Lesson 18 Review

Question 1

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 1

Rhine River

Question 2

greatest orator of history; Roman consul

Answer 2

Cicero

Question 3

The Second Triumvirate*

Answer 3

Octavian, Antony, Lepidus

Question 4

members of a 3-man ruling body

Answer 4

triumvirs

Question 5

The First Triumvirate*

Answer 5

Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

Question 6

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 6

Tigris River

Question 7

“Poor as this village is, I would rather be first here than second in Rome!”*

Answer 7

Julius Caesar

Question 8

“You may laugh at me now , bu the time will come when I shall be master of the Romans.”*

Answer 8

Octavius (Augustus Caesar)

Question 9

poem by Virgil; tells of Trojan hero Aeneas

Answer 9

Aeneid

Question 10

10,000 guards; protected authority of emperor

Answer 10

Praetorian Guards

Question 11

“In that young man there is many a Marius.”*

Answer 11

Sulla

Question 12

March 15th; day Caesar was assassinated

Answer 12

Ides of March

Question 13

conspiracy to set up new government*

Answer 13

Caitlin conspiracy

Question 14

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 14

Po River

Question 15

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 15

Danube River

Question 16

How, when, and why, was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Answer 16

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.

Question 18

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 18

Rhone River

Question 19

became Octavian when adopted as Caesar’s son and heir

Answer 19

Octavius

Question 20

What was the purpose of the Catiline conpsiracy?

Answer 20

The conspirators led by Catiline wanted to overthrow the Republic and install their own government.

Question 21

rule by three (Latin: tribe- means “three,’ vir means ‘man’)

Answer 21

Triumvirate

Question 22

Roman orator, scholar, statesman, soldier*

Answer 22

Julius Caesar

Question 23

queen of Egypt; married Mark Antony*

Answer 23

Cleopatra

Question 24

What positive contributions did Augustus make to Rome?

Answer 24

Augustus laid the foundation for a century of peace and prosperity for the Empire. He built many fine buildings and monuments in the capital. He founded new cities int he provinces. He encouraged the arts and literature.

Question 25

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 25

Euphrates River

Question 26

Caesar’s protege and friends; one of the assassins*

Answer 26

Brutus

Question 27

What was the significance of “crossing the Rubicon”?

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

List some of the favorable contributions Julius Caesar made to Rome.

Answer 28

He began to make Rome a commercial city. He erected buildings, built aqueducts, established a great library, and created a new calendar.

Question 29

As emperor, Octavius is known as:

Answer 29

Augustus (“sacred”)