Early Republic
Myths, Legends, and Gods
Roman Government
Fall of the Republic
Miscellaneous
100
Tension between the Roman hereditary aristocracy--called (1) ______________--and the common people of Rome--called (2) _____________--fueled the Conflict of the Orders (500-287 B.C.E.).
(1) Patricians
(2) Plebeians
Bonus (+300): What changed in 287 B.C.E.?
100
A brother-killing, wolf-sucking, hill-climbing founder of Rome.
Who is Romulus?
100
One of two primary executives in the Roman government
Who are consuls?
100
During times of crisis, Rome gave the full power of the state to a ________________, who was expected to dispense this power after he resolved the issue he was assigned to fix.
What is a dictator?
BONUS (+100): This man revived the dictatorship (it had been dormant since the Second Punic War) and proved to later, more grasping men that this power could be seized and held.
100
This waterway runs through Rome
Where is the Tiber?
200
How did the Romans manage to conquer the boot of Italy and beyond?
Answers may vary.
200
A second cousin of Hector who fled Troy and founded Rome in one epic story.
Who is Aeneas?
BONUS (+100): Who is his mother?
BONUS (+300): Who is his father?
200
________ oversaw the concilium plebis, brought grievances to the Senate, and vetoed decisions.
Who are tribunes?
200
He promised land to troops in exchange for their service in a war against the Germans, but the Senate failed to carry it out.
Who is Gaius Marius?
Bonus (+200): What were the lasting implications of this moment in Roman history?
200
The best place to get your son a wife in Rome
What is the Roman bathhouse?
300
The Latin term vae victis means this.
What is "woe to the conquered"?
Bonus (+100): What did it have to do with the Gauls and their invasion of Rome in 387?
Bonus (+300): How did the Romans later use the term?
BONUS (+500): What was the name of the Gallic chieftain from the story above?
300
Who is this? What is her story to tell?
Who is Lucretia?
300
This made marriage between plebeians and patricians possible.
When is the lex canuleia (445 B.C.E.)?
300
This man took up the cause of land reform, proposed laws to provide cheap grain for the poor, and sent poor Romans to form colonies.
Who is Gaius Gracchus?
300
This man attempted to combat the forces of hellenization in Rome. He also uttered the famous words "Carthago delenda est" before the Third Punic War.
Who is Cato the Elder?
Bonus (+100): Translate his quote.
400
Describe what happened in the Second Punic War. Be sure to include Hannibal, Fabius Maximus, and Scipio Africanus.
Answers may vary.
400
The last king of the Romans before the Republic.
Who is Lucius Tarquinius Superbus?
Bonus (+100): Who overthrew him?Bonus (+200): When do Romans date the explosion of this Etruscan line of kings?
400
They acted in the place of consuls while consuls were away from Rome.
Who are praetors?
400
Pompey and Crassus aligned themselves with this faction during the Civil War, though they found themselves up against peak Cicero with all of his rhetorical powers.
Who are the Populares?
400
The Greek king who beat the Romans in several costly battles only to lose to them in the war.
Who is King Pyrrhus?
500
These are called this.
What are fasces?
Note: They were originally Etruscan and symbolized a Roman king's power to punish his subjects. It is the origin of the modern word fascism, in part because Mussolini's movement was so heavily identified with it.
500
The last pontifex maximus (supreme priest) before the title was handed over to the Roman emperors (along with everything else!).
Who is Lepidus?
500
This gave wealthy plebeians access to the consulship and Senate in 367 B.C.E.
What are the Licinian-Sextian laws?
500
The culminating battle in the Roman Civil War.
+100 if you can prove you understand what happened.
Where is the Battle of Actium (31)?
500
Name another man besides Brutus involved in the slaying of Julius Caesar.
Who is Cassius?