Republic

Question 0

Who attacked Rome right after Tarquinius Superbus was expelled and why?

Answer 0

Tarquinia and the Veii, attempting to put Tarquinius Superbus back on the throne. They were defeated.

Question 1

What neighbors did Rome fight with in the fifth century?

Answer 1

the Latins, Sabines, Hernici, Aequi, Volsci, and Etruscans

Question 2

Who attacked Rome 5th century BC and captured the city? (although Roman historians deny it)

Answer 2

The Etruscan Lars Porsenna of Clusium

Question 3

Who single-handedly held off the soldiers of Clusium from the Pons Sublicius?

Answer 3

Horatius Cocles

Question 4

Who swam across the Tiber in order to rescue hostages taken by Lars Porsenna?

Answer 4

Cloelia

Question 5

Who was taken by the forces of Lars Porsenna as prisoner and thrust his right arm into a fire, resulting in his release because of his bravery?

Answer 5

Mucius Scaevola (“Lefty”)

Question 6

What battle occurred in 496 BC?

Answer 6

Lake Regillus

Question 7

Who was fighting in the Battle of Lake Regillus?

Answer 7

Rome vs. the Latin League

Question 8

Who was the Roman commander at Lake Regillus?

Answer 8

the dictator, Aulus Postumius

Question 9

Who were the Latin leaders at Lake Regillus?

Answer 9

the former king Tarquinius Superbus and his son-in-law Mamillius Octavius of Tusculum

Question 10

Which deity supposedly intervened at Lake Regillus?

Answer 10

Castor and Pollux

Question 11

In whose honor did Aulus Postumius order a forum?

Answer 11

Castor and Pollux

Question 12

What was the result of Lake Regillus?

Answer 12

a “Roman Victory” but really, the battle was indecisive

Question 13

In the year 493 BC, what was negotiated between the Latins and Romans, and what purpose did it serve?

Answer 13

the foedus Cassianum, which provided a common defense drawn from both the Latin League and Rome

Question 14

Who negotiated the foedus Cassianum with the Latins in 493 BC?

Answer 14

the plebeian leader Spurius Cassius

Question 15

What battle occurred in 479 BC?

Answer 15

The Battle of the Cremera

Question 16

What happened at the Battle of the Cremera?

Answer 16

The Veii slaughters the Roman Fabii family

Question 17

Which Fabii survived the Battle of the Cremera?

Answer 17

Fabius Vibulanus, a child at the time

Question 18

What battle occurred in 458 BC?

Answer 18

The Battle of Mount Algidus

Question 19

Where is Mount Algidus?

Answer 19

in Latinum

Question 20

Who was Rome fighting at Mount Algidus?

Answer 20

the Aequi

Question 21

Who did the Aequi trap, resulting in the Battle of Mount Algidus?

Answer 21

a Roman army under the consul Minucius Esquilinus

Question 22

Who was called from his plow to become dictator?

Answer 22

Cincinnatus

Question 23

For which battle did Cincinnatus serve as dictator?

Answer 23

Mount Algidus

Question 24

His long did Cincinnatus serve as dictator?

Answer 24

16 days

Question 25

What occured in the year 426 BC?

Answer 25

Rome takes Fidenae

Question 26

Who seized the Veian garrison town of Fidenae?

Answer 26

Aulus Cornelius Cossus

Question 27

Who received the spolia opima in 426 and by killing who?

Answer 27

Aulus Cornelius Cossus by killing the Veian king Tolumnius

Question 28

What battle occured in 396?

Answer 28

The Battle of Veii

Question 29

Who was "The Second Founder of Rome"?

Answer 29

Marcus Furius Camillus

Question 30

What city was seized at the Battle of Veii?

Answer 30

the Etruscan city of Veii

Question 31

How was Camillus decorated for his triumph at the Battle of Veii?

Answer 31

he was painted red like Jupiter

Question 32

How many times was Camillus dictator?

Answer 32

5 times

Question 33

Who took Falerii?

Answer 33

Camillus

Question 34

Where was Camillus exiled to and why?

Answer 34

Ardea, and for not getting plunder and "embezzlement"

Question 35

What battle occured in 390 BC?

Answer 35

The Battle of the Allia River

Question 36

Who was involved in the Battle of the Allia River?

Answer 36

Rome vs Gauls

Question 37

Who was the Gallic leader at the Battle of the Allia River?

Answer 37

Brennus

Question 38

What city did Brennus threaten, resulting in the Battle of the Allia River?

Answer 38

Clusium

Question 39

What was the result of the Battle of the Allia River?

Answer 39

Gauls sack Rome

Question 40

Who was warned by Juno's sacred geese?

Answer 40

Marcus Manlius

Question 41

What did Juno's sacred geese warn Manlius of?

Answer 41

a Gallic siege of the Capitoline

Question 42

What did Brennus say at the Battle of Allia River and what does it translate as?

Answer 42

Vae Victis, Woe to the Conquered

Question 43

What city provided refuge for the Vestal Virgins during the Gallic attack?

Answer 43

Caere, an ally against Veii

Question 44

What cities did Rome exchange private rights of citizenship with?

Answer 44

Caere and Massilia

Question 45

What city helped pay the Gallic ransom?

Answer 45

Massilia

Question 46

What city became the first Roman municipium?

Answer 46

Tusculum

Question 47

What did Tusculum become in 381 BC?

Answer 47

the first Roman municipium

Question 48

What happened in 370 BC?

Answer 48

Rome conquers Velitrae

Question 49

What laws were made in 367 BC?

Answer 49

The Licinio-Sextian Laws

Question 50

What did the Licinio-Sextian Laws do?

Answer 50

1. Restored the consulship and made sure one consul is a plebeian 2. Land regulations for newly acquired territories

Question 51

What cities grew alarmed at Rome's powers and attacked the city during the fifth century?

Answer 51

Tarquinii, Falerii, and Caere

Question 52

What city did Rome negotiate a treaty with in 509 BC (according to Polybius)?

Answer 52

Carthage

Question 53

What were the conditions of the treaty between Rome and Carthage made in 509 BC?

Answer 53

Carthage could attack the Latin coast so long as they did not capture at of Rome's allies or keep the booty from a Latin city subject to Rome

Question 54

What were the years of the First Samnite War?

Answer 54

343-341 BC

Question 55

What caused the First Samnite War?

Answer 55

the Samnites attacked the Sidicine, a small group on the northern border of Capua, Italy's second largest city

Question 56

What battle occurred in 432 BC?

Answer 56

The Battle of Mount Garus

Question 57

What dictator led the Romans in the Battle of Mount Garus?

Answer 57

Corvus

Question 58

Who won the Battle of Mount Garus?

Answer 58

Romans