Early Rome
What modern country was Ancient Rome located in?
Italy
Rome founded the first ________ government.
Republic
Early Romans were ______________ when it came to religion.
Polytheistic
How many Punic Wars were there?
Three
Why did Octavian rename himself "Principes Augustus"?
Because it means "first in honor"
Prior to the Romans, who lived in the area that would become Ancient Rome?
The Etruscans and Italics
The group in the middle of the early Roman social structure was the ___________.
Plebians
Duty
What was the name of the river Julius Caesar crossed to declare war on the Roman Republic
Rubicon
What was the Ides of March?
When Caesar's closest friends and allies conspired to assassinate him.
How were the first senators of Rome chosen?
They were picked by the king.
The early Republic was ruled by two _______.
Consuls
The Roman Provincial Leader who ordered the crucifiction of Jesus was named ___________.
Pontius Pileate
What did Hanibal do that was seen as a giant gamble for Carthage during the second Punic War?
Led 25,000 men and 18 elephants through the Alps to invade Rome from the north.
What led Emperor Constantine to convert the Empire to Christianity?
He saw a vision of Jesus during a battle.
Who was Tarquin the Proud?
A corrupt king of early Rome.
Where did the assembly meet?
The Roman Forum
Why did the Romans not like Christianity at first?
They saw it as a threat to their religion and thought it empowered Jewish people who were looked down upon in Rome.
What group invaded Rome from the North, ultimately causing the fall of the empire.
The Vandals and Visigoths
What did the empire do to try and combat rising taxes and prices of goods?
Printed more money and caused inflation.
What geographical features gave Rome a strategic advantage when defending from naval invaders, as well as making it a hub for trading?
It was located in-land, along a river, making it easier to defend from naval invasions.
How did generals become more powerful than the government in the Republic?
They allowed landless poor to join the military and shared their spoils of war with them.
Stoicism taught people to _____________________________________________.
Stay clam, strong and focus on what they could control, no matter what life throws at you.
What event(s) caused the Punic Wars?
Rome invaded Sicily and this expansion was threating to Carthage.
Julius Caesar famously said to those who dared to challenge him or break laws. "___________________________________________"
"If you must break the law, do it to seize power. In all other cases, observe it."