Key Dates
When was Rome founded?
753 BCE
Iphicles, frater Herculis, magna voce clamavit.
What use of the ablative is magna voce?
What is manner?
The top of the cursus honorum - like a co-president.
Consul
The Romans went to war with this tribe when they ousted the kings.
The Etruscans
How long was the term of office for the consul?
1 year
509 BCE
Tali modo serpentes a puero interfectae sunt.
What ending does interfectae sunt have and why?
What is nominative, feminine, plural - it must agree with serpentes?
Money people
The Romans formed an alliance with the Latin speaking tribes. What is it called?
Latin League
How many labors was Hercules originally assigned?
10
450 BCE
Tali modo serpentes a puero interfectae sunt.
What use of the ablative is a puero?
What is agent?
Games and grain dole
aedile
The Romans defeated the last of the Italian tribes in this war.
Samnite Wars
Complete the mnemonic.
bobi4bu for 1 and 2....
a over e for 4 and 3
When did Rome become an empire?
27 BCE
Magnam partem diei in palaestra consumebat.
What case and use is diei?
What is genitive - partative?
He was spending a large part of the day in the gym.
counted the people
censor
Rome defeated the Macedonian king and gained control of the remainder of the Italian peninsula.
Pyrrhic War
How long did a consul have to wait before they could be consul again?
10 years
When did the Roman Empire fall?
476 CE
Eius pellem tamen, quae durissima erat, traicere non poterat.
1. What type of clause is quae durissima erat?
2. What degree is durissima?
1. What is relative clause?
2. What is superlative?
Judges
praetor
When you win, but you lost much in the win that you ultimately lose.
Pyrrhic Victory
After serving as consul or praetor, you could be assigned as a "governor" to another region. What was your title?
proconsul or propraetor