Lesson 20: Drill Questions & Timeline Flashcards
The emperor who destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem
Titus
Date of the destruction of th etemple of Jerusalem
70 AD
Date of founding of Rome
753 BC
Three periods of Roman history
monarchy, republic, empire
They were raised by a she-wolf
Romulus and Remus
The hill on which Romulus began his city
Palatine
The story about the Romans’ first wives
the Sabine women
The council of old men who helped to rule Rome
Senate
The noble people of Rome
patricians
The common people of Rome
plebeians
Rome is on this River
Tiber
The second king of Rome
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy
farming
Two main occupationsof men of early Rome
farming, soldiering
The four pillars of Roman Culture
family, faith, farming, fighting
The two sets of brothers who fought to decide if Alba or Rome should rule
Horatii, Curiatii
Three plains on west coast of Italy
Etruria, Latium, Campania
Where public meetings were held
Forum
A male seer or prophet
augur
A female prophetess
sibyl
Symbol of king’s authority
fasces
The large racetrack built by Tarquin
Circus Maximus
The kings who came from Etruria
Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus
The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus
Sibylline Books
Rome is the city of seven
hills
He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy
Junius Brutus
The port city of Rome
Ostia
Date of the founding of the republic
510 BC
The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome
Lars Porsena
The first consul of Rome who watched his two sons executed for treason
Junius Brutus
He held off the Etruscans at the bridge
Horatius
He burnt his hand to show Roman courage
Caius Mucius
The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son
Coriolanus
The elected representatives of the plebeians
tribunes
Shakespeare’s play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians
Coriolanus
The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city
Fabii
George Washington was compared to this Roman hero
Cincinnatus
He left his plow to save Rome
Cincinnatus
Date of the sack of Rome
390 BC
The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic
390 BC
These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls
geese
He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country
M. Furius Camillus
He killed a giant Gaul and ordered his own son executed for disobedience
Manlius Torquatus
the “Queen of Roads”
Appian Way
“The greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace”
Appius Claudius
This structure carried water to Roman cities
aqueduct
Greek city that insulted the Romans and laughed at their togas and speech
Tarentum
A victory that costs too much
Pyrrhic victory
A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants
Pyrrhus
The highest political office in the Republic
consul
The office responsible for collecting taxes and construction of roads and buildings
censor
The author of the Aeneid who lived in the time of Augustus
Virgil
Dates of the Punic Wars
264-146 BC
This ancient city was the Roman Republic’s greatest rival
Carthage
This country developed the alphabet
Phoenicia
Punic refers to this country
Phoenicia
The name of the wars with Carthage
Punic Wars
A hero who lost an army, but sacrificed his life for Rome and his honor
Regulus
The Roman general that avoided battle
Quintus Fabius
A policy of avoiding direct confrontation
Fabian policy
He crossed the alps with his army and elephants
Hannibal
The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome
Hannibal
The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal
Scipio Africanus
Hannibal’s last battle
Zama
When the Roman Republic was degenerating he restored it by strict discipline
Cato
Cornelia’s jewels
the Gracchi
The champions of the poor who were accused of wanting to be king
the Gracchi
The general who defeated the Teutones, Ambrones,a nd Cimbri
Marius
The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome
Marius
The patrician general who was the rival of Marius
Sulla
The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar
Marius, Sulla, Pompey
The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates
Pompey
Caesar was great in these four ways
orator, scholar, statesman, soldier
He conqered Gaul and then crossed the Rubicon
Julius Caesar
Date of the assassination of Julius Caesar
44 BC
The first Triumvirate
Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
Rome’s greatest orator
Cicero
The Second Triumvirate
Octavian, Antony, Lepidus
Caesar’s nephew who became the first emperor of Rome
Octavius (Octavian, Augustus)
The Queen of Egypt who charmed Caesar and Antony
Cleopatra
Octavius’ honorary name after he became Caesar
Augustus
He defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium
Octavian
He was killed by the commander of the Praetorian guard
Tiberius
Date for the beginning of the Roman Empire
27 BC
The elite soldiers who guarded the emperor
Praetorian Guard
He fiddled while Rome burned
Nero
The first Caesar who persecuted Christians
Nero
