Government
The three groups of people can be citizens in Ancient Rome
What are patricians, plebeians and some foreign males?
The Social Classes in Ancient Rome- There are 4
Who are the Patricians, Plebeians, Slaves, Select foreigners
The River Rome was founded on and these mountains protect the peninsula from invasion
What is the Tiber River and the Alps?
The name of the senator who caused the third punic war by demanding Carthage must be destroyed
Who is Cato?
The names of the people in the 2nd triumvirate
Who are Marc Anthony, Lepidus and Octavian?
Rome is a ____________ where people elect representatives to represent their interests when voting
What is a republic?
Name at least 2 features of representative democracy in Ancient Rome
What are the 12 Tables- Codified laws to prevent Patrician abuse of power Assemblies- Mostly Plebeian after reforms Tribunes- 10 Plebeians who are part of Senate that can veto Representative Democracy The Senate- All Patrician until reforms then some Plebeians get in Consuls- Elected after reforms from both groups, Plebeian and Patrician Citizen Assemblies- All Male Citizens?
The political advantage to Rome's geography (there are 3)
What is: 1) it was far away enough from the major Eastern civilizations it could develop on its own 2)The peninsula was protected by the Mediterranean and the Alps from invaders 3) Fewer geographic barriers (compared to Rome) allowed for political unification of the Peninsula?
The Carthaginian general wanted revenge on Rome and led the charge in the Second Punic War until the Roman Scipio defeated him
Who is Hannibal?
The first emperor of Rome aka Octavian's identity crisis name change
Who is Augustus
This group of politicians who were all of the PATRICIAN class were elected for life
What is the Senate?
Why were Rome and Carthage fighting each other?
What is they wanted to dominate/influence the Mediterranean basin.
Caesar's nephew who led the second triumvirate with Marc Antony
Who is Octavian?
This position could only be held for 1 year at a time. Ancient Rome had two of them that ruled like kings
What is a consul?
The cause of so much social unrest after the Punic Wars
What is there were many unemployed former soldiers that they went to the city and created mobs?
The animal Hannibal used when crossing the Alps
What happened on the Ides of March (March 15th 44BCE)
What is Julius Caesar was assassinated ending the first Triumvirate
This is a group of three leaders who share power. Caesar, Pompey and Crassus made up the first
What is a triumvirate.
How was citizenship different in Ancient Rome compared to Ancient Greece?
What is in Ancient Greece fewer people were citizens but they participated in their government more. In Ancient Rome, more people were citizens (including select foreign men) but less active participation in day to day governing.
Name all 6 Olympian gods with both their Greek and Roman names and what they control
What is Zeus/Jupiter- Ruler of the Gods, Hera/Juno- Goddess of Marriage and Family, Apollo/Apollo- God of Music, Poetry, Light, Artemis/Diana- Goddess of the Hunt, Athena/Minerva- Goddess of Wisdom, Aphrodite/Venus- Goddess of Love and Beauty
What is the term for Carthage's total defeat at the end of the Punic Wars?
Carthaginian peace
•Spread of slavery in the agricultural system •Migration of small farmers into cities and unemployment •Civil war over the power of Julius Caesar •Devaluation of Roman currency; inflation
What is the causes of the Fall of The Roman Republic?