What is?/What was?
What is latifundia?
Large Farming Estates
Who are the patricians and the plebians?
The patricians were the wealthy and the plebians were all the average people.
Who fought in the Punic Wars?
The Roman Empire and the Carthaginian Empire.
How many hills was Rome built on?
Seven
What is a republic?
A government where the citizens are in charge, and where there is no king/queen.
Who were the consuls?
The top two officials who were allowed to veto each other's decisions.
What were they fighting for?
They were fighting for Sicily in the first Punic War.
For the 2nd Punic War they were fighting over Spain, Italy, Sardinia, and North Africa.
In the third Punic War, they were fighting over Carthage.
Which river gave Rome a source of water?
Tiber River
What is the Pax Romana?
A period of time called the Roman Peace.
Who were praetors and dictators?
Praetors were people who interpreted the law and acted as judges in court.
Dictators were people who had complete control but served and ruled on a temporary basis during emergencies
Who won 1st Punic War, 2nd Punic War, and the 3rd Punic War?
The Roman Empire won all of them.
Which strait separates Sicily from Rome?
Strait of Messina
Why were farmers sinking into debt?
Because they fought in Rome's wars, took damage to farms, and could not compete with the wealthy people who took over them as slaves.
Who was part of the first Triumvirate? (Hint= JC Penny)
Julius Ceaser, Crassus, and Pompey.
Who were the generals on each side of the war?
For the 1st Punic War, Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey were the generals for the Roman Empire.
Why was Rome so strong?
They had a republic, they had good soldiers, they had tough discipline.
Who was part of the second Triumvirate? (Hint= ola!)
Octavian, Lepidus, and Antony
How did Rome's geography help it prosper?
It isolated them from enemies and they were able to farm due to water being close to the land.
How did Julius Caesar rise to power?
He rose to power when he was in the first triumvirate but also by defeating Pompey and then ruling Rome alone. He also rose to power when he put new members in the Senate to add to his supporters.