Week 1

Question 1

Archaic period

Answer 1

began in 753 BC and ended in 367 BC

Question 2

The Kingdom

Answer 2

founded by Romulus in 753 BC and came to an end in 509 BC with the ousting of King Superbus

Question 3

Rex

Answer 3

The King. held unlimited imperium (state power)

Question 4

Senatus

Answer 4

Senate, the council that advised the rex

Question 5

Collegium

Answer 5

High priests (pontifices)

Question 6

Patricians

Answer 6

the leaders of the old clans

Question 7

Plebians

Answer 7

ordinary people who have been granted citizenship

Question 8

The Early Republic

Answer 8

began with the fall of the kingdom in 509BC and ended in 264BC with the first Punic War

Question 9

The later republic

Answer 9

began in 264BC with the first Punic War until the establishment of the Roman Empire in 27BC under Augustus

Question 10

Consuls

Answer 10

Chief magistrates are chosen by a people’s assembly for a one year term in office.

Question 11

praetor urbanus

Answer 11

a collega minor established in 367BC
later held imperium subject to the veto of the consuls
chosen by the people for one year
he held iurisdictio in all cases between Roman citizens

Question 12

praetor peregrinus

Answer 12

a collega minor established in 242 BC
later held imperium subject to the veto of the consules
he held iurisdictio in all cases where both parties were foreigners or cases between foreigners and a Roman citizen.

Question 13

The Principate

Answer 13

the form of government of the early Empire
began in 27BC with the rule of Augustus
lasted until 284 BC with the reign of Diocletian

Question 14

The Dominate

Answer 14

the form of government of the late empire
began in 284AD
lasted until the reign of Justinian in 565 AD
emperors supreme power
old republicans held no power

Question 15

The Western Roman Empire

Answer 15

Began in 248 AD
West no longer considered the center of gravity of the Empire
internal decay central to Germanic tribes
lasted until disposal of the last western emperor Augustulus in 476AD

Question 16

The Eastern Roman Empire

Answer 16

Began in 284 AD
Diocletian was the first eastern Roman emperor
At the center of importance in the Empire with the establishment of Constantinople in 324 AD
It fell to the Turks in 1453AD

Question 17

Archaic period

Answer 17

Began in 753 BC and ended in 367BC with the establishment of the praetor urbanus
Religion
Courts- ordinary citizens and prosecution left to injured party
Coincided with Kingdom and the early republic

Question 18

Mos Maiorum

Answer 18

Traditional rules thought to be the will of the gods.

Considered to be fas, or rules dictating the relationship between gods and men.

Question 19

Ius Civile/Ius Quiritium

Answer 19

the law of the Roman citizens in the Archaic period

Question 20

Paterfamilias

Answer 20

the male head of the family, liable for damage caused by persons under his authority

Question 21

concilium plebis

Answer 21

plebeian popular assembly established in 471 BC

allowed them to make laws that only apply to them

Question 22

The law of the Twelve Tables

Answer 22

plebeians demanded that law is recorded for legal certainty.

451 BC, the Decemviri Legibus Scribundis was commissioned and promulgated creating the twelve tables of law

Question 23

Leges Licinae Sextiae

Answer 23

Established in 367BC that allowed plebeians access to the consulate.

Question 24

Lex Hortensia

Answer 24

a law passed in 287BC that stated that resolutions passed by the plebeian assemblies would be binding on all Roman Citizens

Question 25

Procedure legis actionem

Appeal

Answer 25

the civil procedure of the archaic period 
2 phases:
In iure (in law)
apud iudicem (before the judge)
Appeal: no judge higher than iudex

Question 26

Pre-classical period

Answer 26

began with the establishment of the praetor urbanus in 367BC and ended in 50 BC with the start of Severus’s reign

Question 27

Ius Honorarium/ius praetorium

Answer 27

Law created by praetors that stemmed from the interpretation of the limited ius civile
Ius honorarium lead to procedure per formulam

Question 28

Praetors edict and provincial edict

Answer 28

the law created by praetors that stemmed from the interpretation of the limited ius civile