Republic: Conquest of Italy

Question 1

Where did Publius Decius Mus defeat the Latins in 340 BC after a selfless act of devotio?

Answer 1

Vesuvius

Question 2

What two commanders led the Romans at the battle of Sentinum in 295 BC?

Answer 2

(Publius) Decius Mus & (Fabius Maximus) Rullianus

Question 3

The First Samnite War was fought primarily over what Campanian city?

Answer 3

Capua

Question 4

What law of 287 BC made all resolutions passed by Plebeians binding on all citizens?

Answer 4

Lex Hortensia

Question 5

Who was appointed dictator after the fifth and final secession of the Plebeians in 287 BC?

Answer 5

(Quintus) Hortensius

Question 6

Following what battle of 338 BC did the Romans take the rostra of enemy ships and attach to the speaker’s’ platform in the Forum?

Answer 6

Antium

Question 7

What year was the battle of Sentinum?

Answer 7

295 BC

Question 8

What war lasts from 326-304 BC?

Answer 8

Second Samnite War

Question 9

Asculum, Sentinum, and Vesuvius were all sites where a man by what name sacrificed himself in an act of devotio to ensure a Roman victory?

Answer 9

Publius Decius Mus

Question 10

At what battle do the Romans defeat Pyrrhus of Epirus in 275 BC?

Answer 10

Beneventum/Maleventum

Question 11

What city brings in Pyrrhus of Epirus to fight against the Romans?

Answer 11

Tarentum

Question 12

What battle does Pyrrhus “win” in 279 BC?

Answer 12

Asculum

Question 13

Who sacrificed himself in an act of devotio in 340 BC at the Battle of Vesuvius to ensure a Roman victory against the Latins?

Answer 13

Decius Mus

Question 14

What selfless act did Decius Mus commit to ensure a Roman victory at Vesuvius in 340 BC?

Answer 14

Devotio

Question 15

What war lasts from 343-341 BC?

Answer 15

First Samnite War

Question 16

During what war was the battle of Caudine Forks?

Answer 16

Second Samnite War

Question 17

8 years after hiring Pyrrhus to fight the Romans, what city finally surrenders for good in 272 BC?

Answer 17

Tarentum

Question 18

Where did the Samnite chieftain Gavius Pontius trap a Roman army under a mountain pass and force them to embarrassingly “pass under the yoke”?

Answer 18

Caudine Forks

Question 19

In what year was the battle of Caudine Forks?

Answer 19

321 BC

Question 20

Who leads the Romans against Pyrrhus at the battle of Beneventum in 275 BC?

Answer 20

Curius Dentatus

Question 21

What foreign king finally meets his end in Argos when a woman throws a roof tile on his head?

Answer 21

Pyrrhus

Question 22

What embarrassing act did the Romans have to undergo following the battle of Caudine Forks in 321 BC?

Answer 22

Passing under the yoke

Question 23

What war lasts from 340-338 BC?

Answer 23

Great Latin War

Question 24

Titus Veturius and Spurius Postumius Albinus led the Romans at what disastrous defeat at the hands of the Samnites in 321 BC, after which they had to “pass under the yoke”?

Answer 24

Caudine Forks

Question 25

In what year do the Plebeians secede for the fifth and final time to the Janiculum hill?

Answer 25

287 BC

Question 26

What effect did the Lex Hortensia of 287 BC have?

Answer 26

Made all resolutions passed by Plebeians binding on all citizens

Question 27

During what war was the battle of Vesuvius at which Publius Decius Mus committed the sacrificial act of devotio?

Answer 27

Great Latin War

Question 28

During the Third Samnite War, where did the Romans defeat Gellius Egnatius and the other Samnites in 295 BC?

Answer 28

Sentinum

Question 29

What did the Romans take from the enemy ships at Antium to put on their speakers’ platform?

Answer 29

Rostra / the prows

Question 30

What battle does Pyrrhus “win” in 280 BC?

Answer 30

Heraclea

Question 31

What term is given to a battle that is technically won, but the amount of men lost leads to a defeat in the war?

Answer 31

Pyrrhic victory

Question 32

What war was primarily fought over the Campanian city of Capua?

Answer 32

First Samnite War