question 36

The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city

Answer 36

Fabii

Question 37

George Washington was compared to this Roman hero

Answer 37

Cincinnatus

Question 38

He left his plow to save Rome

Answer 38

Cincinnatus

Question 39

Date of the sack of Rome

Answer 39

390 BC

Question 40

The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic

Answer 40

390 BC

Question 41

These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls

Answer 41

geese

Question 42

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

Answer 42

M. Furius Camillus

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Manlius Torquatus

Question 44

the "Queen of Roads"

Answer 44

Appian Way

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Appius Claudius

Question 46

This structure carried water to Roman cities

Answer 46

aqueduct

Question 47

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

Answer 47

Tarentum

Question 48

A victory that costs too much

Answer 48

Pyrrhic victory

Question 49

A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants

Answer 49

Pyrrhus

Question 50

The highest political office in the Republic

Answer 50

consul

Question 51

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

Answer 51

censor

Question 52

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

Answer 52

Virgil

Question 53

Dates of the Punic Wars

Answer 53

264-146 BC

Question 54

This ancient city was the Roman Republic's greatest rival

Answer 54

Carthage

Question 55

This country developed the alphabet

Answer 55

Phoenicia

Question 56

Punic refers to this country

Answer 56

Phoenicia

Question 57

The name of the wars with Carthage

Answer 57

Punic Wars

Question 58

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

Answer 58

Regulus

Question 59

The Roman general that avoided battle

Answer 59

Quintus Fabius

Question 60

A policy of avoiding direct confrontation

Answer 60

Fabian policy

Question 61

He crossed the alps with his army and elephants

Answer 61

Hannibal

Question 62

The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome

Answer 62

Hannibal

Question 63

The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal

Answer 63

Scipio Africanus

Question 64

Hannibal's last battle

Answer 64

Zama

Question 65

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

Answer 65

Cato

Question 66

Cornelia's jewels

Answer 66

the Gracchi

Question 67

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

Answer 67

the Gracchi

Question 68

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

Answer 68

Marius

Question 69

The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome

Answer 69

Marius

Question 70

The patrician general who was the rival of Marius

Answer 70

Sulla