Dates
Founding of Rome
753 BC
Tarquinius Superbus
Tarquin's son who raped Lucretia
Sextus
Instead of 1 ruler, Rome elected 2 ________ every year.
Consuls
Greek equivalent of Neptune
Posoidon
Rape of Lucretia
509 BC
First two kings of Rome
Romulus, Numa
Rome had this many kings
7
The Republic lasted from ______ BC to _____ BC
509 BC - 27 BC
What does "nos" or "noster" mean in English
Rome conquers Carthage AND Corinth
146 BC
Hamilcar Barca
A city for criminals, vagabonds, escaped slaves, etc.
List three features of the Republic
Expansion, instituting a senate, plebs vs patricians
Why are they called the "Punic Wars" if Rome fought Carthage?
Carthaginians were Phoenicians, and the Latin word for that was "Punic"
Babylonian Exile
597-538 BC
Famous for his phrase, "Carthago delenda est" (Carthage must be destroyed)
Cato
Rome famously held a feast and captured/raped women from this region
Sabine women
Why did Rome want to conquer Carthage?
Fertile land, they were a competing empire, great trade position
What year was the first Olympics and where was it held?
Olympia; 776 BC
Peloponnesian War
431-404 BC
Roman general in the First Punic War who willingly returned to Carthage to be tortured
Regulus
Rome copied the alphabet of this people
Etruscans
Who is the most famous (and the last) Roman consul?
Julius Caesar
List the four famous Greek philosophers, in order
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great