Roman History Drill Questions - The Later Republic Flashcards
Dates of the Punic Wars
264-146 BC
This ancient city was the Roman Republic’s greatest rival
Carthage
This country developed the alphabet
Phoenicia
Punic refers to this country
Phoenicia
The name of the wars with Carthage
Punic Wars
A hero who lost an army, but sacrificed his life for Rome and his honor
Regulus
The Roman general that avoided battle
Quintus Fabius
A policy of avoiding direct confrontation
Fabian policy
He crossed the Alps with his army and elephants
Hannibal
The great general of Carthage who almost defeated Rome
Hannibal
The Roman hero who defeated Hannibal
Scipio Africanus
Hannibal’s last battle
Zama
When the Roman Republic was degenerating he restored it by strict discipline
Cato
Cornelia’s jewels
the Gracchi
The champions of the poor who were accused of wanting to be king
the Gracchi
The general who defeated the Teutones, Ambrones, and Cimbri
Marius
The plebeian general who became dictator of Rome
Marius
The patrician general who was the rival of Marius
Sulla
The three dictator generals leading up to Caesar
Marius
Sulla
Pompey
The general who cleared the Mediterranean Sea of pirates
Pompey
Caesar was great in these four ways
orator
scholar
statesman
soldier
He conquered Gaul and then crossed the Rubicon
Julius Caesar
Date of the assassination of Julius Caesar
44 BC
The First Triumvirate
Caesar
Pompey
Crassus
Rome’s greatest orator
Cicero
