RES PUBLICA TEST

Question 1

What are the years of the Roman Republic period?

Answer 1

509 B.C. to March 15th 44 B.C.

Question 2

What important document has been adapted at the beginning of the period?

Answer 2

The Constitution

Question 3

At first it was not a formal, written piece but…?

Answer 3

A set of practices and policies

Question 4

Who were the heads of civil government?

Answer 4

The Consuls

Question 5

What was the reason for electing two leaders?

Answer 5

To share the power and be able to veto each other’s decisions

Question 6

Who were Quaestors?

Answer 6

city officials, dealt with money, collected taxes

Question 7

Who were Aediles?

Answer 7

Mayors and city police

Question 8

Who were Praetors?

Answer 8

Judges, conducted trials

Question 9

Who were Tribunes?

Answer 9

They represented the people and had the veto power over the senate and officals

Question 10

Who were Censors?

Answer 10

Census takers, tax assessors, supervised morals, named senators. The only people who served for 5 years.

Question 11

Who were magistrates?

Answer 11

Elected annually. Umbrella term for Praetors, Aediles, Tribunes, and Quaestors

Question 12

What was the Cursus Honorum?

Answer 12

Going up the political ladder

Question 13

What was the sequence is the Cursus Honorum?

Answer 13

Quaestor, Aediles, Praetor, Consul

Question 14

What was the Comitia Tributa?

Answer 14

The Tribal Assembly

Question 15

What was the Comitia Centuriata?

Answer 15

It passed laws, ratified treaties, issued declarations of war, elected consuls, aediles, censors, and priests of the region.

Question 16

What was the Roman Senate formed of?

Answer 16

Males of very wealthy families

Question 17

What was the senate in control of?

Answer 17

They were the cheif advisors and policy makers, they determined foreign affairs, and directed all military affairs

Question 18

What was the first collection of Roman law called?

Answer 18

The Laws of the 12 Tables

Question 19

What did it look like?

Answer 19

It was written on bronze tablets

Question 20

What did it guarantee?

Answer 20

Every Roman the right to justice

Question 21

What is a plebiscite?

Answer 21

A vote where the entire nation is allowed to vote on a very important issue

Question 22

At what point is Rome considered to have achieved a fairly representative government?

Answer 22

Once the plebiscites of the Tribal Assembly come to be equal to the laws passed by the centuriate assembly

Question 23

What year is the foundation of Rome attributed to?

Answer 23

753 B.C.

Question 24

What are the four principal periods of Roman History?

Answer 24

Monarchy, Republic, The Empire, Fall of the Empire

Question 25

Besides being the heads of government, the consuls were also...?

Answer 25

Commander in chief and presided over the senate

Question 26

In a time of crisis, a dictator could be appointed for...?

Answer 26

6 months

Question 27

Comitia Centuriata had its origins in..?

Answer 27

the army

Question 28

What was a century?

Answer 28

A group of 100 men

Question 29

Each citizen was assigned to a century or ______ according to his _____.

Answer 29

Voting block in the Centuriate Assembly, wealth

Question 30

How many votes were there in the comitia centuriata?

Answer 30

1

Question 31

The first Roman king was...?

Answer 31

Romulus

Question 32

The last Roman King was...?

Answer 32

Tarquinius (Tarquin the Proud)

Question 33

How could a senator be easily recognized?

Answer 33

By his attire: A white toga with a a broad crimson border Special shoes with red laces that tied around the ankles and to just below the knee Gold ring

Question 34

What were the senator's bodyguards called?

Answer 34

Lictors

Question 35

What did they carry?

Answer 35

A bundle (fasces) of rods (virga) and an axe (securis)

Question 36

How many senators were in the senate?

Answer 36

300

Question 37

What was the senate house called?

Answer 37

Curia

Question 38

After a dictator was appointed what were all other officers to do?

Answer 38

step down temporarily

Question 39

How long did the Republic last?

Answer 39

500 years

Question 40

How long did the Empire last?

Answer 40

500 years

Question 41

When was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Answer 41

March 15, 44 B.C.

Question 42

What was called the Res Publica?

Answer 42

The Roman government - the Republic

Question 43

What year is attributed to the beginning of the Monarchy?

Answer 43

753 B.C.

Question 44

What year is attributed to the beginning of the Republic?

Answer 44

509 B.C.

Question 45

What was the serving time of a senator?

Answer 45

Life

Question 46

What position did Julius Caesar hold?

Answer 46

Dictator

Question 47

Name the two wealthiest classes of citizens in the early republic time

Answer 47

equites and infantry

Question 48

Who had the power to call a senate meeting and preside over it?

Answer 48

Consuls and dictators