What was the most powerful group of people that conquered most of northern and central Italy, including Rome?
The Etruscans
100
The Romans did not want a king ever again so they established a _________.
Republic (a form of government that allows citizens to choose representatives to rule)
100
The first Punic war ended with the ____________giving up Sicily, making it a ___________province.
Carthaginians, Roman
100
What led to Caesar to becoming dictator of Rome?
The Senate told him to come home and not bring his army. Caesar brought his army anyway and a civil war started. Caesar's army won and he became dictator of Rome.
200
What is the Italian peninsula shaped like?
A Boot
200
The Latin language started from the people who settled on the plain of ________.
Latium
200
The Romans faced the great general _________in the second Punic War.
Hannibal
200
Augustus'/Ocatvian's reign led to 200 years of peace called the __________.
Pax Romana
300
What are the mountains that are north of the Italian peninsula?
The Alps
300
Who was the Roman hero that chased the last Etruscan king from Rome in 509 B.C.?
Junius Brutus
300
Rome became the Roman empire of the ancient world, but it started as _______villages.
seven
300
Hannibal ended up losing the War at the Battle of ________.
Zama
300
Who invaded the empire because they needed pasture land for herding?
Barbarians
400
What are the mountains that run down the Italian peninsula?
The Apennines
400
The citizens of Rome were divided into two Social classes....what were they?
Patricians and the plebeians
400
The roads in Rome helped ____________travel safely carrying goods and spreading Roman culture, power, and wealth.
traders
400
The Third Punic War ended with Rome destroying __________.
Carthage
400
After the empire started to decline who tried to restore the imperial authority and then divided the empire?
Diocletian
500
What is the island at the toe of the boot (Italy)?
Sicily
500
___________were powerful and wealthy and they could serve in the Senate and ___________were the common people who were merchants, farmers, laborers, soldiers, and craftsworkers who could not serve in the Senate.
Patricians, Plebeians
500
On either side of the Apennine Mountains are _________________which allow farmers to grow _________________.
fertile river valleys, grain, olives, grapes, and vegetables
500
Rome leveled Carthage's city. Then they __________the people and spread__________over the land.
enslaved, salt
500
Who was the ruler who ruled both halves of the empire and then built a new capital in the east that was named after him? What was it named?