The Roman World

Beginnings

100

Rome began as a small city-state in this current country

Italy

200

Early Romans were ruled under the Etruscans. Their form of government was this:

Monarchy

300

Around 509 BC, the Romans wanted a government that would keep any single individual from getting too much power, so they created this type of government

Republic

400

Rome had become the rulers of the Mediterranean World after defeating who? (Name of ruler or civilization)

Hannibal or Carthage

500

The most powerful governing body of Rome as a Republic was the

Senate

Key Terms

100

In the event of war, the senate could choose this person, who was a ruler who had complete control over a government

Dictator

200

These were the poor people of Rome, opposite of the rich Patricians

Plebians

300

Despite not having much power, the Plebians were allowed to elect their own officials, called this

Tribunes

400

A Roman army made up of about 5,000 men

Legion

500

This was the title of the event when Julius Caesar was murdered

The Ides of March

Becoming an Empire

100

What did Rome do to civilizations they conquered that made the Roman rich wealthier and the Roman poor poorer?

Raised high taxes

200

This man refused to return to Rome under the senates demands, and instead returned to Rome and fight with his army

Julius Caesar

300

Name two accomplishments under Julius Caesar as dictator

Introduction of a new calendar, public works job to employ the unemployed, gave public land to the poor, gave Roman citizenship to lands he had conquered

400

Who became the Emperor after the Civil Wars occurring at Caesar's death?

Octavian (or Augustus)

500

These two brothers (name one of the two or get last name) were among the first to introduce reform, paving the way for men like Caesar to improve the lives of the poor

Tiberius and Gaius Grachus

Roman World to Today

100

A lot of Roman architecture, engineering, art, and sciences were brought about via cultural diffusion from Rome and what other civilization?

Greece

200

Much of the Roman justice system has been adopted to today. List one example of Roman laws that have been adopted in the United States

1. People of the same status are equal before the law 2. Innocent until proven guilty 3. Accused shall be allowed to face the accuser and defend the charge 4. Guilt must be proven with evidence clearer than dayilght 5. Decisions must be based on fairness, allowing judges to interpret the law.

300

Pliny had a thirst for science. He ventured too close to Mount Vesuvius and died. How?

Smothered in hot ashes.

400

Name one of the two structures Roman's advanced and made popular in todays architecture

Domes and Pillars

500

Roman poets used what kind of humor to get messages across?

Satire

Fall of Rome

100

Constantine demanded a toleration of what?

Christians in Rome

200

Rome was so big, Diocletian knew it was too hard to govern. To make it easier, he split Rome into two parts, named what?

East and West

300

The East was rich, the West, where Rome was, was poor. Constantine created a capital and named it after himself, what was the name?

Constantinople

400

Name two of the three main values Romans stopped caring about that were important when originally building the empire?

Patriotism, discipline, devotion.

500

It was this group of people, forced out by Atilla the Hun and moving into Roman territories, that was most influential in destroying and weakening the Roman military

Germanic Tribes