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Built on how many hills

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Seven

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Forms a ridge down the middle of Italy that divides west to east

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Apennines

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Was Rome safe from pirates

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Yes

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Rome was located at

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Latium

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Who found Rome

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Romulus and Remus

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They were free to run their own local affairs

True or false

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True but were required to provide soldiers for Rome

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Lies at the “toe” of the boot shaped Italian peninsula

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Sicily

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Who found Rome

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Two twin brothers

Romulus and Remus

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What language did they speak

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Latin

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Who unified Italy

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Rome

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Rome was under control of how many kings

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Seven

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People who lived north of Rome

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Etruscans

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Rome did not belong in the Indo-European family

True or false

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False

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One of the ancient sources for the history of the early roman republic

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Livy

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The chief executive officers of the Roman Republic were the…?

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Consuls and praetors

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How many consuls were chosen annually?

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Two

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Greeks settled in what part of Italy

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Southern

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What did consuls do?

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They administered the government and led the Roman army into battle

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He used his stories to teach Romans more moral values and virtues

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Livy

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They were responsible for an outstanding building program

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Etruscans

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Who did Antony ally with against Octavian?

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Cleopatra VII

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In charge of civil law

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Praetor

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Rome fell under their power for a hundred years

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Etruscans

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What kind of moral values and virtues did Livy teach

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Tenacity, duty, courage and ESPECIALLY DISCIPLINE

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Organized by classes based on wealth

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Centuriate assembly

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Bisected Italy

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Apennines

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Praetors were also allowed to lead armies and govern Rome

True or false

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True

When consuls were far away from the city

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As Romans’ territory expanded, they added another…?

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Praetor

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Why would they add another praetor?

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To judge cases in which one or both people were noncitizens

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A select group of about three hundred men who served for life

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The senate or council of elders

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The senate or council of elders consisted of how many men?

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About 300

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Praetors were in charge of

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Civil laws

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The most important assembly

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Centuriate assembly

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The senate or council of elders serve for how long

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Rest of their life

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True or false

Wealthiest citizens always had the majority

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True

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Intermarriage with patricians and plebeians were allowed before the fourth century
True or false

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False

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They administered the government and led the Roman army into battle

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Consuls

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What were the two groups that divided Rome?

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Patricians and plebeians

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Founded around 800 BCE on the coast of North Africa by Phoenicians

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Carthage

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Came into being as a result of the struggle of the orders

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Council of plebs

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Constituted the considerably larger group of nonpatrician large landowners, less wealthy landholders, artisans, merchants, and small farmers

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Plebeians

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Assembled an enormous empire in the western Mediterranean

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Carthage

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The Carthaginian Empire included….

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Northern Africa, southern Spain,Sardinia,Corsica, and western Sicily

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True or false

plebeians could not vote

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False

they can vote

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44
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Became the first roman province

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Sicily

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Only they could be consuls, magistrates, and senators

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Patricians

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Who defeated Carthage?

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Scipio

47
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Latin word for Phoenician

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Punicus

47
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During the first Punic War…..Romans could not win without a…?

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Navy

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Greatest of the Carthaginian generals

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Hannibal

50
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Where did Rome lose an army of almost 40,000 men

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Cannae

51
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Great landowners, who constituted an aristocratic governing class

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Patricians

52
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In this battle, Roman crushed Hannibal’s forces

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Battle of Zama

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The third and final struggle with Carthage was after how many years?

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50

54
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Carthage was established by

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Phoenocians

55
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The territory of Carthage became a roman province called?

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Africa

56
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Carthage was destroyed for how many days?

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10

57
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40,000 men died in the battle of?

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Cannae

57
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Greece was placed under the control of the roman governor of

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Macedonia

58
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Deeded his kingdom to Rome

Giving Rome its first province in Asia

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King of Pergamum

59
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What begins the second Punic war

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Hannibal striking back

60
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By the fourth century BCE, the roman army co sites of how many legions?

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Four

62
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Scipio attacked who

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Carthage

63
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Second province of Rome

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Spain

64
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The army recruited citizens ages…?

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Between 18 and 46

65
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Rome became the master of?

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The Mediterranean Sea

66
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The number of legions rose to

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25

67
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Most citizens that were recruited were?

