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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the outcome of the second Punic war? who were the leaders for each side? | Scipio kills Hannibal |
| What happened to Julius Caesar? When and Where? | He was stabbed 23 times to death. Senate-House, March 15 44 BCE |
| Who was the first emperor of the roman empire? What name did he take for himself and what does it mean? | Octavian(2nd trium) Augustus, Majestic. |
| During the early years of the Republic who was eligible to be a senator? | Wealthy landowning aristocrats-patricians |
| Who were Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus? | Brothers who were trying to reform the ill of society. They were at murdered the orders of the Senate for their efforts |
| What happened to Mark Antony and Cleopatra? | They committed suicide to avoid the public humiliation. Octavian won the battle of Actium |
| Ptolemy is know for what? | The earth is at the center of the universe. |
| What group of people were the original settlers in the area around the Tiber Rivet (where Rome developed) | Latins |
| What type of government did the early Romans establish? Why? | Republic. No one could hold power to long |
| Who headed the Republican government(first 500 years of Rome)? | Consuls |
| Who struggled for power during the early years of the Republic? | Plebeians-Commoners Patricians-Aristocrats |
| List the reforms of Julius Caesar | Granted roman citizenship to many people in provinces. expanded the senate(made larger) by adding friends and supporters. helped the poor by crating jobs like public construction. started colonies to give |
| Pax Romana | Period of peace |
| Republic | a form of government in which the leader is not a king or queen |
| aqeuduct | A water channel |
| patricians | wealthy, aristocratic landowners who controlled the government in Rome through the Senate (during the Republic). |
| plebians | majority of people of Rome including artisans, shopkeepers, and small farmers. They had little control during the early years of the Republic. |
| gladiators | fighting animals and humans for public entertainment. |
| latifundia | a large farming estate owned by a wealthy aristocrat and run by mainly slave labor. |
| legion | a group of 5,000-6,000 soldiers organized into a large unit. They are then broken into smaller groups of 60 to 120 men. |
| triumvirate | a group of 3 rulers- political alliance of 3 people (near the end of the Republic). |
| rhetoric | the art of public speaking- Roman boys learned this in school as one of their subjects. |
| currency | Money system |
| vault | rows of arches that were built next to one another and created a curved or vaulted ceiling. It allowed Romans to build domed ceilings. |
| paterfamilias | “father of the family” oldest male who controlled the household- he had complete control over family members and family affairs. |
| praetors | important Roman officials who interpreted the law and acted as judges in court cases. |
| consuls | two officials, both patricians, who were chosen every year (usually by the Senate) to direct the Roman government (during the Republic). They headed the army and ran the government. |
| Cogn | Learn |
| cede | Go, Yeild |
| Jur | Law |
| Cred | Beleive |
| Div | God |
| Mar | Sea |
| Cise/Cide | Cut |
| grat | Pleasing |
| Corp | Body |
| Nav | Ship |
| Aud | Hear |
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