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Republic: Early Republic Flashcards

1
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In what year did the Roman Republic begin?

A

509 BC

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2
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What government officials replaced the kings as the chief magistrates in Rome during the Republic?

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Consuls

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What two men became the first two consuls of Rome?

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Brutus & Collatinus

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

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

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

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Brutus

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

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Aruns

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7
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What 3rd consul of Rome was particularly popular with the people?

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Valerius Puplicola (or Poplicola)

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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?

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Valerius Puplicola (or Poplicola)

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9
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What does the agnomen Publicola mean?

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friend of the people

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10
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How many did the Plebeians secede throughout Roman history?

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5

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

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494 BC

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

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Plebeians

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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”?

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Menenius Agrippa

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

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Tribune

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In what year was the battle of Lake Regillus?

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496 BC

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16
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At Lake Regillus in 496 BC, with whom did Tarquinius team up to fight the Romans?

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The Latin League

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

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Castor & Pollux

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18
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Who was the Roman commander at the battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC?

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Aulus Postumius Albinus

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19
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In what year was the battle of Mt. Algidus?

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458 BC

20
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Who left his plow to rescue the army of Minucius from Mt. Algidus as dictator in 458 BC?

A

Cincinnatus

21
Q

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

A

16 days

22
Q

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

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Mt. Algidus

23
Q

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

A

Coriolanus

24
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What staunch anti-plebeian was exiled from Rome only to return in 491 BC with an army of Volscians?

A

Coriolanus

25
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Who was dissuaded by Veturia and Volumnia, his wife and mother, from storming Rome with his army of Volscians?

A

Coriolanus

26
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What two women talked Coriolanus down from storming the city of Rome in 491 BC?

A

Veturia (his mother) & Volumnia (his wife)

27
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Why did the Plebeians secede for a second time in 449 BC?

A

The Twelve Tables

28
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What name is given to the codification of laws completed by the decemviri in 449 BC?

A

The Twelve Tables

29
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Who served on both commissions of the decemviri in charge of codifying Roman law in 451 & 450 BC?

A

Appius Claudius Crassus

30
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What girl did Appius Claudius Crassus love until her eventual death at the hands of her own father?

A

Verginia

31
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In what year were the Twelve Tables officially codified and promulgated?

A

449 BC

32
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In what year was the Lex Canuleia?

A

445 BC

33
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What did the Lex Canuleia allow in 445 BC?

A

Intermarriage between Plebeians

34
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In what year did Veii fall after a 10 year siege to Camillus?

A

396 BC

35
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After a 10 year siege, who finally captured Veii in 396 BC?

A

Camillus

36
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Who earned the nickname “Second Founder of Rome” after pushing the Gauls out of the city of Rome?

A

Camillus

37
Q

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

A

Brennus

38
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In what year was the battle of Allia River?

A

390 BC

39
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Where did Brennus defeat the Romans in 390 BC before continuing to sack Rome?

A

Allia River

40
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When Brennus and the Gauls sack Rome in 390 BC, except for what hill, valiantly defended by Marcus Manlius?

A

Capitoline Hill

41
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Who awoke to the honks of sacred geese of Juno to defend the Capitoline against the incoming Gauls?

A

Marcus Manlius Capitolinus

42
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Geese sacred to what goddess awoke Marcus Manlius Capitolinus to defend the Capitoline Hill against the incoming Gauls in 390 BC?

A

Juno

43
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Who shouts “Vae Victis” when the Romans complained about the amount of gold used to bribe him to spare the city in 390 BC?

A

Brennus

44
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What Latin phrase, meaning “woe to the conquered”, does Brennus utter to the overly complaining Romans in 390 BC?

A

Vae Victis

45
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What law of 367 BC allowed one consul to be plebeian?

A

Lex Licinia-Sextia

46
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In what year was the Lex Licinia-Sextia passed?

A

367 BC

47
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Who was the first plebeian dictator in 356 BC?

A

Gaius Marcius Rutilus

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