Roman Republic

Question 1

Res Publica

Answer 1

Shared public thing- not private possession of king

Question 2

Collegiality

Answer 2

No vote prevails

Question 3

Imperium

Answer 3

Legal command over army and exact obedience

Question 4

Senate

Answer 4

300 ex-magistrates- advised- did not pass laws

Question 5

Centuriate Assembly

Answer 5

All citizens- summoned by official with imperium- met outside city- voted on war/peace

Question 6

Tribal Assembly

Answer 6

All citizens- 35 tribes- membership based on residence- voted on proposals

Question 7

Plebian Assembly

Answer 7

Passed laws

Question 8

Cursus Honorum

Answer 8

Roman career ladder

Question 9

Consul

Answer 9

2 of them- in place of king- judicial duties- rituals- presided over Senate

Question 10

Praetor

Answer 10

Assistant to consul- judicial duties

Question 11

Aedile

Answer 11

Public works

Question 12

Quaestor

Answer 12

Lowest level- treasury

Question 13

First Triumvirate

Answer 13

Crassus, Caesar, Pompey

Question 14

Second Triumvirate

Answer 14

Antony, Lepidus, Octavian

Question 15

Who was Rome’s enemy in 2nd Punic War?

Answer 15

Hannibal

Question 16

Who did Rome expel in 280-275 BC?

Answer 16

Pyrrhus

Question 17

Noblies

Answer 17

Father or grandfather held consulship– same class as senatorial

Question 18

What did First Triumvariate do?

Answer 18

Caesar gets consul, ratify Pompey’s arrangement of the east, pass laws to benefit Crassus’ tax-collecting firms

Question 19

Why did First Triumvariate end?

Answer 19

Civil War between Caesar and Pompey- Caesar named dictator of Rome for 10 years

Question 20

What land did Second Triumvariates get?

Answer 20

Octavian- Italy- Lepidus- Africa- Antony- east

Question 21

Where did successors to Alexander establish kingdoms?

Answer 21

Antigonids, Ptolemies, Seleucids