Roman Republic Flashcards
Rome was established in the first millennium B.C. on the
Plain of Latium
All of the following about the etruscans are correct except they
Expelled many of romes patrician class and established a republic in Rome and 509 B.C.
Which of the following statements regarding the etruscans is regarded as historically factual
They transformed Rome from a pastoral to an urban community
Loves account of Cincinnatus
Tells how the virtues of duty and simplicity in the behavior of leaders enabled rome to survive in difficult times
Rome set a precedent for treating it’s vanquished foes after forming the Roman confederation by
Offering the most flavored allied people full Roman citizenship, thus giving them a stake in successful Roman expansion
Romes conquest of the Italian peninsula iby 264 B.C. can be attributed in part to
Superb diplomacy
In defeating the Greek city states in southern Italy, Rome
How to fight the soldiers of king Pyrrhus sent against them by the Greeks
The Roman dictator
Was a temporary executive during the period the period of the republic
Evercised unlimited power for a period of usually six months
The struggle of the orders
Was a peaceful struggle which resulted in political compromise
Which of the following statements about Roman names is incorrect
The nomen was the hereditary family name
Executive authority or imperium during the Roman Republic
was held by the consuls and proctors
As Roma expanded, it became Roman policy to govern the provinces with officials known as
Proconsuls and protractors
The paterfamilias in Roman society was
The male head of household
Originally the Roman senate
Could only advise the magistrates in legal matters
The male achievement of the hortensias law in Roman constitutional history was its
Ruling that all piehiscita passed by the plebeian assembly had the force of law and were building
In the struggle with the partricians, romans plebeians employed which of the following tactics
A physical withdrawal from the state undercutting in military manpower
Assassination of political opponents
The 12 tables was where
The first formal codification of Roman law and customs
Which of the following statements about the Roman armies in the early republic is incorrect
Most soldiers were slaves
The Carthaginiams originated from
Phoenician tyre
The intermediate course of the first punic water was
Rome sending an army to Sicily
As a result of the first punic war
The carhaginiams were forced to withdraw from Sicily and pay an indemnity to rome
What was the significance of Scipio Africanus in the second punic war
He expelled the carthaginians from Spain and later won the decisive battle of Zama
The second punic war saw Carthage
Carry a land war to rome by crossing the alps
The Roman senator who led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage was
Cato
At the battle of cannae, the romans
Suffered a devastating defeat by Hannibal
The result of the third punic war was
The complete destruction and subjugation of Carthage
It can be said that Roman imperial expansion was
Highly opportunistic, responding to unanticipated military threats and possibilities for glory
For the roman’s, Italy’s geography
Made Rome a natural crossroads and an area easy to defend
The head of the Roman religious observances was
The pontifex Maximus
In Roman religion, a right relationship with the Gods was achieved by
Accurate performance of rituals and festivals
Roman religious practices included
College of priests to carry out rituals correctly
Which of the following statements best applies to Roman schooling
Education stressed training in Greek and mastery of rhetoric or persuasive public speaking
Find the latter republic, Roman slaves
Often worked on the Roman latifundia
Roman upper class women usually
Had some independent legal rights and property
In Rome, the mail family head, the paterfamilias, could
All of the above
The Romans most noticeable innovations in art and culture were found in
Architecture and engineering
Romans did not readily except any Greek philosophy except that of
Stoicism, because of its emphasis on virtue and duty
The optimates and populares were
Political groups from the aristocratic class of Rome in the late republic
Romans such as Sallust attributed the change of values in the republic overtime to
All of the above
The reforms of Gaius and Tiberius gracchus
Resulted in further instability and violence as they polarized various social groups
The equites
Were a wealthy and ambitious class of Romans who appeared in the late republic
Sullas Legacy and importantance was that he
Employed his personal army and political disputes, paving the way toward Roman civil war
Among the dangerous military innovations of Mario’s threatening the republic, one finds he
Recruited destitute volunteers who swore on ly on oath of allegiance only to him
Cicero
All of the above
Julius ceasar
Lead military commands in Spain and especially gaull that enhanced his popularity
The first triumvirate included
Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey
By crossing the Rubicon, Caesars showed that he
Was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate
All of the following were results of the Roman civil wars of 43–30 B.C. except the
Second triumvirate’s defeat of Pompey at the battle of actium
Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new poetry at the end of the Roman Republic
Catullus
After imposed retirement from Roman politics, Cicero took of writing
Philosophical treaties
