Republic: Early Republic

Question 1

In what year did the Roman Republic begin?

Answer 1

509 BC

Question 2

What government officials replaced the kings as the chief magistrates in Rome during the Republic?

Answer 2

Consuls

Question 3

What two men became the first two consuls of Rome?

Answer 3

Brutus & Collatinus

Question 4

Why did Collatinus step down from the consulship early in the Roman Republic?

Answer 4

He shared a name (“Tarquinius”) with Tarquinius Superbus

Question 5

What early consul dies while fighting Aruns, the son of Tarquinius Superbus, at Silva Arsia in 509 BC?

Answer 5

Brutus

Question 6

What son of Tarquinius Superbus does Brutus kill at the battle of Silva Arsia, though he dies as well.

Answer 6

Aruns

Question 7

What 3rd consul of Rome was particularly popular with the people?

Answer 7

Valerius Puplicola (or Poplicola)

Question 8

What early consul of Rome originally tried to build his house at the top of the Velian hill, but opted for the bottom as to not appear like a king?

Answer 8

Valerius Puplicola (or Poplicola)

Question 9

What does the agnomen Publicola mean?

Answer 9

friend of the people

Question 10

How many did the Plebeians secede throughout Roman history?

Answer 10

5

Question 11

In what year did the Plebeians secede for the first time?

Answer 11

494 BC

Question 12

What group fled to the Mons Sacer in 494 BC and threaten to found a new town if their demands were not met?

Answer 12

Plebeians

Question 13

Who approaches the Plebeians on the Mons Sacer and convinces them to return from the secession in 494 BC by telling the parable of the “Belly and the Limbs”?

Answer 13

Menenius Agrippa

Question 14

The Lex Sacrata created what new office to look out for the rights of Plebeians following their first secession in 494 BC?

Answer 14

Tribune

Question 15

In what year was the battle of Lake Regillus?

Answer 15

496 BC

Question 16

At Lake Regillus in 496 BC, with whom did Tarquinius team up to fight the Romans?

Answer 16

The Latin League

Question 17

What legendary twins are said to have aided the Romans at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC?

Answer 17

Castor & Pollux

Question 18

Who was the Roman commander at the battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC?

Answer 18

Aulus Postumius Albinus

Question 19

In what year was the battle of Mt. Algidus?

Answer 19

458 BC

Question 20

Who left his plow to rescue the army of Minucius from Mt. Algidus as dictator in 458 BC?

Answer 20

Cincinnatus

Question 21

For how long did Cincinnatus serve as dictator rather than fulfilling his full 6 month term?

Answer 21

16 days

Question 22

Where did Cincinnatus rescue the army of Minucius in 458 BC?

Answer 22

Mt. Algidus

Question 23

In 493 BC, who earns his cognomen by capturing a Volscian town?

Answer 23

Coriolanus

Question 24

What staunch anti-plebeian was exiled from Rome only to return in 491 BC with an army of Volscians?

Answer 24

Coriolanus

Question 25

Who was dissuaded by Veturia and Volumnia, his wife and mother, from storming Rome with his army of Volscians?

Answer 25

Coriolanus

Question 26

What two women talked Coriolanus down from storming the city of Rome in 491 BC?

Answer 26

Veturia (his mother) & Volumnia (his wife)

Question 27

Why did the Plebeians secede for a second time in 449 BC?

Answer 27

The Twelve Tables

Question 28

What name is given to the codification of laws completed by the decemviri in 449 BC?

Answer 28

The Twelve Tables

Question 29

Who served on both commissions of the decemviri in charge of codifying Roman law in 451 & 450 BC?

Answer 29

Appius Claudius Crassus

Question 30

What girl did Appius Claudius Crassus love until her eventual death at the hands of her own father?

Answer 30

Verginia

Question 31

In what year were the Twelve Tables officially codified and promulgated?

Answer 31

449 BC

Question 32

In what year was the Lex Canuleia?

Answer 32

445 BC

Question 33

What did the Lex Canuleia allow in 445 BC?

Answer 33

Intermarriage between Plebeians

Question 34

In what year did Veii fall after a 10 year siege to Camillus?

Answer 34

396 BC

Question 35

After a 10 year siege, who finally captured Veii in 396 BC?

Answer 35

Camillus

Question 36

Who earned the nickname "Second Founder of Rome" after pushing the Gauls out of the city of Rome?

Answer 36

Camillus

Question 37

What Senonian chieftain led the Gallic sack of Rome in 390 BC?

Answer 37

Brennus

Question 38

In what year was the battle of Allia River?

Answer 38

390 BC

Question 39

Where did Brennus defeat the Romans in 390 BC before continuing to sack Rome?

Answer 39

Allia River

Question 40

When Brennus and the Gauls sack Rome in 390 BC, except for what hill, valiantly defended by Marcus Manlius?

Answer 40

Capitoline Hill

Question 41

Who awoke to the honks of sacred geese of Juno to defend the Capitoline against the incoming Gauls?

Answer 41

Marcus Manlius Capitolinus

Question 42

Geese sacred to what goddess awoke Marcus Manlius Capitolinus to defend the Capitoline Hill against the incoming Gauls in 390 BC?

Answer 42

Juno

Question 43

Who shouts "Vae Victis" when the Romans complained about the amount of gold used to bribe him to spare the city in 390 BC?

Answer 43

Brennus

Question 44

What Latin phrase, meaning "woe to the conquered", does Brennus utter to the overly complaining Romans in 390 BC?

Answer 44

Vae Victis

Question 45

What law of 367 BC allowed one consul to be plebeian?

Answer 45

Lex Licinia-Sextia

Question 46

In what year was the Lex Licinia-Sextia passed?

Answer 46

367 BC

Question 47

Who was the first plebeian dictator in 356 BC?

Answer 47

Gaius Marcius Rutilus