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Chapter 11
Question | Answer |
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The Etruscans dominated who? | They dominated Italy 8 to 5 centuries B.C.E. |
The Kingdom of Rome was located where? | The Kingdom of Rome was on the Tiber River. |
Rome nobility deposed the last Etruscan king in? | In 509 B.C.E. |
Republican constitution included two consuls which were? | The civil and military consuls. |
Consuls were elected by an assembly dominated by? | Dominated by the patricians. |
Who dominated the Roman politics in the early third century B.C.E.? | The Plebeians. |
Rome had preeminent power in? | Eastern and western Mediterranean |
Who was Gaius Marius? | He was a general who advocated land redistribution. |
Who was Julius Caesar? | He was very popular social reformer and conqueror. |
Octavion brought what to an end? | Octavion brought civil conflict to an end. |
Roman expanded into? | Mediterranean basin, western Europe, down Nile to Kush. |
Roman navy kept the seas largely free of? | Free of pirates. |
Rome had many structure and decoration like? | Statues, pools, fountains, arches, temples and stadiums. |
Rome was the first place to use this material in constructing? | Concrete. |
In The pater familiaswho ruled? | The eldest male of the family ruled. |
How much of the population were slaves? | One-third of the population were slaves. |
Who was Cicero (106-43 B.C.E.)? | He was an orator and writer on Stoicism. |
Roman roads served as? | As a way to spread religion. |
What became the Holy book of Christianity? | The Old Testament and the New Testament. |
Who was the principle figure in spread of Christianity? | Paul of Tarsus. |
It was a strong appeal to which type of people? | Lower classes, urban population, and women. |