Terms
Rome's government, where elected leaders did the law-making.
What is the Republic?
A bridge-like structure that allowed soldiers to board enemy ships.
What is corvus?
According to Roman myths and legends, they founded the city of Rome.
Who were Romulus and Remus?
Two cultures that fought during the Punic Wars.
Who were the Romans and Carthaginians?
The members of the First Triumvirate.
Who were Crassus, Caesar, & Pompey?
The northern neighbors of the Romans who greatly influenced Roman culture, architecture, engineering, and religion.
Who were the Etruscans?
Roman military fighting formation.
What is testudo?
The date of the founding of Rome.
When was April 21, 753 B.C.?
Winner of the Punic Wars.
What is Rome?
The goal of the 2nd Triumvirate.
What was getting revenge for Caesar's death?
The lower-class citizens of Rome.
Who were the plebeians?
The upper-class citizens of Rome.
Who were the patricians?
The "highest" position in Roman government, where men served for 1 year.
Who was a consul?
The cause of the first Punic War.
What is Sicily?
The Gracchi brothers worked on these reforms to help the Roman people.
What is give farmers back their land?
The general of the Carthaginians.
Who was Hannibal?
Non-Roman citizen soldiers.
Who are auxiliaries?
3 rights all male citizens had.
What is voting, serving in the army, and owning land?
Hannibal decided to take his army over this mountain range to go into Italy.
What are the Alps?
This was the outcome of Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon River.
What is he was committing treason and starting a civil war?
Roman military sandals.
What were caligae?
Roman citizen soldiers.
Who are legionaries?
The written Roman law system created by the plebeians in order to gain more rights in Rome.
What are the twelve tables?
The problem caused by the latifundias in Rome.
What are overcrowded cities?
Julius Caesar was assassinated for this reason.
What is he had too much power?