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
The First Triumvirate*
Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
Caesar’s protege and friends; one of the assassins*
Brutus
Identify the starred location on the map:
Rhone River
What was the significance of “crossing the Rubicon”?
Caesar was forbidden by the Senate to take his army across the Rubicon, a river marking the border of Italy. By crossing it, Caesar set in motion the Civil War. Metaphorically, “crossing the Rubicon” means to take an action from which there is no turning back.
rule by three (Latin: tribe- means “three,’ vir means ‘man’)
Triumvirate
