Events
When was Rome founded?
753 BCE
What was the first system of government in ancient Rome?
Monarchy
Which social class was the bottom of the hierarchy during the Early Republic?
Plebeians
Who was the first emperor in Rome?
Augustus
List at least two cities destroyed by Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae
Mount Vesuvius erupted
Titus became emperor
Name the first King of Rome
King Romulus
List two requirements of being a part of the senatorial class.
- ownership of large estates valued at at least 1,000,000 sesterces
- served in the senate (or their family did)
What is a dynasty? What does it mean when a dynasty ends?
Each part of the question (2) is worth half points.
When a family rules for a period of time.
A dynasty ends when an emperor from a different family comes into power.
Who came first? Caligula or Claudius?
Caligula
What happened in the year 509 BCE?
Rome became a republic
In what year did Rome change from Republic to Empire?
31 BCE
How could a freeborn Roman move into the equestrian class?
Acquisition of wealth
How many emperors ruled for some part of 69 CE? Name them in order.
You must answer the full question entirely correct to get points.
4: Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius
How many emperors did Suetonius write about in his work, The Lives of the Caesars?
11 + Julius Caesar
In which year was the Settlement of the Latin Wars?
338 BCE
During the years of the republic, two consuls were elected each term.
1) How long did they hold power for?
2) How long did they have to wait before they could be re-elected?
You will be awarded half points if you only get one answer correct.
1) One year
2) 10 years
Out of the one million people who lived in Rome in the first century CE, what share of the population were slaves?
Approximately one third of the population (just over ~300 million people)
Name the first 11 emperors.
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
Galba, Otho, Vitellius
Vespasian, Titus, Domitian
Which emperor is this?
- Huge expansion in the Roman Empire – gained Egypt, northern Spain, and large parts of central Europe
- Turned Rome into an enormous marketplace
Augustus
In which years were the Punic Wars?
264 - 146 BCE
List the 5 parts of government during the Empire.
(There are two of one position).
Emperor, two consuls, senate, popular assemblies
Explain in detail the likelihood of a freeborn Roman eventually being in the senatorial class.
- They would need property valued at at least 1,000,000 sesterces
- They would need to be a senator
- The senatorial class was an extremely small group in society, it was even hard for those in the equestrian class to move up
Who is the Emperor?
- Became the successor as the two son's of the previous emperor had died
- Led Rome into a dark age of political purges, murder and terror
- Ruled from 14-37 CE
Tiberius
Which emperor introduced a law banning the practice of torturing or killing slaves?
Emperor Claudius