Roman History Flashcards

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The 7 Roman Kings

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  1. Romulus
  2. Numa Pompilius
  3. Tullus Hostilius
  4. Ancus Marcius
  5. Tarquinius Priscus
  6. Servius Tullius
  7. Tarquinius Superbus
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Rome’s founding

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April 21, 753 BCE

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End of Monarchy

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509 BCE

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Caesar’s assassination

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March 15, 44 BCE

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Cicero’s consulship

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63 BCE

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First consuls

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Brutus and Collatinus

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The Twelve Tables’ creation date

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451-450

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Who created the Twelve Tables

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2 sets of decemvirs

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Gaul sacks Rome

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390 BCE

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1st Samnite War

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343-341 BCE

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Latin War

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341-338 BCE

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2nd Samnite War

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326-304 BCE

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Rome’s first aqueduct

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312 BCE

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3rd Samnite War

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298-290 BCE

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Scipio Barbatus’s consulship and later death

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298 BCE and 280 BCE

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Plebeian assembly given force of law

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287 BCE

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Pyrrhic War

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280 - 275 BCE

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1st Punic War

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264-241 BCE

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2nd Punic War and against whom

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219-202 BCE, Hannibal

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1st Macedonian War, and against whom

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215-205 BCE, Philip V

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2nd Macedonian War, and against whom

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200-197 BCE, Philip V

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3rd Macedonian War, and against whom

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172-168 BCE, Perseus

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Hannibal crosses the alps

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218 BCE

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Battle of Cannae, against whom, consuls in charge

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216 BCE, Hannibal, Varro & Aemilius Paullus

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Magna Mater in Rome
204 BCE
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Battle of Zama, against whom, consuls
202 BCE, Hannibal, Scipio Africanus and Massinissa
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sack of Carthage, by whom
146 BCE, Scipio Aemilianus
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3rd Punic War
149-146 BCE
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Tiberus Gracchus assassination
133 BCE
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Assassination of Gaius Gracchus
121 BCE
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Social War
91-89 BCE
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1st Mithradatic War
89-85 BCE
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2nd Mithradatic War
83-81 BCE
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3rd Mithradatic War
73-63 BCE
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Sulla’s reforms / proscriptions
82-81 BCE
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Revolt of Spartacus
73 -71 BCE
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Destroyer of Spartacus’s revolt
Crassus
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Cicero’s Against Verres
70 BCE
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Pompey captures Jerusalem
63 BCE
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Destroyer of Mithradates
Pompey
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Exile of Cicero
58 - 57 BCE
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death of Crassus and why
53 BCE, lost standards to Parthians at Carrhae
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Civil Wars
49-31, Caesar v. Pompey
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Battle of Pharsalus and what happens
48 BCE, Pompey dies in Egypt
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Caesar’s triumph
46 BCE
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First triumvirate
Caesar, Pompey, Crassus (60-53 BCE)
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Second triumvirate
Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus (43 BCE)
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Battle of Actium, when and what happened
31 BCE, Octavian defeats Mark Antony (not dead until 30 with Cleopatra)
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Octavian’s triumph
29 BCE
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Octavian = Augustus
27 BCE
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Parthian standards returned
19 BCE
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Augustus’s reign
31 BCE - 14 CE
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Tiberius’s reign
14 CE - 37 CE
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Gaius / Caligula’s reign
37 - 41 CE
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Claudius’s reign
41 CE - 54 CE
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Nero’s reign
54 - 68 CE
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Year of the 4 Emperors
69 CE: Galba, Otho, Vitellus, Vespasian
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Vespasian’s reign
69 - 79 CE
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Titus’s reign
79 - 81 CE
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Domitian’s reign
81 - 96 CE
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Nerva’s reign
96 - 98 CE
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Trajan’s reign
98 - 117 CE
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Hadrian’s reign
117 - 138 CE
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Antoninus Pius’s reign
138 - 161 CE
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Marcus Aurelius’s reign
161 - 180 CE
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Lucius Verus’s reign
161 - 169 CE
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Marcus Aurelius AND Lucius Verus’s reign
161 - 169 CE
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Commodus’s reign
180 - 192 CE
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Julio-Claudian Dynasty
14 - 68 CE
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Flavian Dynasty
69 - 96 CE
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Adoptive Dynasty
96 - 192 CE