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She was the mythological queen of Carthage according to the Virgil's epic.
Who is Queen Dido?
Livy spoke of this location when he said that all of its "advantages make it of all places in the world the best for a city destined to grow great."
What is Rome?
The Roman Army's smallest unit was broken down into groups of 80-100 led by this commander, which shares a similarity in the modern word for 100 years.
What is a Centurion?
They established colonies along southern Italy and Sicily between 750 and 600 B.C.
Who are the Greeks?
These two government administrators could be elected for 1-year terms and could not serve for another ten years once elected.
What are consuls?
He was the hero of Virgil's epic, leading the remnant Trojans in their quest to find a new home.
Who is Aeneas?
This location was a Phoenician trading colony that grew in importance and wealth through its vast trade network.
What is Carthage?
This was the core unit of the Roman military, consisting of 5,000 infantry.
What is a Legion?
These were the original inhabitants of Rome, building their primary settlement on Palatine Hill.
Who are the Latins?
The Senate consisted of 300 members of wealthy landowners, also known by this term.
What are Patricians/Aristocrats?
A young Carthaginian general, he devised a plan to cross into northern Sicily during the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal?
This island, next to the boot of Italy, was a territorial acquisition of Rome after the First Punic War.
What is Sicily?
This battle in 216 B.C. was a major Roman defeat in the Second Punic War.
What is the battle of Cannae?
Natives of northern Italy, they heavily influenced Rome through writing, building technology, and architecture.
Who are the Etruscans?
Who are the Plebeians?
The tyrannical rule of this king caused the Roman Senate to create the consul system.
Who is Tarquin Superbus (the Proud)?
By 146 B.C., the Roman Republic had expanded to southeastern Spain, the western Mediterranean, the Italian peninsula, Carthage, and this land to the east, fought for against King Pyrrhus and King Philip V.
What is Greece?
Those seeking political office and this other class of citizen were compelled by law to serve in the army.
What are landowners?
This epic, written by Virgil in the days of Augustus, became the defining mythology of the Roman Empire.
What is the Aeneid?
This law code was displayed for all to see in the city of Rome. Much like the U.S. Bill of Rights, it defined the rights of all Romans.
What are the Twelve Tables?
Who is Scipio?
What are the Alps?
Following an admiral's orders to drown them in the sea, these auspices served as a bad omen to the Roman fleet before a battle in the First Punic War.
What are chickens?
From the earliest tribal days to the later empire, Rome had a history of allowing outsiders to be citizens, known by this term.
What is multiculturalism?
These were representatives chosen to protect the rights of the Plebeians.
Who are tribunes?