Lesson 17 Review Flashcards
Roman orator, scholar, statesman, soldier*
Julius Caesar
Identify the starred location on the map:
Danube River
greatest orator of history; Roman consul
Cicero
“Poor as this village is, I would rather be first here than second in Rome!”*
Julius Caesar
Identify the starred location on the map:
Euphrates River
What was the purpose of the Catiline conpsiracy?
The conspirators led by Catiline wanted to overthrow the Republic and install their own government.
March 15th; day Caesar was assassinated
Ides of March
The Second Triumvirate*
Octavian, Antony, Lepidus
How, when, and why, was Julius Caesar assassinated?
Caesar was assassinated at a meeting of the Senate in Pompey’s theater in 44 B.C. He was attacked by a broup of conpsirators with ties to the nobility. Their states reason was that Caesar sought one-man rule, was becoming a tyrant, adn might have had aspirations to kingship.
conspiracy to set up new government*
Caitlin conspiracy
Identify the starred location on the map:
Tigris River
“In that young man there is many a Marius.”*
Sulla
Identify the starred location on the map:
Rhine River
List some of the favorable contributions Julius Caesar made to Rome.
He began to make Rome a commercial city. He erected buildings, built aqueducts, established a great library, and created a new calendar.
Identify the starred location on the map:
Po River
Identify the starred location on the map:
Rhone River
