The Roman Conquest of Italy and its Impact, 509-264 BCE Flashcards
In what year was the Battle of Lake Regillus?
496 BCE
What battle of 496 BCE between the Romans and the Latin League seemingly ended in a draw despite supernatural aid from Castor and Pollux?
Lake Regillus
With what treaty of 493 BCE, negotiated by Spurius Cassius, did Rome and the Latin League agree to a military alliance, splitting any obtained resources between them equally?
Foedus Cassianum
With what Latin tribe, nestled in between the Aequi and the Volsci, did the Romans build a defensive alliance, isolating the Aequi and Volsci and demonstrating their principle of divide et impera?
Hernici
Despite suffering a crushing defeat at Mount Algidus in 458 BCE, what tribe was not fully driven out of the area until 431 BCE?
Aequi
In order to save the army of Minucius trapped at Mount Algidus, the Roman senate appealed to what soon-to-be dictator plowing on his four-acre farm?
Cincinnatus
What man, said to be staunchly anti-plebeian, allied himself with the same Volscians he had previously defeated in a march against Rome in 491 BCE?
(Cn. Marcus) Coriolanus
What man defeated a Volscian town in 493 BCE for which he received his cognomen?
(Cn. Marcus) Coriolanus
What two women dissuaded Coriolanus from fully marching against Rome?
Veturia (mother) and Volumnia (wife)
After a ten year siege, what city just north of Rome on the Cremera River did Rome finally capture in 396 BCE?
Veii
His hands and face painted red in homage to the statue of Jupiter, what Roman dictator celebrated a triumph after destroying Veii in 396 BCE?
(M. Furius) Camillus
In what year did the Romans destroy Veii?
396 BCE
At what battle of 390 BCE did the Senonian chieftain Brennus lead the Gauls to a victory over the slow moving Roman phalanx?
Allia River
What year was Allia River?
390 BCE
Following the battle of Allia River, the Gauls swiftly moved onto the city of Rome capturing everything except for what?
The Capitol(ine Hill)
What man, having heard the honking of the sacred geese of Juno, rallied troops on the Capitoline and successfully defended it against the ensuing Gauls?
Marcus Manlius Capitolinus
After hearing complaints from the Romans about the amount of gold they had to pay as a bribe, what man threw down his sword and yelled “Vae victis!”?
Brennus
What man was proclaimed “Pater Patriae” and the “Second Founder of Rome” following the events surrounding Allia River?
(M. Furius) Camillus
What city, with whom Rome had been allied during the siege of Veii, offered a safe haven for the Vestal Virgins during the Gallic sack of Rome?
Caere
What Greek colony helped Rome pay the ransom to free their city from Brennus and the Gauls and sent in expert wall builders to help rebuild the city?
Massilia
In 381 BCE, what city became Rome’s first municipium, a self-governing community whose people are still considered wholly Roman?
Tusculum
What Latin city did the Romans take after a three year siege in 370 BCE, which may have been enough leverage for tribunes at home to pass various reforms?
Velitrae
What people attacked the Sidicini, a small tribe on the northern border of Capua after which the Capuans appealed to Rome for help in 343 BCE?
The Samnites
In 343 BCE, the Samnites attacked the Sidicini on the northern border of what city eliciting the First Samnite War?
Capua
What war began when Capua alarmed Rome of an attack on the Sidicini to their north in 343 BCE?
First Samnite War
What are the years of the First Samnite War
343-341 BCE
What are the years of the Great Latin War?
340-338 BCE
Where did the Romans led by Publius Decius Mus and Titus Manlius Torquatus defeat the Latins in 340 BCE?
Mt. Vesuvius
At what battle in 340 BCE did the first Publius Decius Mus commit devotio to ensure a Roman victory against the Latins?
Mt. Vesuvius
From what city did the Romans steal rostra of enemy ships and place them on their speaking platforms in 338 BCE?
Antium
In what year did the Latin League dissolve following Rome’s capture of Antium concluding the Great Latin War?
338 BCE
The rights of conubium (intermarriage), commercium (legally binding contracts), migratio (change residences) are shared by citizens of Rome and Latium due to what treaty of 493 BCE?
Foedus Cassianum
What Latin name is given to the full Roman citizenship citizens of Tusculum received as the first Roman municipium in 381 BCE?
Civitas Optimo Iure
What Latin name is given to the Roman citizenship that citizens of a second class municipia might receive which does not grant the right to vote?
Civitas Sine Suffragio
What are the years of the Second Samnite War?
327-304 BCE
What are the years of the Third Samnite War?
298-290 BCE
At what battle in 321 BCE did Titus Veturius and Spurius Postumius Albinus lead the Romans into a disaster against the Samnites?
Caudine Forks
In what year was the battle of Caudine Forks?
321 BCE
In 321 BCE, what Samnite chieftain destroyed the armies of Titus Veturius and Spurius Postumius Albinus, forcing them to pass under the yoke following the battle of Caudine Forks?
Gavius Pontius
What man, the censor of 312 BCE, designed a roadway from Rome to Capua which eventually bore his name?
Appius Claudius Caecus
In what year was the battle of Sentinum?
295 BCE
At what battle of 295 BCE did the second Publius Decius Mus commit devotio to ensure a Roman victory over the Samnites?
Sentinum
In 295 BCE, Publius Decius Mus and Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus routed a Samnite army commanded by whom?
Gellius Egnatius
The victories of what consul in 290 BCE led to the end of the Third Samnite War, paving the way for Roman control in central Italy?
Manius Curius Dentatus
What Etruscan city, who had previously been an ally of Rome during the siege of Veii and Gallic sack of Rome, was punished with civitas sine suffragio in 273 BCE?
Caere
Although he brought much aid to the growing power of Tarentum, what uncle of Alexander the Great was killed in a battle with the Lucanians after losing the support of Tarentum?
Alexander of Epirus
The death of what man, who had originally agreed to a treaty with the Romans with regard to the Samnites and Tarentum in 334 BCE, led to the dissolution of that treaty in the eyes of Rome?
Alexander of Epirus
In 285 BCE, what Greek city questionably called upon the Romans for aid against the Lucanians rather than Tarentum, stoking the fire between the two growing powers?
Thurii
Believing Roman ships in their gulf to violate the treaty of 334 BCE, what city attacked Roman ships without warning and drove out Roman garrisons in Thurii in 282 BCE?
Tarentum
Craving the opportunity to establish his own empire, what Epirote readily accepts the calls from Tarentum to attack Rome?
Pyrrhus of Epirus
What man was the first to bring elephants against Rome, much to their surprise?
Pyrrhus
What are the years of the Pyrrhic War?
280-275 BCE
Who might have uttered “Another such victory and I am lost” following the battle of Asculum in 279 BCE?
Pyrrhus
In what year was the battle of Heraclea?
280 BCE
In what year was the battle Asculum
279 BCE
In what year was the battle of Beneventum (Malventum)?
275 BCE
At what Greek city did Pyrrhus die after a woman threw a roof tile at his head?
Argos
Who dies at Argos after a woman threw a roof tile at his head?
Pyrrhus
Who led the Romans at the battle of Beneventum finally quelling Pyrrhus and Tarentum?
Curius Dentatus
In 291 BCE, a cult and a temple dedicated to what god was founded on Tiber Island?
Aesculapius
In 272 BCE, what aqueduct was constructed to pair up with the Aqua Appia to match the needs of an ever growing city?
Anio Vetus
On what hill was the temple of Juno Moneta, which housed the mint?
Capitoline Hill
What temple, the home of the mint, was situated on the Capitoline Hill?
Temple of Juno Moneta
