Lesson 25: Drill Questions & Timeline Flashcards
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Date of founding of Rome
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753 BC
2
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Three periods of Roman history
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monarchy, republic, empire
3
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They were raised by a she-wolf
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Romulus and Remus
4
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The hill on which Romulus began his city
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Palatine
5
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The story about the Romans’ first wives
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the Sabine women
6
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The council of old men who helped to rule Rome
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Senate
7
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The noble people of Rome
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patricians
8
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The common people of Rome
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plebeians
9
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Rome is on this River
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Tiber
10
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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
12
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Two main occupationsof men of early Rome
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farming, soldiering
13
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The four pillars of Roman Culture
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family, faith, farming, fighting
14
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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
15
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Three plains on west coast of Italy
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Etruria, Latium, Campania
16
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Where public meetings were held
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Forum
17
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A male seer or prophet
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augur
18
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A female prophetess
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sibyl
19
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Symbol of king’s authority
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fasces
20
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The large racetrack built by Tarquin
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Circus Maximus
21
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The kings who came from Etruria
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Tarquin, Servius Tullius, Tarquin Superbus
22
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The holy books bought by Tarquin Superbus
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Sibylline Books
23
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Rome is the city of seven
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hills
24
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He led the revolution to overthrow the monarchy
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Junius Brutus
25
The port city of Rome
Ostia
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Date of the founding of the republic
510 BC
27
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
29
He held off the Etruscans at the bridge
Horatius
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He burnt his hand to show Roman courage
Caius Mucius
31
The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son
Coriolanus
32
The elected representatives of the plebeians
tribunes
33
Shakespeare's play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians
Coriolanus
34
The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city
Fabii
35
George Washington was compared to this Roman hero
Cincinnatus
36
He left his plow to save Rome
Cincinnatus
37
Date of the sack of Rome
390 BC
38
The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic
390 BC
39
These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls
geese
40
He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country
M. Furius Camillus
41
He killed a giant Gaul and ordered his own son executed for disobedience
Manlius Torquatus
42
the "Queen of Roads"
Appian Way
43
"The greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace"
Appius Claudius
44
This structure carried water to Roman cities
aqueduct
45
Greek city that insulted the Romans and laughed at their togas and speech
Tarentum
46
A victory that costs too much
Pyrrhic victory
47
A greek general who fought for Tarentum and used elephants
Pyrrhus
48
The highest political office in the Republic
consul
49
The office responsible for collecting taxes and construction of roads and buildings
censor
50
The author of the Aeneid who lived in the time of Augustus
Virgil
51
Dates of the Punic Wars
264-146 BC
52
This ancient city was the Roman Republic's greatest rival
Carthage
53
This country developed the alphabet
Phoenicia
54
Punic refers to this country
Phoenicia
55
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
57
The Roman general that avoided battle
Quintus Fabius
58
A policy of avoiding direct confrontation
Fabian policy
59
He crossed the alps with his army and elephants
Hannibal
60
The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome
Hannibal
61
The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal
Scipio Africanus
62
Hannibal's last battle
Zama
63
When the Roman Republic was degenerating he restored it by strict discipline
Cato
64
Cornelia's jewels
the Gracchi
65
The champions of the poor who were accused of wanting to be king
the Gracchi
66
The general who defeated the Teutones, Ambrones,a nd Cimbri
Marius
67
The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome
Marius
68
The patrician general who was the rival of Marius
Sulla
69
The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar
Marius, Sulla, Pompey
70
The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates
Pompey
71
Caesar was great in these four ways
orator, scholar, statesman, soldier
72
He conqered Gaul and then crossed the Rubicon
Julius Caesar
73
Date of the assassination of Julius Caesar
44 BC
74
The first Triumvirate
Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
75
Rome's greatest orator
Cicero
76
The Second Triumvirate
Octavian, Antony, Lepidus
77
Caesar's nephew who became the first emperor of Rome
Octavius (Octavian, Augustus)
78
The Queen of Egypt who charmed Caesar and Antony
Cleopatra
79
Octavius' honorary name after he became Caesar
Augustus
80
He defeated Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium
Octavian
81
He was killed by the commander of the Praetorian guard
Tiberius
82
Date for the beginning of the Roman Empire
27 BC
83
The elite soldiers who guarded the emperor
Praetorian Guard
84
He fiddled while Rome burned
Nero
85
The first Caesar who persecuted Christians
Nero
86
The emperor who destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem
Titus
87
Date of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
70 AD
88
Romans wanted an emporer as great as Augustus and as good as
Trajan
89
He built a famous wall in Britain and a tomb in Rome
Hadrian
90
The sad stoic emperor
Marcus Aurelius
91
He reorganized the empire
Diocletian
92
The first Christian emperor
Constantine
93
Constantine moved the capital of Rome to this city
Byzantium (Constantinople)
94
Julian the
Apostate
95
He tried to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem to prove Christianity false
Julian
96
Date of the fall of Rome
476 AD
97
The last emperor of the Western Roman Empire
Romulus Augustulus
