Roman Kingdom
How many kings of Rome were there?
7
What job did Cicero have?
Orator and statesman (lawyer and politician)
Julius Caesar was named what for life?
Dictator
Roman Emperors were known to be what?
Bad and/or crazy
What year did the Roman Empire officially fall?
476
What is Ms. Hyde's least favorite historical period?
Victorian era
Who were the founders of Rome?
Romulus and Remus
Cicero stopped the Catalline what?
Conspiracy
What two political groups control the Roman Senate?
Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Augustus Caesar (Octavian)
What territory did Rome lose in 410 AD?
Britannia
Name one of the two people besides Achilles to wear his armor.
Patroclus or Hector
How were the kings selected?
They were elected by the people and confirmed by the senate.
What was the point of On Duties?
The right way to live
Julius Caesar claims to be descended from which mythological founder?
Aeneas
The Roman Empire formally split into what parts?
The Eastern and Western Roman Empires
What did the foreign mercenaries do when Rome didn't do what they wanted?
They sacked Rome
Which script, developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, is one of the earliest known forms of writing, using wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets?
Cuneiform
Numa Pompilius created what that was only closed during his reign and Caesar Augustus' reign?
The Gates of Janus
Who caused Cicero's death?
Mark Anthony
Marcus Junius Brutus
How did Roman generals become emperors during the Crisis?
They were proclaimed emperor by their armies.
Rome fully transitioned to monotheism from what?
Paganism/polytheism
King Arthur is likely based on a man who is half-Briton half what?
Roman
What was the Rape of the Sabines?
The Romans stole women at a festival for Neptune and made them their wives.
Cicero says we should give unto others what costs us what?
Nothing
What was the first Triumvirate?
An alliance between Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Crassus
Which emperor legalized Christianity?
Rome was attacked by what two peoples leading to its downfall?
Franks and Goths
King Tut was very what?
Inbred
Which two Roman men share the same name and are known for causing the downfall of a tyrant?
Brutus
Moral duties and rightness change with what?
Circumstances
Who was Julius Caesar's right hand man?
Mark Anthony
What year was Christianity legalized?
313 AD
What were the codified in stone Roman laws called?
The Twelve Tables
The Sack of Lindnesfarne is the start of what?
The Viking Era
What event caused the downfall of the Kingdom of Rome?
The Rape of Lucretia
What are Cicero's four virtues?
Wisdom, justice, courage (fortitude), and temperance
Why did Julius Caesar divorce his wife?
She must be above suspicion (after the incident with the man sneaking into a religious festival)
Zenobia was the queen of what?
The Palmyrene Empire
Where did the tribes raid?
The Western Empire
How many languages does Ms. Hyde speak?
13
Livy wrote during the reign of which Roman?
Augustus Caesar
What two things does Man eagerly pursue?
Independence and truth
Who is Caesar's greatest enemy in the Senate?
Cato the Younger
Rome used what people as foreign mercenaries?
The Goths
What was the problem of using mercenaries?
They had no loyalty to Rome
Name one of the two languages most similar to English.
Scots or Frisian
Name all seven Roman kings.
Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullius Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
What is the first office of justice?
To prevent any one man from doing harm to another unless provoked by wrong
Julius Caesar was governor of which province?
Gaul
What was the most amount of emperors that Rome had at one time?
Four
Who was the last good emperor before the fall?
Marcus Aurelius
What year was Cicero born?
106 BC
Who were the three major enemies of the Roman kingdom?
Etruscans, Albans, and Sabines
What stops the discharge of duty?
Moral neglect
Why did Julius Caesar want to be a governor and a general after being consul?
Imperium (immunity)
Rome went through a multiple decade crisis during which century that had Rome split into three empires?
The third century
Which emperor and general was convinced to leave Rome by the Pope?
Atilla the Hun
What is it called when an invading/outside language is imposed on another language and it changes the existing language or creates a whole new language?
Creole or creolization