NLE p18-19

Question 1

Aeneas

Answer 1

(1200 BC) arrived in Tiber valley with Trojan refugees

Question 2

753 BC

Answer 2

founding of Rome

Question 3

Romulus

Answer 3

Founder of Rome and first king

Question 4

Tarquinius Superbus

Answer 4

Last king of Rome (expelled 509 BC)

Question 5

Horatius

Answer 5

Roman soldier who delayed attacking Etruscans on bridge

Question 6

Mucius Scaevola

Answer 6

Roman who thrust his right hand in fire instead of betraying Rome

Question 7

509 BC

Answer 7

Republic established

Question 8

Cincinnatus

Answer 8

Roman farmer requested by Senate to become dictator and fight Gauls; when defeated, returned to farm

Question 9

Pyrrhus

Answer 9

won battle against Rome but so costly that he made peace

Question 10

Punic Wars (264 - 146 BC)

Answer 10

wars against Carthage (Roman victory)

Question 11

Fabricius

Answer 11

Roman envoy bribed by Pyrrhus but turned down

Question 12

Regulus

Answer 12

Captured by Carthaginians and released to persuade Roman Senate to release Carthaginian prisoners; told not to release and faced death in Carthage

Question 13

Cato

Answer 13

Roman speaker who ended every speech with “Carthage must be destroyed)

Question 14

Scipio Africanus

Answer 14

Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama

Question 15

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

Answer 15

Brothers who wanted to help poor and assassinated for stealing from rich (mother - Cornelia)

Question 16

Marius and Sulla

Answer 16

Roman generals who became foes in first century BC

Question 17

Gaius Julius Caesar

Answer 17

Conquered Gaul and became dictator for life; assassinated in 44 BC

Question 18

Pompey

Answer 18

Caesar’s rival

Question 19

Marcus Antonius

Answer 19

Led fight against Caesar’s assassins with Octavian; defeated by Octavian at sea battle of Actium

Question 20

Octavian

Answer 20

Caesar’s adopted son who became first Roman Emperor in 27 BC (name change - Augustus)