12 bronze tables. This allowed the laws to be public for everyone to see.
100
How many people are in a legion?
5,000
100
Large farms
Latifundias
100
What happened to Julius Caesar?
murdered by the senators
They feared he was getting too powerful. He had a son with Cleopatra and believed he was a god. He gave many rights to the common people and limited the influence of the senate.
200
Poor people
Plebeians
200
A consul had the power to say no or
Say no
200
What happened during the 2nd Punic War?
Hannibal tried to attack Rome using Elephants. This was unsuccessful. Hannibal spent 15 years traveling around Europe burning and looting villages. Finally the Romans went to Carthage which forced Hannibal to return home. There he lost.
200
How did Hannibal influence farming?
Since many of the fields were destroyed only the rich could purchase land. The bought small farms and created latifundias. Many of the fields were cared for by slaves.
200
Sulla was known for
disobeying orders and asking his troops to seize Rome
He started a civil war
300
Government where citizen chose who rules
Republic
300
How many senators were there for life?
300
300
What happened during the first Punic War? What helped Rome to victory?
Rome won the first Punic War because they copied the Carthaginians ships and built a plank to connect ships.
300
What happened to people who could not afford to own farm land?
They moved to the cities which were very crowded. Taxes went up. The poor become poorer.
300
What were two of Caesar's reforms?
gave land to soldiers
build public buildings
gave jobs to thousands of Romans
paid for Gladiatorial games
doubled the size of the senate -- cutting each senator's power in half
400
Job where people are selected for one year to rule with another
Consuls
400
Job of a tribune
protect the rights of the Plebeians
400
What did the Romans do to Carthage after the 3rd Punic War?
They killed or enslaved the people
destroyed fields and buildings
400
What was a Publicans job?
To collect taxes. Often people were charged extra for taxes. This was not managed well.
400
Who was in the Triumvirate with Caesar?
Crassus -- had to drink molten gold after losing the battle
Pompey-- lost his head
500
Caesar ruled as part of this group
Triumvirate
500
Before Rome was a republic, what form of government did it have?
Kingdom
500
List three modern day countries that the Romans conquered
Macedonia, Sicily, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Italy
500
Why did slavery become more widely accepted in Rome?
Many of the conquered nations used slavery. People were needed to farm the fields after the rich created the latifundias.
500
Tiberius Gracchus wanted to
limit the amount of land someone could own
Divide up land for the poor
get rid of the tribune