Lesson 24: Drill Questions & Timeline Flashcards
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Julian the
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Apostate
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He tried to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem to prove Christianity false
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Julian
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Date of the fall of Rome
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476 AD
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The last emperor of the Western Roman Empire
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Romulus Augustulus
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Date of founding of Rome
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753 BC
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Three periods of Roman history
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monarchy, republic, empire
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They were raised by a she-wolf
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Romulus and Remus
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The hill on which Romulus began his city
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Palatine
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The story about the Romans’ first wives
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the Sabine women
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The council of old men who helped to rule Rome
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Senate
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The noble people of Rome
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patricians
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The common people of Rome
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plebeians
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Rome is on this River
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Tiber
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The second king of Rome
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Numa Pompilius
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Numa Pompilius established this as the basis of the Roman economy
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farming
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Two main occupationsof men of early Rome
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farming, soldiering
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The four pillars of Roman Culture
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family, faith, farming, fighting
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The two sets of brothers who fought to decide if Alba or Rome should rule
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Horatii, Curiatii
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Three plains on west coast of Italy
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Etruria, Latium, Campania
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Where public meetings were held
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Forum
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A male seer or prophet
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augur
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A female prophetess
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sibyl
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Symbol of king’s authority
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fasces
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The large racetrack built by Tarquin
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Circus Maximus
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The kings who came from Etruria
Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus
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The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus
Sibylline Books
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Rome is the city of seven
hills
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He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy
Junius Brutus
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The port city of Rome
Ostia
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Date of the founding of the republic
510 BC
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The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome
Lars Porsena
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The first consul of Rome who watched his two sons executed for treason
Junius Brutus
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He held off the Etruscans at the bridge
Horatius
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He burnt his hand to show Roman courage
Caius Mucius
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The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son
Coriolanus
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The elected representatives of the plebeians
tribunes
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Shakespeare's play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians
Coriolanus
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The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city
Fabii
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George Washington was compared to this Roman hero
Cincinnatus
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He left his plow to save Rome
Cincinnatus
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Date of the sack of Rome
390 BC
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The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic
390 BC
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These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls
geese
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He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country
M. Furius Camillus
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He killed a giant Gaul and ordered his own son executed for disobedience
Manlius Torquatus
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the "Queen of Roads"
Appian Way
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"The greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace"
Appius Claudius
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This structure carried water to Roman cities
aqueduct
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Greek city that insulted the Romans and laughed at their togas and speech
Tarentum
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A victory that costs too much
Pyrrhic victory
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A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants
Pyrrhus
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The highest political office in the Republic
consul
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The office responsible for collecting taxes and construction of roads and buildings
censor
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The author of the Aeneid who lived in the time of Augustus
Virgil
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Dates of the Punic Wars
264-146 BC
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This ancient city was the Roman Republic's greatest rival
Carthage
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This country developed the alphabet
Phoenicia
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Punic refers to this country
Phoenicia
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The name of the wars with Carthage
Punic Wars
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A hero who lost an army, but sacrificed his life for Rome and his honor
Regulus
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The Roman general that avoided battle
Quintus Fabius
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A policy of avoiding direct confrontation
Fabian policy
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He crossed the alps with his army and elephants
Hannibal
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The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome
Hannibal
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The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal
Scipio Africanus
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Hannibal's last battle
Zama
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When the Roman Republic was degenerating he restored it by strict discipline
Cato
68
Cornelia's jewels
the Gracchi
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The champions of the poor who were accused of wanting to be king
the Gracchi
70
The general who defeated the Teutones, Ambrones,a nd Cimbri
Marius
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The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome
Marius
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The patrician general who was the rival of Marius
Sulla
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The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar
Marius, Sulla, Pompey
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The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates
Pompey
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Caesar was great in these four ways
orator, scholar, statesman, soldier
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He conqered Gaul and then crossed the Rubicon
Julius Caesar
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Date of the assassination of Julius Caesar
44 BC
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The first Triumvirate
Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
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Rome's greatest orator
Cicero
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The Second Triumvirate
Octavian, Antony, Lepidus
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Caesar's nephew who became the first emperor of Rome
Octavius (Octavian, Augustus)
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The Queen of Egypt who charmed Caesar and Antony
Cleopatra
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Octavius' honorary name after he became Caesar
Augustus
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He defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium
Octavian
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He was killed by the commander of the Praetorian guard
Tiberius
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Date for the beginning of the Roman Empire
27 BC
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The elite soldiers who guarded the emperor
Praetorian Guard
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He fiddled while Rome burned
Nero
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The first Caesar who persecuted Christians
Nero
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The emperor who destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem
Titus
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Date of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
70 AD
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Romans wanted an emporer as great as Augustus and as good as
Trajan
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He built a famous wall in Britain and a tomb in Rome
Hadrian
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The sad stoic emperor
Marcus Aurelius
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He reorganized the empire
Diocletian
96
The first Christian emperor
Constantine
97
Constantine moved the capital of Rome to this city
Byzantium (Constantinople)
