Roessler Unit 1 Ch 3

Question 1

What Law allowed for one of the two consuls elected each year to be a plebeian?

Answer 1

Lex Licina-Sextiae

Question 2

When was the Lex Liciniae-Sextiae passed?

Answer 2

367 BC

Question 3

Who was the first plebeian consul?

Answer 3

L. Sextius Laternus

Question 4

When was L. Sextius Laternus, the first plebeian consul, elected?

Answer 4

366 BC

Question 5

What Law made it so that plebiscites had to apply to everyone, and couldn’t be ignored by the Senate?

Answer 5

Lex Hortensia

Question 6

When was the Lex Hortensia passed?

Answer 6

287 BC

Question 7

What Roman dictator passed the Lex Hortensia

Answer 7

Quintus Hortensius

Question 8

When did the Romans defeat the Latin League at the Battle of Lake Regillus?

Answer 8

496 BC

Question 9

Because Rome’s neighbors had little to no representation/reward for providing soldiers for Rome, this War started.

Answer 9

Great Latin War

Question 10

When was the Great Latin War?

Answer 10

340-338 BC

Question 11

When was the Battle of Mt. Vesuvius?

Answer 11

340 BC

Question 12

During the Battle of Mt. Vesuvius, what Roman general sacrifices himself by riding straight into enemy lines, inspiring his men to win the battle?

Answer 12

Plubius Decius Mus

Question 13

What was Publius Decius Mus’ act of sacrifice called?

Answer 13

Devotio

Question 14

Certamen buzz word for this group of people: “hill tribe”

Answer 14

Samnites

Question 15

What hill tribe lived near the Appennines mountains, and came into war with Rome three times?

Answer 15

Samnites

Question 16

The 1st Samnite War was fought over this city.

Answer 16

Capua

Question 17

When Samnium invades this tribe, Capua gets involved, which brings Rome into the fray and ultimately starts the 1st Samnite War.

Answer 17

Sidicini

Question 18

What city literally surrendered to Rome so that they would protect them against the Samnites during the 1st Samnite War?

Answer 18

Capua

Question 19

When was the Battle of Caudine Forks?

Answer 19

321 BC

Question 20

During which battle was the Battle of Caudine Forks?

Answer 20

2nd Samnite War

Question 21

Who was the leader of the Samnites that ambushes the Romans through a mountain pass in 321 BC?

Answer 21

Gavius Pontius

Question 22

Name the infamous father of Gavius Pontius who warned him not to mess with the Romans, but Gavius humiliated them anyways after capturing them.

Answer 22

Herennius Pontius

Question 23

How did Gavius Pontius humiliate the Romans at the Battle of Caudine Forks?

Answer 23

By making them go under the yoke

Question 24

When was the Via Appia created?

Answer 24

312 BC

Question 25

Who created the Via Appia?

Answer 25

Appius Claudius Caecus

Question 26

What did the cognomen "Caecus" mean?

Answer 26

"Blind"

Question 27

What two cities did the Via Appia initially connect?

Answer 27

Rome and Capua

Question 28

What cities ran along the Via Appia after being fully extended to Brundisium?

Answer 28

Rome, Capua, Beneventum, Tarentum, Brundisium

Question 29

When was the 3rd Samnite War?

Answer 29

298-290 BC

Question 30

When was the 1st Samnite War?

Answer 30

343-341 BC

Question 31

When was the 2nd Samnite War?

Answer 31

326-304 BC

Question 32

Although this war was named after only one hill tribe, Rome actually fought all of Italy in it as well.

Answer 32

3rd Samnite War

Question 33

When was the Battle of Sentinum?

Answer 33

295 BC

Question 34

Who committed "devotio," like his father, at the Battle of Sentinum to inspire his men to win the battle

Answer 34

Publius Decius Mus

Question 35

What was Southern Italy called during the time of Ancient Rome?

Answer 35

Magna Graecia

Question 36

When Rome sails through this bay, Tarentum becomes spooked enough to start the Pyrrhic War!

Answer 36

Bay of Tarentum

Question 37

Who from Greece does Tarentum ask for help against the Romans?

Answer 37

King Pyrrhus

Question 38

Pyrrhus was the king of what small nation in Greece?

Answer 38

Epirus

Question 39

When did Alexander the Great die?

Answer 39

323 BC

Question 40

Pyrrhus of Epirus was related to Alexander the Great in what way?

Answer 40

He was Alexander's second cousin

Question 41

Who was the first to use elephants agains the Romans?

Answer 41

Pyrrhus of Epirus

Question 42

What did the Romans call "elephants?"

Answer 42

Lucanian oxen

Question 43

How do the Romans fight against Pyrrhus' elephants?

Answer 43

By tying rope around its legs and pulling them down

Question 44

When was the Battle of Heraclea?

Answer 44

280 BC

Question 45

When was the Battle of Asculum?

Answer 45

279 BC

Question 46

In this battle of 279 BC Pyrrhus famously declares "Another victory like this and I'm lost!" - hence being the origin of the phrase "Pyrrhic victory"

Answer 46

Battle of Asculum

Question 47

What battle was in 275 BC?

Answer 47

Battle of Beneventum

Question 48

When does Rome defeat Pyrrhus at Beneventum, making them the sole ruler of the Italian peninsula?

Answer 48

275 BC