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The Rise of Rome
History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were a rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome? | Etruscans |
| Who was Rome's greatest public speaker? | Cicero |
| What is an island that is part of Italy? | Sicily |
| What is a human-made channel for carrying water long distances? | Aqueduct |
| In which war did Rome defeat Carthage in 241 BC? | First Punic War |
| Who interpreted the law and act as judges? | Praetors |
| What were large farming estates worked by enslaved people? | Latifundia |
| Who were the upper class wealthy landowners? | Patricians |
| Who ruled on a temporary basis during an emergency or danger? | Consuls |
| Who were lower class artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms? | Plebeians |
| Who was in the second triumvirate? | Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus |
| What is a system of rule where Romans gave full citizenship to some conquered peoples? | Roman Confederation |
| Who was in the first triumvirate? | Crassus, Pompey, and Lepidus |
| What was 200 years of peace that began with the rule of Augustus? | Pax Romana |
| What was the legend of a Trojian hero who said to have begun Rome? | Aeneid |
| According to traditional legend, what brothers are said to have founded the city of Rome? | Romulus and Remus |
| When did the Romans take over most of Italy? | 218 BC |
| Who were the only people that could hold political office in Rome? | Patricians |
| What were Rome's first written laws? | Twelve Tables |
| In what war did Carthage attack Rome? | The second Punic war |
| In what year and month did Ceaser's enemies kill him? | March 15 in 44 BC |
| What did Octavian take the title of? | Augustus |
| What was the wall built for defense in Britiain? | Hadrian's Wall |
| What helped Rome's trade? | Currency |
| What is a peninsula that is shaped like a boot? | Italy |
| When do historians believe Rome was founded? | Between 800 BC and 700 BC |
| When did Rome become a republic? | 509 BC |
| Who was a dictator that ruled for 16 days? | Cincinnatus |
| What was the first Punic war fought over control of? | Sicily |
| Who was included in the Julio-Claudian rulers? | Tiberius, Caligula, Cladius, and Nero |
| What were produced in central Italy? | Grapes and olives |
| Who were benefited from the roman Empire's prosperity? | Merchants and skilled workers |
| What did Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus want? | Take public land from the rich and divide it amoung landless Romans |
| What is the port city on the Bay of Naples? | Puteoli |
| Rome enslaved 50,000 Carthaginians in which war? | The third Punic war |
| What is the port city at the mouth of the Tiber? | Ostia |
| What had 12 months, 365 days, and a leap year? | Julian Calander |
| What happened at the Battle of Actium? | In 31 BC, at the Battle of Actium off the west coast of Greece, Octavian crushed the army and the navy of Antony and Cleopatra. The couple ran to Egypt. A year later they killed themselves. Octavian was head. |
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