Quiz Vocabulary
Was a privileged political and legal status afforded to free individuals with respect to laws, property, and governance.
What is a citizen?
What is a plebian?
A commoner in ancient Rome.
Rome is located in which country?
What is Italy?
Name the 3 groups ancient Rome was divided into from top to bottom.
Patricians first, then plebeians, lastly slaves.
In the Roman republic how many people were on the Senate and what was their job?
There were 300 people in the Senate and their job was to make laws and oversee taxes.
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
What is a patrician?
An aristocrat or nobleman in ancient Rome (wealthy).
Italy is located in which Continent?
What is Europe?
What were patricians also known as?
They were known as nobles as well.
Rome split their huge army into groups of 5000 soldiers what were the groups called?
They were called legions.
A cruel and oppressive ruler.
What is a Tyrant?
What is a Republic?
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
What is Vatican City?
Vatican City is its own city state in Europe that is a surrounded by Rome, not a city in Rome.
What jobs did plebeians have?
They were farmers, shopkeepers, or peasants.
What were the first written laws in Rome called and what was its purpose?
They were called the Twelve Tables, and were made to protect all the citizens under the law and that all citizens would be treated qually.
A towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, who made important contributions to logic, criticism, rhetoric, physics, biology, psychology, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, and politics.
Who is Aristotle?
What is an aristocrat?
Someone from the ruling class, usually those with nobility, money, or both.
Julias Ceaser conquered a lot of land what was the city along the coast he conquered in Egypt.
What is Carthage?
Why did Rome enslave its own people?
They didn't, the slaves worked in Rome but were from other places. They could be prisoners of war, slaves that were bought outside of Roman territory, or people that were captured and sold by pirates.
How long did the Punic Wars last, who was the victor, and what did it allow them to do after?
The Punic Wars lasted 100 years, Rome was victorious, and it allowed them to grow their massive empire.
Athenian statesman who famously reformed the political structure and processes of Athens at the end of the 6th century BCE and, thereby, greatly increased the influence of ordinary citizens on everyday politics.
Who is Cleisthenes?
A member of an ancient people of central Italy whose civilization influenced the Romans, who had suppressed them by about 200 B.C.
What peninsula is Rome located on and which Sea flows along side it?
The Italian peninsula and the Mediterranean Sea.
What did patricians control that put them at the top of the social class, what positions did they hold?
Patricians had food and land that everyone wanted, they also held positions in military and government that put them in control.
Julius Caesar led Rome to many victories in battle and expanded Rome's empire to something even bigger than our country, what were some consequences of his death? (name at least 3)
With Julius' death the people quit trusting the Senate, Octavian(later known as Augustus Caesar) killed the Senators that killed Julius, Augustus began to rule, he did away with the republic and became the first Roman Emperor and had all the power, and with his reign came about the Pax Romana meaning Roman Peace and became the "golden age" of Rome.