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Midterm: Lessons 1-13 Flashcards

1
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Roman commoner

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plebeian

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2
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Roman nobleman

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patrician

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3
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an officer of the king who carried his symbol of power (fasces)

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lictor

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4
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chief priest; established by Numa

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Pontifex Maximus

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5
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two chief magistrates elected to rule the Republic

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consuls

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6
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representatives chose to protect the rights of plebeians

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tribunes

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7
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Roman official who supervised public morals

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censor

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8
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a general made sole military ruler during a time of crises

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dictator

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9
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man put in charge of Roman provinces (formerly praetor)

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pro-consul

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10
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self-governed territories under the dominion of Rome

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provinces

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11
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defeated Latins; ruled as Latin king; founded Alba Longa

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Aeneas

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12
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Roman solider who defended the Pons Sublicius

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Horatius Cocles

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13
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first Roman laws; written and displayed in the forum

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Laws of the Twelve Tables

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14
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dictator who defeated Etruscans at Veil, was exiled, and returned to save Rome from the Gauls

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Camillus

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15
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dictator who immediately relinquished his power after defeating the Aequians and went back to farming

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Cincinnatus

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16
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dictator during the Second Punic War; “the Delayer”

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Quintus Fabius Maximus

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17
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founder of Carthage; clever with an ox skin

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Dido

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18
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son of Hamilcar; general of Carthage

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Hannibal

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19
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brother of Tiberius; great Roman enforcer

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Caius Gracchus

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20
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day that Caesar was murdered

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Ides of March

21
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king of Macedon; Philip’s son

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Perseus

22
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consul; opposed Octavius for rule of Rome

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Mark Antony

23
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consul; famous orator; gave series of orations against Catiline

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Cicero

24
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king of Syria; plotted with Philip against Rome

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Antiochus

25
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consul sent to defeat Jugurtha; reorganized Roman army

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Caius Marius

26
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sister of Ptolemy; made Mark Antony lose his mind

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Cleopatra

27
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soldier under Pompey; conspired to murder Caesar

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Marcus Brutus

28
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consul taken captive when he led an attack against the Carthagenian armies

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Regulus

29
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king of Pontus; repeatedly caused Rome trouble

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Mithridates

30
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led rebellion of gladiators

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Spartacus

31
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first general to use Roman army to take Rome itself captive

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Sulla

32
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two cities destroyed by Rome in 146 B.C.

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Carthage, Corinth

33
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Carthaginian general who swore revenge against Rome after First Punic War

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Hamilcar

34
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defeated Mithridates; member of First Triumvirate

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Pompey

35
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the year Rome became “Mistress of the Mediterranean”

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133 B.C.

36
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Adopted son of the most famous Scipio; sent to burn Carthage

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Aemilianus

37
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Most famous Scipio; defeated Hannibal at Zama

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Africanus

38
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Daughter of most famous Scipio; mother of Gracchi brothers

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Cornelia

39
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Brother of the most famous Scipio; defeated the Syrians

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Lucius

40
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Consul who led attack on Carthaginians in Spain

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Publius Cornelius

41
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Who said, “Veni, vidi, vici.”

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Caesar

42
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Who said, “To be ignorant of what happened before you were born, is to remain forever a child.”

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Cicero

43
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Who said, “For, whenever I stamp with my foot in any part of Italy, there will rise up forces enough in an instant, both horse and foot.”

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Pompey

44
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Who said, “Take we the course which the signs of the gods and the false dealing of our foes point out. The die is cast!”

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Caesar

45
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Who said, “Et tu, Brute?”

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Caesar

46
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List the members of the First Triumvirate

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Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus

47
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List the members of the Second Triumvirate

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Octavius, Mark Antony, and Lepidus

48
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What error did C.S. Lewis describe as “the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date is on that account discredited,” and what is the only cure?

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chronological snobbery; it can only be cured by studying history.

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