Events
Year that Jerusalem was captured by Pompey
63 B.C.
What is the form of government ruled by the people who elect representatives to speak for them?
republic
What people built the first cities in Italy?
Etrusccans
What is Italy shaped like and what are the two large islands located off its coast?
high-heeled boot; Sicily and Sardinia
The common meeting place in Rome
Forum
March 15, 44 B.C.
Death of Julius Caesar
The two ruling Roman leaders who served terms of one year
Consuls
Legendary founders of Rome
Romulus and Remus
What is the name of the river upon which Rome was built?
Tiber River
A large temple in Rome dedicated to the worship of the gods
Pantheon
Name of the wars fought against Carthage
Punic Wars
What is the word for the ‘greater Greece’ area (Sicily and southern Italy) that was dominated by Greek culture?
Magna Graecia
What people occupied the Po River valley in the north
Gauls
What river flows just south of the Alps and is separated from the rest of Italy by the Apennine Mountains?
Po River
An area across the Mediterranean on the northern coast of Africa which was the enemy of Rome during the Punic wars.
Carthage
Period of 200 years beginning under Caesar Augustus which was a time of peace and prosperity for Rome.
Pax Romana
The laws displayed in the Forum at the insistence of the plebeians, to be available for everyone to read.
Law of the Twelve Tables
Wealthier Romans, perhaps descendants of the first 3 Latin tribes, resembling aristocrats, who had political power
Patricians
The area around the city of Jerusalem where the Jews had been living since their return from Babylon in the 500s BC.
Palestine
Place where barbaric competitions were held for the entertainment of the people
Colosseum
Julius Caesar’s daring move of defiance against the Senate’s orders to disband his army.
Crossing the Rubicon
Under Augustus Caesar this was instituted to make taxation more fair for everyone.
census
Officials elected by the plebeian assembly to represent them in government; they had the power to block any action by the Senate, patricians or consuls that would hurt the plebs.
Tribunes
Place off the coast of Greece where Antony and Octavian’s fleets met in battle to determine the ultimate dictatorship for Rome.
Actium
Places of worship for the Jews on the Sabbath day
Synagogue