Society
The wealthy, law-making class. The Fathers of Society.
What are Patricians?
The illustrious and well-respected Carthaginian General in the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal Barca?
Curly-headed savior of Rome against the Aequi.
Who is Cincinnatus?
The highest level of elected official. There are two of them who each serve in their office for one year.
What is a Consul?
The general populace.
What are Plebians?
The speaker of "Carthago delende est."
Who is Cato the Elder?
The man who sacrificed himself on a bridge to defend his city from invasion.
Who is Horatius Cocles?
The member elected by Senators to act as accountability for the Senators' personal lives. They are also in charge of conducting the Census.
What is a Censor?
When the Senate suspected you want to be a tyrant, this usually happened.
What is death?
Rome and Carthage were out of money and resources, Carthage surrendered
General who won, yet also dearly lost.
Who is Pyrrhus?
A special office given only to a member deserving of temporary yet complete control of the Roman government.
What is a Dictator?
This ancient patrician family had generals in all the Punic Wars.
Who are the Scipios?
Consul who devised his own unique way of defeating Hannibal.
Who is Fabius Maximus?
The three key characteristics of an ideal Roman.
What is a Citizen, Farmer and Warrior?
The highest religious office in charge of offerings and public supplications to the gods.
Who is the Pontifex Maximus?
This is one of the seven hills of Rome where the Senate meets and holds its government.
What is the Capitoline Hill?
The 3 epic failures of Rome during the Second Punic War.
What are the battles of Trebia, Cannae, and Lake Trasimene?
What Tiberius Gracchi meant by "Land Reform."
What is Tiberius Gracchi intended for Roman territory, mostly owned by patricians, to be distributed equally among the plebian class? This would allow land-owning plebians to pay more taxes and be eligible for the military draft.
Too much land to govern effectively, pirates endangering trade and travel, too many people to keep accountable to the law, corrupt and debaucherous central government.
What are problems that arose in the Republic after the rapid territory increase from the Punic Wars?