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Farmers

68
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True or false.

Italy has fairly large fertile plains that are ideal for farming.

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True

70
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Who defeated the forces of Pompey and his allies which left him in complete control of the Roman government?

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Julius Caesar

71
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What are the boundaries of Italy?

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Po River
Plain of Latium
Campania
Adriatic Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Large islands of Corsica and Sardinia 
Sicily
72
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Who possess considerably more productive agricultural land, Italy or Greece?

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Italy

73
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Who was the dictator who saved Rome from attacks by the Aequi?

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Cincinnatus

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When Romans’ territory expanded, they add another __________ to judge cases in which one or both people were noncitizens.

A

Praetors

75
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He is Caesar’s ally and assistant who took the eastern portion of the Roman world after his death

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Antony

76
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What do you call the roadbed of the chief street through Rome

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The Sacred Way

77
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They constructed the first roadbed of the chief through Rome

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Etruscan

78
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True or false

In the beginning of the Republic, Rome is safe because they are NOT surrounded by enemies

A

False

79
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In this system, Rome allowed some people especially Latins to have full Roman citizenship

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Roman Confederation

80
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Who are the 3 individuals who came to hold enormous military and political power?

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Crassus
Pompey
Julius Caesar

81
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They lead armies and govern Rome when the consuls were away from the city

A

Praetors

82
Q

What influences did the Greeks have on Rome?

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Cultivated olives and grapes
Passed on their alphabet
Sculpture
Architecture
Literature
82
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They are superb diplomats who excelled in making the correct diplomatic decisions. They are also good and persistent soldiers

A

Romans

85
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It means to block

A

Veto

86
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It insists military service from the allies

A

Roman Confederation

86
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A government without a king

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Republic

87
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What right did the Council of Plebs later on gain in order to protect their interests?

A

Elect tribunes

89
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It is a group of elders who served for life

A

Senate or Council of Elders

90
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It gave more rights for the plebeians

A

Tribunes of the plebs

91
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Patricians and plebeians can both vote but who can be elected to governmental offices?

A

Patricians

92
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Is intermarriage before the tribunes of plebs between Patricians and Plebeians allowed?

A

No, it is not allowed

93
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This assembly elected the chief magistrates and passed laws.

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Centuriate Assembly

94
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The army was recruited from citizens between what age?

A

18-46

95
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Who fled to Egypt and committed suicide after a year?

A

Antony and Cleopatra

96
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How did Tiberius and Gaius die?

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Both were murdered by senators

97
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After this disastrous battle, the Romans were forced to recruit larger armies and the number of legions rose to 25. What is this battle?

A

Battle of Cannae

98
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A roman general who recruited volunteers from both the urban and rural poor who possessed no property into his army.

A

Marius

99
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They believed that the underlying cause of Rome’s problems was the decline of the small farmer

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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

100
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He is Caesar’s grandnephew and adopted son who took the western portion of the Roman world after he died.

A

Octavian

101
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Known as the richest man in Rome and led a successful military command against a major slave rebellion.

A

Crassus

102
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He had been hailed as a military hero

A

Pompey

103
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Caesar joined with Crassus and Pompey to form a coalition that historians call what?

A

The First Triumvirate

104
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It means three-man rule

A

Triumvirate

105
Q

Pompey received a command in what country?

A

Spain

106
Q

Landed aristocrats amassed large estates that used slave lobar called what?

A

Latifundia

107
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It is the river that formed the southern boundary of his province

A

Rubicon

108
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What was the battle of Antony and Octavian called?

A

Battle of Actium in Greece

109
Q

The Senate is also called what?

A

Council of Elders

110
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Caesar increased the senate to how many members?

A

900

111
Q

He was named dictator for life

A

Caesar

112
Q

What kind of calendar did Julius Caesar introduce?

A

The Egyptian solar year of 365 days

113
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At what age did Octavian stand supreme over the Roman world?

A

32

114
Q

True or false.

Civil war has ended along with the end of republic

A

True

115
Q

Crassus received a command in what country?

A

Syria

116
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Caesar received a special military command in what?

A

Gaul

116
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How did Caesar die?

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Assassinated by a group of leading senators

116
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Who won in the battle of Antony and his ally against Octavian?

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Octavian

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