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Lesson 17: Drill Questions & Timeline Flashcards

1
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The First Triumvirate

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Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

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2
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Rome’s greatest orator

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Cicero

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3
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Date of founding of Rome

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753 BC

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4
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Three periods of Roman history

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monarchy, republic, empire

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5
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They were raised by a she-wolf

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Romulus and Remus

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6
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The hill on which Romulus began his city

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Palatine

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7
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The story about the Romans’ first wives

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the Sabine women

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8
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The council of old men who helped to rule Rome

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Senate

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9
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The noble people of Rome

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patricians

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10
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The common people of Rome

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plebeians

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11
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Rome is on this River

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Tiber

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12
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The second king of Rome

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Numa Pompilius

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13
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Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy

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farming

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14
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Two main occupationsof men of early Rome

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farming, soldiering

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15
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The four pillars of Roman Culture

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family, faith, farming, fighting

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16
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The two sets of brothers who fought to decide if Alba or Rome should rule

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Horatii, Curiatii

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17
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Three plains on west coast of Italy

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Etruria, Latium, Campania

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18
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Where public meetings were held

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Forum

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19
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A male seer or prophet

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augur

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20
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A female prophetess

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sibyl

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21
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Symbol of king’s authority

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fasces

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22
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The large racetrack built by Tarquin

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Circus Maximus

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23
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The kings who came from Etruria

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Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus

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24
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The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus

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Sibylline Books

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25
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Rome is the city of seven

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hills

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26
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He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy

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Junius Brutus

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27
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The port city of Rome

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Ostia

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28
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Date of the founding of the republic

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510 BC

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29
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The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome

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Lars Porsena

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30
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The first consul of Rome who watched his two sons executed for treason

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Junius Brutus

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31
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He held off the Etruscans at the bridge

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Horatius

32
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He burnt his hand to show Roman courage

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Caius Mucius

33
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The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son

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Coriolanus

34
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The elected representatives of the plebeians

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tribunes

35
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Shakespeare’s play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians

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Coriolanus

36
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The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city

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Fabii

37
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George Washington was compared to this Roman hero

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Cincinnatus

38
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He left his plow to save Rome

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Cincinnatus

39
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Date of the sack of Rome

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390 BC

40
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The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic

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390 BC

41
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These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls

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geese

42
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He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country

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M. Furius Camillus

43
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He killed a giant Gaul and ordered his own son executed for disobedience

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Manlius Torquatus

44
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the “Queen of Roads”

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Appian Way

45
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“The greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace”

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Appius Claudius

46
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This structure carried water to Roman cities

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aqueduct

47
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Greek city that insulted the Romans and laughed at their togas and speech

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Tarentum

48
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A victory that costs too much

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Pyrrhic victory

49
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A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants

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Pyrrhus

50
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The highest political office in the Republic

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consul

51
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The office responsible for collecting taxes and construction of roads and buildings

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censor

52
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The author of the Aeneid who lived in the time of Augustus

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Virgil

53
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Dates of the Punic Wars

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264-146 BC

54
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This ancient city was the Roman Republic’s greatest rival

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Carthage

55
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This country developed the alphabet

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Phoenicia

56
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Punic refers to this country

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Phoenicia

57
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The name of the wars with Carthage

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Punic Wars

58
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A hero who lost an army, but sacrificed his life for Rome and his honor

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Regulus

59
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The Roman general that avoided battle

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Quintus Fabius

60
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A policy of avoiding direct confrontation

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Fabian policy

61
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He crossed the alps with his army and elephants

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Hannibal

62
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The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome

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Hannibal

63
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The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal

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Scipio Africanus

64
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Hannibal’s last battle

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Zama

65
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When the Roman Republic was degenerating he restored it by strict discipline

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Cato

66
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Cornelia’s jewels

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the Gracchi

67
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The champions of the poor who were accused of wanting to be king

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the Gracchi

68
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The general who defeated the Teutones, Ambrones,a nd Cimbri

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Marius

69
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The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome

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Marius

70
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The patrician general who was the rival of Marius

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Sulla

71
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The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar

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Marius, Sulla, Pompey

72
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The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates

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Pompey

73
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Caesar was great in these four ways

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orator, scholar, statesman, soldier

74
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He conqered Gaul and then crossed the Rubicon

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Julius Caesar

75
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Date of the assassination of Julius Caesar

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44 BC

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