Wars and Military
There were three of these major battles.
What are the Punic Wars?
These three men made up the First Triumvirate.
Who are Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, and Pompey?
These three men made up the Second Triumvirate.
Who are Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Augustus Caesar (aka Octavian) ?
Diocletian was famous for persecuting Christians and another major change for the empire.
What is splitting the empire in half?
This theory for the fall of Rome claims that the Empire was too big.
What is overexpansion?
These two regions were the major powers fighting in the Punic Wars.
What are Rome and Carthage?
The purpose of the First Triumvirate was to...
Avoid fighting between the three most powerful men in Rome and to work together.
This was the first goal of the Second Triumvirate.
What is finding the men who killed Julius Caesar?
This emperor was the first to be baptized, even though it was at the end of his life.
Who is Constantine?
This theory claims that the turnover of leaders and poor morals contributed to the fall of Rome.
What is corruption and bad leadership?
This general was famous for riding elephants over the Alps.
Who is Hannibal?
Julius Caesar's death on this day is famous, thanks to its brutal nature and Shakespeare immortalizing it.
What is March 15th? What are the Ides of March? Who is Brutus?
This person was the first official emperor of Rome.
Who is Augustus Caesar?
This Roman emperor brought the Olympic games back to Rome and may have been responsible for the Great Fire of Rome.
Who is Nero?
This reason for the fall of Rome relates to producing too many coins and collecting larger taxes?
What is economic decline?
The differences for legionaries and auxiliary related to their status in Rome.
What are Roman citizens (legionary)? What are non-citizens (auxiliary)?
Some people were scared that Caesar wanted this role, even through Rome did not believe in these.
What is a king?
The Second Triumvirate worked to make this change to honor Caesar.
What is deified, or turned into a god?
This person was considered the greatest emperor ever and was also known as a soldier-emperor.
Who is Trajan?
The German general, Odoacer, is blamed for this theory of the fall of Rome.
What are barbarian invasions?
These routines of Roman legionaries were hard work.
What is a day in the life of a Roman soldier?
(eat flat bread, some meat; patrol; calvary; build roads; march; etc.)
DO NOT SAY EAT OR SLEEP ON YOUR TEST.
These are Caesar's roles in politics.
What is director of public works/games? What is a praetor? What is a consul?
This person was the adopted son of Caesar.
Who is Octavian?
This emperor was one of the few emperors to retire.
Who was Diocletian?
This theory regarding a lack of community and divisions between rich and poor is blamed for inner conflict and the eventual fall of Rome.
What is social decay?