Ancient Rome

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Inscriptions carved on a variety of surfaces such as on stone, metal, bone, wood, bark or papyrus are called:

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epigraphic evidence

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Name one of the two main tales about the origin of Rome:

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Romulus and Remus

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By ancient Rome we mean the period from circa 1000 BC to:

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500 AD

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Papyrology refers to the study of:

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Papyrus

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Numismatic refers to the study of:

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Coins

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Originally Rome was ruled by

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Kings

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The group of ruling class families of Ancient Rome were called

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Patricians

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The first king of Rome was

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Romulus

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The common citizens of Ancient Rome, those who did not belong to the ruling families were called the:

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Plebs

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The main river that runs through the city of Rome is the:

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Tiber

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__________ wrote a vast history of Rome from its foundations (Ab Urbe Condita)

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Livy

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___________ was the great state poet of the Augustan age. His most famous poem is the Aeneid, modeled on Greek Homeric epic poems like the Odyssey.

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Virgil

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__________ was a great orator, lawyer and statesman. He published his speeches, treatises on government (De Re Publica)

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Cicero

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The ___________ built Rome’s first walls

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Etruscans

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In Roman mythology __________ was the king of gods and ruler of the skies. His Greek name was Zeus.

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Jupiter

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_________ was the god of war

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Mars

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___________ was the goddess of love and beauty

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Venus

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According to legend, Aeneas was the sole survivor of __________

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Troy

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Influenced by Rome’s image of power, Napoleon crowned himself as ___________ in 1804

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Emperor

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Et Pluribus Unum means ________________

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One out of many

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The three branches of government in ancient Rome were:

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- Juridictial

- Legislative

- Executive

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Two __________ were elected every year by the upper class. (They were the leaders of Rome)

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Consuls

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The Roman government was a ________________ (what kind of government was it?)

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Representative democracy

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What type of democracy was Rome?

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A representative democracy

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The __________ was a group of about 300 male

citizens who owned land.

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Senate

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Unwanted children, in Ancient Rome, could be exposed. A practiced which meant that these children were _________________

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Abandoned / left to die

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The nobles (nobiles) in Roman society were the mixture of old patrician families and wealthy:

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Farmers / fancilies

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The core component of Roman society was the:

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Family

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The ‘master of the household’ was called the:

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Paterfamilias

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The important thing about being a Roman Citizen was that each man had the right to ________ (suffragium

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Vote

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The two Roman officials who collected taxes and carry on a census were called _________

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Censors

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The Plebeians who owned a horse and could afford equipment were called the ___________

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Equites

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The legislative branch consisted in the combination of the assemblies and the __________

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Senate

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The first laws that were written down were called

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Twelve tables

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Who could be a juror in ancient Rome?

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Citizens, aristocrats, landowners etc. (Men only)

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He was born to an aristocratic family and by caesarian section. When a young man he was captured by pirates and held for ransom. When older he returned to area and killed the pirates. He was: _______________ (Dictator)

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Julius Caesar

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In a Roman legion there were _______ soldiers.

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6000

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Explain: Civitas sine suffragio:

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Citizen without the right to vote

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The colonies enjoyed certain rights granted to them by Rome. These were called:

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Civitates foederatae

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The Romans developed a community status below the colony. These smaller localities were called:

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Municipium

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The First Punic War was a conflict between Rome and _________

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Carthage

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The first of the seven kings who ruled Rome in the regal period was _________

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Romulus

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The Roman historian who wrote a history of Rome was ________

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Livy

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The Republic was founded following an atrocious act that spurred a coup d’état. This heinous act was:

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Rape of Lucretia

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The Struggle of Orders was a conflict between which two social groups within the early Republic:

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Plebs and Patricians.

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The Second Punic War was caused by Carthage’s incursion into:

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Spain

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The worst defeat that Rome had ever experienced took place at the battle of _________

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Cannae

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Hannibal was finally defeated at the battle of:

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Zama

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An ancient source for the history of the Punic Wars was written by:

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Polybius

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Who was Hamilcar Barca?

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Hannibal's father (also the main leader from Carthage)

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Works of modern scholarship about the past are called:

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Secondary sources

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Sources that are derived from the period under study are called:

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Primary sources

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After the Gracchi brothers, a new breed of antisenatorial politicians emerged. They used political skill to obtain power. They were called:

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Populares

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he ”best ones” who supported the Senate and traditional ways were called:

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Optimates

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____________ was a new man from Arpinum in Italy, rose to prominence by virtue of spectacular military successes against Jugurtha.

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Gaius Marius

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A consul could only be elected for __________ (how long).

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One year

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Who established Rome’s first standing army?

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Gaius Marius

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The Social War was a conflict between Rome and:

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Allies

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In 133 BC ______________ was elected Tribune of the Plebs. As a tribune, he tried to bring in laws to distribute public land more fairly.

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Tiberus Gracchus

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Which war was the longest war in classical history?

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The First Punic War

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What did Hannibal wear in order to disguise himself?

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Wigs

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What was the name of the new silver coin that was introduced under a time of crisis?

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Denarius

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Mark Antony was married to Octavia but had an open affair with:

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Cleopatra

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Octavian changed his name to:

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Augustus

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The first emperor of Rome was:

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Augustus

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Brutus joined the conspiracy against:

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Superbus

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Brutus later on became one of the leaders of the _____________ (the group that conspired to murder a leader of Rome).

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Triumvirate

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Hellenization: The process whereby features of _________ culture were adopted by another culture in a variety of spheres.

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Greek

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Oligarchy: Rule by __________

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Carthage

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Pontifex Maximus:

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Chief Priest (Augustus)

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Explain Principate:

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It was the new government

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The term First Triumvirate is usually applied to the pact between:

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Gaius Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great.