Rome

Question 1

where was the foundation of Rome?

Answer 1

the Italian Peninsula surrounded by seas

Question 2

what rivers were in Rome?

Answer 2

Po and Tiber

Question 3

who were the early peoples of Italy and what did they give to society?

Answer 3

Etruscans around 900BC
and they gave religion, art and architecture

Question 4

when was Rome’s legendary founding?

Answer 4

753B.C

Question 5

what did the religion in Rome start as?

Answer 5

ancestor worship

Question 6

Greek mythology was adapted to be know as?

Answer 6

Civil religion/ state worship/emperor worship

Question 7

the Roman government was?

Answer 7

1. Early kings
2. The republic
3. empire

Question 8

who was last king?

Answer 8

Tarquin the Proud was removed by a revolt. He was the last kind and then a republic was established

Question 9

who was the first Emperor?

Answer 9

Octavian(Augustus)

Question 10

Roman law was _________ based

Answer 10

civil not religious based

Question 11

The Roman laws clashed with what concept of law

Answer 11

Christian

Question 12

patricians were the _____________

Answer 12

upper class, original citizens

Question 13

plebeians were ______________

Answer 13

lower class, original outsiders, conquests of Rome, hostile to Roman ideals

Question 14

As Rome became more powerful the patricians needed the cooperation of the plebeians.
TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 14

true

Question 15

patricians had to make more concessions. what three thing did they have to change?

Answer 15

1. the political balance of power
2. social foundation
3. moral values

Question 16

The first civil was was __________vs________

Answer 16

Mauris VS Sulla

Question 17

Marius was the ____________

Answer 17

Hero of the armies

Question 18

Sulla was the __________

Answer 18

Hero of the Senate

Question 19

the first Trumvirante

Answer 19

Crassus: the richest man in Rome
Pompey: Senator and military
Julius Caesar: hero of the plebians

Question 20

the empire of Rome.

The Julio-Clausian Dynasty was…

Answer 20

1. Augustus: Emperor when Christ was born
2. Tiberius: emperor when Christ was born and sent piolate.
3. Calugula: crazy
4. Claudius: weakness for women
5. Nero:a moral monster

Question 21

the barracks emperors

the __________ government was gone

Answer 21

constitutional government

Question 22

How many emperors did they have in 20 years?

Answer 22

50

Question 23

What did barbarians begin to do?

Answer 23

taking territory and invading Rome

Question 24

What percent did the tax burden reach

Answer 24

25%

Question 25

What religious group savagely and publicly torches

Answer 25

Christians

Question 26

Diocletian (284-305 AD)

what did he do?

Answer 26

He divided the empire into two halves east and west

Question 27

What did Diocletian begin

Answer 27

the Great Persecution ( maiming of Christians)

Question 28

What was responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire?

Answer 28

1. Political: indifferent and corrupt government that overreaches
2. Economic: High taxes high inflation high unemployment
3. Social and moral: Discontentment with inadequate substances, homelessness, jobless, inhumanity, and immorality and violent glaterator games
4. Religious: not a main religious group to many religions and different beliefs
5. Military: The military got to big and different