Lesson 16: Drill Questions & Timeline

Question 1

Caesar was great in these four ways

Answer 1

orator, scholar, statesman, soldier

Question 2

He conqered Gaul and then crossed the Rubicon

Answer 2

Julius Caesar

Question 3

Date of the assassination of Julius Caesar

Answer 3

44 BC

Question 4

Date of founding of Rome

Answer 4

753 BC

Question 5

Three periods of Roman history

Answer 5

monarchy, republic, empire

Question 6

They were raised by a she-wolf

Answer 6

Romulus and Remus

Question 7

The hill on which Romulus began his city

Answer 7

Palatine

Question 8

The story about the Romans’ first wives

Answer 8

the Sabine women

Question 9

The council of old men who helped to rule Rome

Answer 9

Senate

Question 10

The noble people of Rome

Answer 10

patricians

Question 11

The common people of Rome

Answer 11

plebeians

Question 12

Rome is on this River

Answer 12

Tiber

Question 13

The second king of Rome

Answer 13

Numa Pompilius

Question 14

Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy

Answer 14

farming

Question 15

Two main occupationsof men of early Rome

Answer 15

farming, soldiering

Question 16

The four pillars of Roman Culture

Answer 16

family, faith, farming, fighting

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Horatii, Curiatii

Question 18

Three plains on west coast of Italy

Answer 18

Etruria, Latium, Campania

Question 19

Where public meetings were held

Answer 19

Forum

Question 20

A male seer or prophet

Answer 20

augur

Question 21

A female prophetess

Answer 21

sibyl

Question 22

Symbol of king’s authority

Answer 22

fasces

Question 23

The large racetrack built by Tarquin

Answer 23

Circus Maximus

Question 24

The kings who came from Etruria

Answer 24

Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus

Question 25

The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus

Answer 25

Sibylline Books

Question 26

Rome is the city of seven

Answer 26

hills

Question 27

He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy

Answer 27

Junius Brutus

Question 28

The port city of Rome

Answer 28

Ostia

Question 29

Date of the founding of the republic

Answer 29

510 BC

Question 30

The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome

Answer 30

Lars Porsena

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Junius Brutus

Question 32

He held off the Etruscans at the bridge

Answer 32

Horatius

Question 33

He burnt his hand to show Roman courage

Answer 33

Caius Mucius

Question 34

The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son

Answer 34

Coriolanus

Question 35

The elected representatives of the plebeians

Answer 35

tribunes

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Coriolanus

Question 37

The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city

Answer 37

Fabii

Question 38

George Washington was compared to this Roman hero

Answer 38

Cincinnatus

Question 39

He left his plow to save Rome

Answer 39

Cincinnatus

Question 40

Date of the sack of Rome

Answer 40

390 BC

Question 41

The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic

Answer 41

390 BC

Question 42

These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls

Answer 42

geese

Question 43

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

Answer 43

M. Furius Camillus

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Manlius Torquatus

Question 45

the "Queen of Roads"

Answer 45

Appian Way

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Appius Claudius

Question 47

This structure carried water to Roman cities

Answer 47

aqueduct

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Tarentum

Question 49

A victory that costs too much

Answer 49

Pyrrhic victory

Question 50

A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants

Answer 50

Pyrrhus

Question 51

The highest political office in the Republic

Answer 51

consul

Question 52

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

Answer 52

censor

Question 53

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

Answer 53

Virgil

Question 54

Dates of the Punic Wars

Answer 54

264-146 BC

Question 55

This ancient city was the Roman Republic's greatest rival

Answer 55

Carthage

Question 56

This country developed the alphabet

Answer 56

Phoenicia

Question 57

Punic refers to this country

Answer 57

Phoenicia

Question 58

The name of the wars with Carthage

Answer 58

Punic Wars

Question 59

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

Answer 59

Regulus

Question 60

The Roman general that avoided battle

Answer 60

Quintus Fabius

Question 61

A policy of avoiding direct confrontation

Answer 61

Fabian policy

Question 62

He crossed the alps with his army and elephants

Answer 62

Hannibal

Question 63

The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome

Answer 63

Hannibal

Question 64

The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal

Answer 64

Scipio Africanus

Question 65

Hannibal's last battle

Answer 65

Zama

Question 66

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

Answer 66

Cato

Question 67

Cornelia's jewels

Answer 67

the Gracchi

Question 68

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

Answer 68

the Gracchi

Question 69

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

Answer 69

Marius

Question 70

The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome

Answer 70

Marius

Question 71

The patrician general who was the rival of Marius

Answer 71

Sulla

Question 72

The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar

Answer 72

Marius, Sulla, Pompey

Question 73

The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates

Answer 73

Pompey