Roman History Flashcards by Jennifer Kepley | Brainscape

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The 7 Roman Kings

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Romulus
Numa Pompilius
Tullus Hostilius
Ancus Marcius
Tarquinius Priscus
Servius Tullius
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

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204 BCE

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Battle of Zama, against whom, consuls

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202 BCE, Hannibal, Scipio Africanus and Massinissa

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sack of Carthage, by whom

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146 BCE, Scipio Aemilianus

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3rd Punic War

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149-146 BCE

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Tiberus Gracchus assassination

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133 BCE

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Assassination of Gaius Gracchus

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121 BCE

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Social War

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91-89 BCE

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1st Mithradatic War

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89-85 BCE

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2nd Mithradatic War

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83-81 BCE

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3rd Mithradatic War

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73-63 BCE

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Sulla’s reforms / proscriptions

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82-81 BCE

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Revolt of Spartacus

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73 -71 BCE

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Destroyer of Spartacus’s revolt

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Crassus

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Cicero’s Against Verres

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70 BCE

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Pompey captures Jerusalem

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63 BCE

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Destroyer of Mithradates

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Pompey

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Exile of Cicero

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58 - 57 BCE

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death of Crassus and why

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53 BCE, lost standards to Parthians at Carrhae

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Civil Wars

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49-31, Caesar v. Pompey

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Battle of Pharsalus and what happens

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48 BCE, Pompey dies in Egypt

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Caesar’s triumph

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46 BCE

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First triumvirate

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Caesar, Pompey, Crassus (60-53 BCE)

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Second triumvirate

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Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus (43 BCE)

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Battle of Actium, when and what happened

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31 BCE, Octavian defeats Mark Antony (not dead until 30 with Cleopatra)

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Octavian’s triumph

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29 BCE

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Octavian = Augustus

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27 BCE

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Parthian standards returned

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19 BCE

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Augustus’s reign

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31 BCE - 14 CE

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Tiberius’s reign

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14 CE - 37 CE

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Gaius / Caligula’s reign

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37 - 41 CE

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Claudius’s reign

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41 CE - 54 CE

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Nero’s reign

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54 - 68 CE

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Year of the 4 Emperors

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69 CE: Galba, Otho, Vitellus, Vespasian

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Vespasian’s reign

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69 - 79 CE

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Titus’s reign

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79 - 81 CE

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Domitian’s reign

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81 - 96 CE

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Nerva’s reign

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96 - 98 CE

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Trajan’s reign

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98 - 117 CE

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Hadrian’s reign

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117 - 138 CE

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Antoninus Pius’s reign

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138 - 161 CE

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Marcus Aurelius’s reign

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161 - 180 CE

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Lucius Verus’s reign

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161 - 169 CE

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Marcus Aurelius AND Lucius Verus’s reign

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161 - 169 CE

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Commodus’s reign

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180 - 192 CE

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Julio-Claudian Dynasty

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14 - 68 CE

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Flavian Dynasty

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69 - 96 CE

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Adoptive Dynasty

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96 - 192 CE