Early Rome
What is the name of the Trojan hero who led refugees from Troy to Italy?
Aeneas
What is a Republic?
What is a form of gov’t in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote.
What are the Bread and Circuses policies of Rome?
Free food and free entertainment meant to distract Romans from the issues of their society
What does Augustus mean in Latin?
Majestic One
What was the first Punic War fought over?
Trade rights in the Mediterranean, specifically the island of Sicily
Who conquered the Romans early in their history and greatly influenced their society?
The Etruscans
What do you call the 300 member law making body of Rome?
The Senate
A popular form of entertainment featuring well-trained combatants
Gladiator fights
What did Carthage have to give Rome at the end of the Second Punic War?
Their territory in modern day Spain (Iberian Peninsula)
Name at least 3 ways in which the Greeks & Etruscans inspired the Romans?
Architecture, Drainage & Farm Building, Road Building, Grapes, Olives, Togas, Religion, Army Structure, Alphabet
The two Consuls in Rome are very similar to what position in our own government?
The President
Tyrants take control of the government with violent force.
What is Pax Romana?
Roman Peace - Rome's golden age, started by Augustus
Why did Rome fight Carthage a third time, if they weren't a threat?
To defeat them before they could regather their strength, and take the remaining territory in northern Africa
The first Roman Laws were written in what is known as...
The Twelve Tables
What is the name of the Plebeian-only legislative group that works with the Senate?
The Council of Plebs
Who did Mark Antony fall in love with, forming an alliance against Octavian?
What was Octavian's relationship to Julius Caesar?
nephew, and adopted son
What is the name of the young general who drew Hannibal out of Rome and defeated his forces at Zama?
What is the name of the final Etruscan King?
Tarquin the Proud
What Roman dictator did his job well, and now considered a prime example of civic duty?
Cincinnatus
What was Cleopatra and Julius Caesar's son named?
Caesarion
What region did Julius Caesar conquer, and rule over as proconsul before the civil war?
Gaul
The Corvus- a spiked, ship mounted boarding ramp