Roman Myth And History Flashcards
Romulus
First king of Rome
Raised by she-wolf(lupa)
Rhea Silvia
Mother of Romulus and Remus
Put babies on back of Tiber river
Aeneas
Trojan hero escaped to Italy
Connection of Rome with Trojan
Ethically fluid identity of Romans
Numa
Second king of Rome
Many religious practices
Temple, Sacrifice
Servius Tullius
Etruscan king
Made political institutes
Census, assembly
Pyrrhus
Greek king of Epirus
Tied with southern Italy
Pyrrhic victory, win with great loss
Amelius Paullus
Fought against king Perseus of Macedonia in Third Macedonia War
Built Victory Monument
Held biggest triumph with king Perseus
Cato the Elder
“Carthage must be destroyed”
Wrote Origines history story of Rome
Fabius Cunctator
“Shield of Rome”
Delayed Hannnibal to advance
Scipio Amilianus
Fought in Third Punic War
Famous tomb
Polybius
Brought to Rome after Pydna as Greek
Friend and tutor of Scipio Africanus
Start of Latin literature
Scipio Africanus
Defeat Hannibal at battle of Zama
Cicero
non Roman orator from equestrian order
Defense of Sextus Roscius
Trial of Verres
Livius Andronicus
“First literature”
Play about tragedy and comedy
Translated Odissei
Quintus Enniuss
“Father of Roman poetry”
Called half-Greek
Brought by Cato the Elder
Annales epic poem on Roman history
Gaius Gracchus
Brother of Tiberius
Bought grains and sell to people at affordable price
killed under senatus consultum ultimum
Mithridates VI
Greek king fought against Rome
Mithridatic War
Sulla
“Sulla Felix”
Defeated Mithridates in 1st Mithridatic War
Proscription
Constitutional reforms
Marius
“Novus homo”
Reform of army
Verres
Corrupted governor in Sicily
betrayed Marius
Clodius
Bona Dea Scaldal
Political enemy of Cicero
Clodia Metelli
Lesbia, girlfriend of Catullus
related to Sappho
Cinna
Brought Parthenius to Rome
Wrote Zmyrna
Learned a epyllion(mini epic)
Catullus
Best poet in Rome
Love poems targeting friend and politicians
Parthenius of Nicea
Greek grammarian brought Hellenistic culture to Rome
Crassus
Wealthiest man in Rome
Sold goods of his enemy
Owned fire fighters
Defeated Spartacus
Pompey the Great
Fought in Civil War, Spartacus’s rebel
Commanded against Pirates
Defeated Mithridates VI of Pontus
Julius Caesar
Elected pontifex maximus
Clementia
Dictator perpetuo
Ides of March
Julia
Sister of Caesar, wife of Pompey
Died in child birth
Cleopatra
Young queen of Egypt
Corporate with Caesar and Antony
Mark Antony
Read will of Caesar
Criticized by Cicero in Philippics
