Who Am I?
He held off the Etruscans at the Sublican bridge
Horatius
"The first duty of a soldier is obedience"
Torquatus
Shakespeare's play about a Roman hero who hated the plebeians
Coriolanus
The Founding of Rome
753 BC
He attacked Rome to restore Tarquin Superbus to the throne but Horatius thwarted the attack by holding the bridge.
Lars Porsena
Cincinnatus
Posthumius
Latin word meaning "I forbid"
veto
Beginning of the Republic
510 BC
These magistrates represented the plebeians and had the power to forbid actions of the consuls and Senate.
Tribunes
He burned his hand to show Roman courage
Caius Mucius
"Villain, we Romans are not so base as you are."
Camillus
The office responsible for collecting taxes and constructing roads & buildings
censor
390 BC
This person could be appointed in times of dire emergency to the city & state. They became a sole military ruler with absolute authority for 6 months.
A dictator
An Etruscan king who fount with Tarquin against Rome
Lars Porsena
Coriolanus
A victory that costs too much is known as...
Pyrrhic victory
Known as the "Father of his Country", he led the Roman defeat of the Etruscan city of Veii & led the defense of Rome against the Gauls.
Camillus
He was the greatest of his countrymen in the works of peace
Appius Claudius
"Better to lose all that we have than to disgrace ourselves by submitting!"
Claudius
The "Queen of Roads" stretching from Rome to Capua
Appian Way
Name all seven hills of Rome
Palatine, Capitoline, Caelian, Quirinal, Esquiline, Viminal, Aventine
He was a Greek king enlisted by the citizens of Tarentum to defend their city against the Romans. He was victorious but at a great cost.
Pyrrhus