Quiz on Rome

Question 1

hobnailed sandals

Answer 1

leather sandals w/ iron studs on soles

Question 2

Roman armor

Answer 2

like Greeks (hoplon)

Question 3

What did Flavius Vegetius in De Re Militari say?

Answer 3

youth chosen for martial tasks, must be strong and brave rather than big

Question 4

What did soldier have to swear?

Answer 4

loyalty and implicit obedience. If not, he must die even though it might be advantageous to army

Question 5

Who founded Rome?

Answer 5

Alba Longa - Iulius

Romulus beats Remus - April 21, 753 BC

Question 6

Who inserted themselves in the monarchy?

Answer 6

Etruscans

Question 7

Who arose among the Etruscans?

Answer 7

Tarquin the Proud (absolute monarchy)

Question 8

What happened under the rule of Tarquin?

Answer 8

He was a tyrant, so the romans overthrew monarchy and formed a Republic government.

Question 9

What did the Romans develop?

Answer 9

class distinctions

Question 10

What did the buildings of Rome say?

Answer 10

SPQR - senates populusque romani - to symbolize that the senate and people had power - only way for collective unity

Question 11

Patricians

Answer 11

had power, hereditary might

Question 12

Plebians

Answer 12

everyone else, lower class, could vote but not introduce laws

Question 13

What was given to the plebians

Answer 13

Plebian Secession: Tribunes to make sure the Plebians got some power

Question 14

Novos Homo

Answer 14

When men that did not come from hereditary nobility arose and got power due to military glory

Question 15

Monarchical

Answer 15

the eroding of the laws governing terms. The rise of the triumvirate. The eventual slide to imperators/emperors through election, then through adoption then through bloodline.

Question 16

Aristocratic

Answer 16

Senators for life: no accountability, rampant corruption. Refusal to check monarchical power or acknowledge there was a problem.

Question 17

Democratic

Answer 17

first to lose power as monarchical grip tightened.

Question 18

Who were part of the Triumvirate?

Answer 18

Triumvirate of Crassus, Pompey and Caesar:

Question 19

Caesar as Pontifex Maximus

Answer 19

basis for Constantine’s action.

Question 20

Octavian and Augustus

Answer 20

Now it’s First Citizen, because ruler is consecrated

Question 21

What was the final destruction of the republic?

Answer 21

Domitians were holy in the eyes of Lord and God (a ruler that was consecrated - Augustus Caesar)

Question 22

Law of Twelve Tables

Answer 22

internal stability gave opportunity to expand outward

Question 23

Who was Rome’s key rival?

Answer 23

Carthage

Question 24

What is the definition of punic?

Answer 24

language and culture of Carthage

Question 25

When was the First Punic War?

Answer 25

269-241 BC

Question 26

Why did the 1st Punic War begin?

Answer 26

over sicily

Question 27

Who was the Carthaginian General during the 1st Punic war?

Answer 27

Hamilcar Barca

Question 28

How long was the 1st Punic War?

Answer 28

17 years

Question 29

What was the result of the 1st punic war?

Answer 29

Sicily became Rome’s first foreign province

Question 30

After the 1st Punic War, what did Rome and Carthage fight over and what was the result?

Answer 30

Scipio lands in North Africa, stalemate

Question 31

So, where did Hamilcar Barca Regroup?

Answer 31

Iberian Peninsula in spain

Question 32

What did Hamilcar Barca do?

Answer 32

He made up for the land losses to Rome, established the base from which to strike, and trained two sons to fight against Rome

Question 33

When did Hamilcar die and how?

Answer 33

229 BC when besieging a Celtic stronghold

Question 34

Where did the Carthaginians fall into the hands of after Hamilcar?

Answer 34

Hannibal

Question 35

What did Hamilcar make Hannibal do and at what age?

Answer 35

At 9, Hannibal had to swear to never become a friend to the Romans (this was over a blood offering)

Question 36

What happened in the second punic war?

Answer 36

Hannibal brings his many soldiers and cavalry along with 37 elephants to Italy (after much hardships). The Romans panicked but still, Hannibal had no fresh recruits and had to make peace with Rome

Question 37

What happened during the Third Punic War?

Answer 37

Rome destroyed Carthage and took North Africa - 146 BC

Question 38

What were the 6 conquests of Rome?

Answer 38

Spain, Greece, Macedonia, Egypt, Palestine, and North Africa

Question 39

What happened to Rome culturally?

Answer 39

Hellenization deepens, several Latin tribes begin to speak Roman, increasing difference between the rich and poor/patricians and plebeians/ Senate and tribunes. Romans would get into the military, so slave labor became normal, though the returning soldiers had no more jobs later

Question 40

Who influenced the end of the Republic?

Answer 40

Tiberius Gracchus

Question 41

What did Tiberius Gracchus want?

Answer 41

HE wanted the soldiers, who were poor, to gain some advantages because they were the ones who helped the country yet they had no land.

Question 42

What bill did Tiberius Gracchus propose?

Answer 42

It curbed the estate building of the patricians. Nobody liked it, but he used his personal popularity to incite civil disobedience to bring the bill to a vote. He was killed by fellow tribunes.

Question 43

What happened after Tiberius’ death?

Answer 43

Romans regretted it, it ripped the Romans apart and the never came back together again