Rome unit test Flashcards
who were the first kings of rome after romulus’ rule
the Etruscan kings
who were the two founders of rome
Romulus and Remus
who was the leader of the rebels that overthrew tarquin
Lucius Junius Brutus
what are the upper class romans called
Patricians
what are the lower class romans called
Plebians
what are quasters
quasters are patricians who are like judges
what is a consul
a consul was a roman leader during the time of the roman republic
how many consuls are there
2
who was the dictator the consuls called on when they were in bad times
Cinncinatus
what is cinncinatus when he is not stepping in as dictator
a patrician farmer
how many people made up the roman senate
300 patricians
what are the 12 tables
the 12 tables are laws that the roman senate made
what can the 12 tables be compared to
the U.S. constitution
how did plebians eventually get a say in the senate
10 tribunes (plebians) were selected to join the roman senate
how many men are in a legion
5,000
what was the dominant gender in roman society
male
who could be members of the roman army
only roman citizens
who could be a part of the roman calvery
upperclass roman citizens
why did rome have a census
for military and tax purposes
how many men are in a century
100
how many punic wars were there
3
who fought in the punic wars
rome vs. carthage
who is hannibals father
hamilcar barca
where did most of the fighting take place in the punic wars
north africa and sicily
why did the second punic war start
carthage invaded spain and rome didn’t want carthage to gain more power
what city was carthage able to take from spain
saguntum
when was the battle of cannae
216 B.C.
who won the battle of cannae
carthage
who was the roman leader during the punic wars
consul varro
who was the commander of the roman army during the punic wars
scipio africanus
who won the battle of zama
rome
when was the battle of zama
202 B.C.
what was the shortest punic war
the 3rd war
what ended the punic wars
the battle of carthage ended the punic wars. rome inhilated all of carthage during this battle
what kind of religion did the romans have
polytheistic
who was the king of the roman gods
jupiter
who was the queen of the roman gods
juno
who was the roman god of war
mars
who was the roman god of the sea
neptune
who became the dictator of rome after the civil war
sulla
who fought against sulla’s rule and got him to retire
marius
when did julius caesars father die
when julius was 15
who was in the first triumvirate
Julius Caesar, Crassus, and pompey
where is gaul
modern day france
who fought in the civil war
Caesar vs. Pompey
who did caesar become lovers with after the battle of zela
cleopatra
how many people did caesar change the senate to have
900
who assassinated julius caesar
Brutus and Cassius
who made up the second triumvirate
mark antony, octavian, and lepidus
what is an orater
a good public speaker
who fought in the battle of philippi
mark antony and octavian vs. Brutus and Cassius
how did brutus and cassius die
they both commited suicide before antony and octavian could kill them
who did mark antony marry to get octavian angery
octavia, Octavian’s sister
who fought in the battle of actium
Octavian vs. Antony
where did the battle of actium take place
on the greek coast
what type of battle was actium
naval battle
what can you compare actium to
gettysburg
why did Octavian’s army have the upper hand
because they were equipped with harpaxes on each ship
who was the victor of the battle of actium
octavian
what kind of snake did cleopatra use to kill herself
an asp
what was another name for octavian
augustus
what is the pax romana
a time of peace and prosperity during the roman empire
what are julian emporers
bad rulers
who was the “king of philosophy”
marcus aureilius
who wrote the meditations
marcus aurelilius
who was marcus aurelilius son
commodus
what type of philosopher was marcus aureilius
a stoic
what is a stoic philosopher
a reflective philosopher
who was aureilius’ teacher
fronto
what language were the meditations written in
Greek
where did Caesar study philosophy
Rhodes
when does alexander die?
323 bc
who were the 3 philosophers?
socraties, plato, aristotle
what did ceasar do?
he was a dictator and part of the first triumvirate and a great military leader
who made the draconian code?
draco
