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40 Cards in this Set
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Numismatic refers to the study of: |
Coins |
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Originally Rome was ruled by |
Kings |
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The group of ruling class families of Ancient Rome were called |
Patricians |
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The first king of Rome was |
Romulus |
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The common citizens of Ancient Rome, those who did not belong to the ruling families were called the: |
Plebs |
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The main river that runs through the city of Rome is the: |
Tiber |
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__________ wrote a vast history of Rome from its foundations (Ab Urbe Condita) |
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. |
Virgil |
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__________ was a great orator, lawyer and statesman. He published his speeches, treatises on government (De Re Publica) |
Cicero |
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The ___________ built Rome’s first walls |
Etruscans |
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In Roman mythology __________ was the king of gods and ruler of the skies. His Greek name was Zeus. |
Jupiter |
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_________ was the god of war |
Mars |
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___________ was the goddess of love and beauty |
Venus |
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According to legend, Aeneas was the sole survivor of __________ |
Troy |
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Influenced by Rome’s image of power, Napoleon crowned himself as ___________ in 1804 |
Emperor |
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The three branches of government in ancient Rome were: |
- Juridictial - Legislative - Executive |
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Two __________ were elected every year by the upper class. (They were the leaders of Rome) |
Consuls |
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The Roman government was a ________________ (what kind of government was it?) |
Representative democracy |
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What type of democracy was Rome? |
A representative democracy |
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The __________ was a group of about 300 male citizens who owned land. |
Senate |
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The core component of Roman society was the: |
Family |
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The important thing about being a Roman Citizen was that each man had the right to ________ (suffragium) |
Vote |
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The two Roman officials who collected taxes and carry on a census were called _________ |
Censors |
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The Plebeians who owned a horse and could afford equipment were called the ___________ |
Equites |
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The legislative branch consisted in the combination of the assemblies and the __________ |
Senate |
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The first laws that were written down were called |
Twelve tables |
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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) |
Julius Caesar |
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The First Punic War was a conflict between Rome and _________ |
Carthage |
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The first of the seven kings who ruled Rome in the regal period was _________ |
Romulus |
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The Roman historian who wrote a history of Rome was ________ |
Livy |
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The worst defeat that Rome had ever experienced took place at the battle of _________ |
Cannae |
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Hannibal was finally defeated at the battle of: |
Zama |
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A consul could only be elected for __________ (how long). |
One year |
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Which war was the longest war in classical history? |
The First Punic War |
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What was the name of the new silver coin that was introduced under a time of crisis? |
Denarius |
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Mark Antony was married to Octavia but had an open affair with: |
Cleopatra |
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Octavian changed his name to: |
Augustus |
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The first emperor of Rome was: |
Augustus |
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Brutus later on became one of the leaders of the _____________ (the group that conspired to murder a leader of Rome). |
Triumvirate |
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Hellenization: The process whereby features of _________ culture were adopted by another culture in a variety of spheres. |
Greek |
