Random Terms

Question 1

Census

Answer 1

Body of citizens able to vote

Question 2

Iteration

Answer 2

Couldn’t hold more than one office at the same time, or the same office in a span of 10 years

Question 3

Licinian-Sextian Reforms

Answer 3

1 of the consuls must be plebian

created “praetor” (whose authority came from the gods)

Question 4

Colleges

Answer 4

Groups of priests sharing the same function

Question 5

Ford

Answer 5

Area of a river that is shallow, can be crossed

This is the part of the Tiber where Rome was formed

Question 6

7 Mythical Hills

Answer 6

Capitoline
Quirinal
Viminal
Esquiline
Caelian
Aventine
Palantine

Question 7

Cloaca Maxima

Answer 7

“The Great Drain”

Land reclamation: Evidence of centralized gov.

Question 8

First Etruscan king

Answer 8

Tarquinius Priscus

Started temple of Jupiter Maximus + Cloaca Maxima”

Question 9

Ius Connubii

Answer 9

Lawful intermarriage between cities

Question 10

Ius Commercii

Answer 10

Own land and legally enforce contracts

Question 11

Ius Migrationis

Answer 11

Change of residence

Question 12

Lucius Iunius Brutus

Answer 12

Had a key role in rebellion against the final king of Rome, Tarquinius the Proud (509 BC)

Question 13

Rebels who brought about a Republic

Answer 13

Brutus, Collatinus, Valerius Poplicola

Question 14

Highland Invader

Answer 14

Sabines, Aequi, Volsci (500-400 BC)

Question 15

Intercessio

Answer 15

Right of the Tribune of the Plebs to:
Physical help
Veto power

Question 16

Lex Hortensia

Answer 16

(287 BC) Laws created by Concilium Plebis are valid for pleb+pat.

Question 17

Cycle of Power

Answer 17

despotism - monarchy - tyranny - aristocracy - oligarchy - democracy - mob rule -

Question 18

Sella Curulis

Answer 18

Special mobile chair for curule officials

Question 19

Fasces

Answer 19

Bundles of large sticks carried by lictors who guarded consuls (12) and praetors (6), for being and killing

Question 20

Imperium

Answer 20

Executive & military authority attached to consuls and praetors

Question 21

Pyrrhic Victory

Answer 21

A win with such high losses that it’s basically a loss

Question 22

Socii

Answer 22

(Allies)

Independent, latin rights

Question 23

Municipia

Answer 23

Incorporated into roman territory, some became citizens, with/without suffrage

Question 24

Colonies

Answer 24

Land was confiscated and given to foreign colonists