Roman History Drill Questions - The Republic Flashcards
Date of the founding of the republic
510 BC
The Etruscan king who fought with Tarquin against Rome
Lars Porsena
The first consul of Rome who watched his two sons executed for treason
Junius Brutus
He held off the Etruscans at the bridge
Horatius
He burnt his hand to show Roman courage
Caius Mucius
The Roman hero whose mother saved Rome from her son
Coriolanus
The elected representatives of the plebeians
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Shakespeare’s play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians
Coriolanus
The nobles who defended the plebeians and founded a new city
Fabii
George Washington was compared to this Roman hero
Cincinnatus
He left his plow to save Rome
Cincinnatus
Date of the sack of Rome
390 BC
The darkest day in the history of the Roman republic
390 BC
These birds on the Capitol helped save Rome from the Gauls
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He was called the Second Romulus and the Father of his Country
M. Furius Camillus
