Military
When did The First Punic War begin?
264 B.C.
What year was Rome founded?
753 B.C.
What language did early Romans speak?
Latin
What is the name of Rome's first code of laws?
The Twelve Tables
What three basic classes were Roman citizens divided into?
The Senatorial, Equestrian, and the lower classes
Name the general who recruited the armies in a new way in the second century B.C.
Marius
Name 2/4 enemies Rome had.
Etruscans, Sabines, Volscians, and Aequi
What is the Latin word for emperor?
Imperator
Who was the first Roman emperor?
Octavian
What two Roman groups were most noticeable in the social organization?
Patricians and Plebeians
Who was known as a military hero?
Pompey
What was the name of the person whom Julius Caesar and Antony fell deeply in love with?
Cleopatra VII
At the age when boys were going into secondary schools, what were girls doing?
Getting married
Who was third to join Crassus and Pompey to form a coalition that historians call the First Triumvirate?
Julius Caesar
What fraction did Rome's population decline during the fall of the Roman empire?
1/3
What was the year when Rome had crushed the Latin states in Latium?
340 B.C.
How did Cleopatra and Antony die?
They committed suicide after fleeing to Egypt.
Who was the first Christian Roman emperor?
Constantine
In what year did the council of the plebs receive the right to pass laws for all Romans?
287 B.C.
The territory of Carthage became a Roman province in 146 B.C.E. What was the territory's new name?
Africa
In 216 B.C., how many men were killed at Cannae?
40,000
What happened to Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.?
He was assassinated by a group of leading senators.
Who was known as the richest man in Rome and had successfully put down a major slave rebellion?
Crassus
When was Julius Cesar made dictator for life?
44 B.C.
Which three new civilizations did the heirs of Rome develop?
European, Islamic, and Byzantine