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Roman Events
100
Invaded the Roman republic through the Alps Mountains with 50,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry and 60 elephants.
Who is Hannibal?
100
Made up 95 percent of the Roman citizenship.
Who are the Plebians?
100
Posted in the Forum explain the laws that all Roman citizens were equally held to.
What is the Twelve Tablets?
100
Combination of Hellenistic, Greek and Roman cultures.
What is Greco-Roman?
100
City was held under siege, burned and citizens enslaved during the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
200
Divided the Roman Empire into East (Greek) and West (Latin) to attempt to preserve the empire.
Who is Diocletian?
200
Soldiers that fought for pay, not loyalty to the empire.
What were mercenaries?
200
Percentage of the Roman population that were considered "urban poor".
What is 25?
200
Wall size painting.
What were Frescoes?
200
His reforms included: Stabilized the frontier, Created civil service government jobs & Glorified Rome with public building projects.
Who was Octavian or Augustus?
300
Member of the Second Triumvirate that had a romance with Cleopatra.
Who is Marc Antony?
300
Consisted of 5 percent of the Roman population (wealthy landowners).
Who are the Patricians?
300
Number of seats in the Roman Colosseum.
What is 50,000?
300
Arched bridges and stone channels used to transport water into the cities.
What were aqueducts?
300
Eliminated in 509 B.C.
What was the Monarchy rule?
400
Chased from power by Julius Caesar.
Who is Pompey?
400
Rise in the price of goods & services while the value of the currency decreases.
What is inflation?
400
Fraction of the Roman population that were slaves.
What was 1/3?
400
Art products made from smaller pieces of stone, glass or tile.
What are mosaics?
400
Constatines judgement that no longer punished the followers of the Christian religion.
What was the Edict of Milan?
500
These two organized the assasination of Julius Caesar on March 15th.
Who were Brutus & Cassius?
500
The dispersal of the Jews when the Roman drove them from their homeland and into exile.
What is diaspora?
500
Actual length of the Pax Romana.
What is 207 years?
500
Type of art that is bas-relief.
What is sculpting?
500
The Roman Empire capital was moved to this location from Rome by Constantine.
What is Byzantium or Constantinople?