Lesson 19 Review

Question 1

Augustus’ cruel stepson; ruled after his death

Answer 1

Tiberius

Question 2

members of a 3-man ruling body

Answer 2

triumvirs

Question 4

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 4

Danube River

Question 5

next emperors after Tiberius; cruel tyrants

Answer 5

Caligula and Claudius

Question 6

Describe the manner in which Nero lived.

Answer 6

Nero lived grandly. He had a splendid marble palace in Rome and had several houses on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. He traveled in chariots. He would have performers put on shows at the end of his grand dinners.

Question 7

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 7

Euphrates River

Question 8

What was the purpose of the Catiline conpsiracy?

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 9

Po River

Question 10

He fiddled while Rome burned*

Answer 10

Nero

Question 11

10,000 guards; protected authority of emperor

Answer 11

Praetorian Guards

Question 12

Name several terrible cruel things Nero did as emperor.

Answer 12

He had his mother and stepbrother killed, he watched a fire destroy parts of Rome without doing anything to help, and he persecuted many people, including leaders of the Christian church who were be headed and crucified.

Question 13

the first Caesar who persecuted Christians; “fiddled while Rome burned”

Answer 13

Nero

Question 14

Roman orator, scholar, statesman, soldier*

Answer 14

Julius Caesar

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Sulla

Question 16

Roman governor of Spain; replaced Nero

Answer 16

Galba

Question 17

“My poor stepbrother always has subject fits.”*

Answer 17

Nero

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Triumvirate

Question 19

The Second Triumvirate*

Answer 19

Octavian, Antony, Lepidus

Question 20

greatest orator of history; Roman consul

Answer 20

Cicero

Question 21

As emperor, Octavius is known as:

Answer 21

Augustus (“sacred”)

Question 22

became Octavian when adopted as Caesar’s son and heir

Answer 22

Octavius

Question 23

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 23

Tigris River

Question 24

queen of Egypt; married Mark Antony*

Answer 24

Cleopatra

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Octavius (Augustus Caesar)

Question 26

poem by Virgil; tells of Trojan hero Aeneas

Answer 26

Aeneid

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

conspiracy to set up new government*

Answer 28

Caitlin conspiracy

Question 29

The First Triumvirate*

Answer 29

Caesar, Pompey, Crassus

Question 30

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

Answer 30

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 31

March 15th; day Caesar was assassinated

Answer 31

Ides of March

Question 32

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 32

Rhone River

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What positive contributions did Augustus make to Rome?

Answer 34

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 35

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

Answer 35

Brutus

Question 36

Identify the starred location on the map:

Answer 36

Rhine River

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Julius Caesar