Republic Flashcards
What year did the Battle of Lake Regillus occur?
496 BC
What year did the Battle of Allia River occur?
390 BC
What year did the Battle of Caudine Forks occur?
321 BC
What year did the Battle of Sentinum occur?
295 BC
What year did the Battle of Aquilonia occur?
293 BC
What year did the Battle of Heraclea occur?
280 BC
What year did the Battle of Asculum occur?
279 BC
What year did the Battle of Beneventum occur?
275 BC
What year did the Battle of Ecnomus occur?
256 BC
What year did the Battle of Drepanum occur?
249 BC
What year did the Battle of Aegates Islands occur?
241 BC
What year did the Battle of Trebia occur?
218 BC
What year did the Battle of Lake Trasimene occur?
217 BC
What year did the Battle of Cannae occur?
216 BC
What year did the Battle of Syracuse occur?
211 BC
What year did the Battle of Metaurus occur?
207 BC
What year did the Battle of Illipa occur?
206 BC
What year did the Battle of Great Plains occur?
203 BC
What year did the Battle of Zama occur?
202 BC
What year did the Battle of Cynoscephalae occur?
197 BC
What year did the Battle of Thermopylae occur?
191 BC
What year did the Battle of Magnesia occur?
190 BC
What year did the Battle of Pydna occur?
168 BC
What year did the Battle of Carthage occur?
147 BC
What year did the Battle of Numantia occur?
133 BC
What year did the Battle of Cirta occur?
106 BC
What year did the Battle of Arausio occur?
105 BC
What year did the Battle of Aquae Sextia occur?
102 BC
What year did the Battle of Vercellae occur?
101 BC
What year did the Battle of Chaeronea occur?
86 BC
What year did the Battle of Orchomenus occur?
86 BC
What year did the Battle of Colline Gate occur?
82 BC
What year did the Battle of Cabira occur?
72 BC
What year did the Battle of Silarus River occur?
71 BC
What year did the Battle of Tigranocerta occur?
69 BC
What year did the Battle of Bibracte occur?
58 BC
What year did the Battle of Plain of Alsace occur?
58 BC
What year did the Battle of Sabis River occur?
57 BC
What year did the Battle of Morbihan Gulf occur?
56 BC
What year did the Battle of Carrhae occur?
53 BC
What year did the Battle of Gergovia occur?
52 BC
What year did the Battle of Luctetia Parisiorum occur?
52 BC
What year did the Battle near Dijon occur?
52 BC
What year did the Battle of Alesia occur?
52 BC
Who were the first two consuls?
Lucius Junius Brutus and Collatinus
Who raped Lucretia?
Sextus Tarquinius, Tarquinius Superbus’ son
Who was the husband of Lucretia?
Collatinus
What did Lucretia do after she was raped?
She ran off, told Collatinus and killed herself
Who ran off Tarquinius Superbus and his family?
Lucius Junius Brutus and Collatinus
Who was Lars Porsenna?
King of the Etruscans
What was the capital city of Etruria?
Clusium
What does Cocles mean?
One-eyed
Who fought the Estruscans at the Pons Sublicius?
Horatius Cocles
Who earned the nickname Lefty because he thrust his right arm in fire to prove his bravery?
Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Who tried to kill Porsenna, was captured, proved his bravery, and was released?
Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Which Roman girl was held by Poresenna?
Cloelia
Which Roman girl swam the Tiber to get back to Rome?
Cloelia
Who defeated the Volscian city of Corioli, is exiled from Rome, attacked Rome, and is only stopped by the pleas of his mother Veturia and his wife Volumnia?
Coriolanus
Who was the husband of Volumnia?
Coriolanus
Who was Coriolanus’ mother?
Veturia
When was Cincinnatus dictator?
458 BC
How long was Cincinnatus dictator?
16 Days
Who did Cincinnatus defeat at Mount Algidus?
the Aequi
What did Cincinnatus make the Aequi do after their defeat?
Pass under a “yoke” of spears to show their subjugation
Who created the 12 tables?
the Decemviri
When did the Decemviri create the 12 Tables?
451 BC
Who led the Decemviri?
Appius Claudius
When were the 12 tables formally enacted?
449 BC
Who did Camillus defeat?
the Veii
Who earned the title of pater patriae after being exiled, and then helping rid Rome of the Gauls?
Camillus
Who beat Rome at Allia River?
Gauls under their chief, Brennus
What did Brennus say after the battle of Allia River?
Vae Victis- Woe to the Conquered
When was the battle of Caudine Forks?
321 BC
When was battle of Lautulae?
315 BC
What two battles were the most notable Roman defeats in the 2nd Samnite war?
Caudine Forks and Lautulae
What are the years of the Second Samnite War?
326-304 BC
Who was Appius Claudius Caecus?
A blind censor
What did Appius Claudius Caecus build?
the Appian way and the Aqua Appia
At the battle of Sentinum, who performed a devotio?
Decius Mus
What devotio did Decius Mus do?
he charged between his cavalry and the Gauls to his death
Where was Pyrrhus king?
Epirus (Greece)
Who was first to use elephants against the Romans?
Pyrrhus
What battles occurred between Pyrrhus and the Romans, in the Pyrrhic war?
Heraclea, Asculum, and Beneventum
What are the years of the Pyrrhic war?
280-275 BC
Who was the unbribable Roman ambassador?
Fabricius
Who tried to bribe Fabricius?
Pyrrhus
What are the years of the First Punic war?
264-241 BC
During which punic war do the Romans build their navy and invent the corvus?
First Punic War
What is the corvus?
Gangplank with grappling hook on its end
When was the Battle of Mylae?
260 BC
What was the 1st naval battle won by Rome?
Mylae
What was the final battle of the First Punic War?
Aegates Islands
What are the years of the Second Punic War?
218 BC to 201 BC
What event caused the Second Punic War to begin?
When Hannibal crossed the Ebro River in Spain
What are the major defeats for Rome in the Second Punic War?
Ticinus River, Trebia River, Trasimene, Cannae
What is the final battle of the Second Punic War?
Zama in 202 BC
