Founding of Rome
The peninsula that Rome was around was called the?
Italian peninsula
After the monarchy Rome decided to make a new government called the?
Who was fighting in the Punic Wars
Carthage, and Rome
who was the author who wrote the Aeneid
Virgil
Who were the 3 kings in the triumvirate
Pompey, Crassus, Ceasar
When the Latins settled in early Rome they were searching for?
Fertile land and weather suitable for farming
What are the three branches of the Republic
Consul, Senate, and Assembly
Why did the Punic Wars happen
Because two kingdoms Carthage and Roome wanted control of the island Sicily
Who was the master of Latin prose, and he influenced other writers and students
Cicero
Who was the god of music in Rome but also was a Greek god
Apollo
What hill was the founding of Rome built on
Palatine hill
The most powerful group of the patricians is the?
Assembly of centuries
What was the most famous of the 3 Punic Wars
The second war because it brought Hannibal and his idea to try to defeat Rome
Romans came in contact with different cultures what then happened
Many elements of different cultures integrated into Roman culture
Who was the first Roman king
Octavian
Who was ancient Rome founded by?
Romulus and his brother Remus
What did the assembly of centuries do
it voted on new laws, and made declarations of war, and elected the consuls
Which of the 3 Punic Wars brought the spiked tip and then they rammed into enemy ships
1st Punic War
Were the Romans greatly influenced by Greek culture
Yes, they were greatly influenced by Greek culture
What did Constantine do
He legalized Christianity
What is the myth of how Rome was built on palatine hill
Romulus and Remus were baby's when a wolf rescued them and when they had grown up, they went with someone else to be taken care of. Then when they were fully grown up, they decided to build a city near the Tiber River, but they could not agree where to put it so Romulus to get his way killed Remus and decided to name Rome after himself
what was the struggle of the Government
The plebians struggled to gain social and political equality
Which Punic War happened because one enemy fought with someone else's allies
third Punic War
What is a large arena where events were held to entertain the Romans
Colosseum
The collapse of the Roman empire is called the
Fall of the Roman empire