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western civ rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who were the legendary founders of rome | romulus and remus |
| where was rome founded | banks of tiber river and on the palatine hill |
| what is a republic | government where citizens vote for leaders |
| who were the plebians | common people- merchants and farmers |
| who were the patricians | old families- wealthy landowners |
| what were consuls and what did they do | two elected officials- commanded military and government |
| what were the 12 tables and why were they special | laws that protected everyone equally |
| what city did rome have 3 wars with and what were those wars called | carthage- punic wars |
| what was the end result of the punic wars | rome won the first one, carthage won the second one, rome won the last and gained control of spain |
| what roman general was finally able to defeat them | scipio |
| who were the members of the first triumvirate | caesar, crassus, pompey |
| who were the members of the second triumvirate | octavian, antony, lepidus |
| what route did hannibal take with his elephants to attack rome | over the alps and through spain |
| who were the gracchus brothers and what did they do that made them popular | tribunes elected to help the poor- limited the size of estates |
| of which roman province was julius caesar the governor of before he came to power in rome | gaul |
| how much of rome was slaves late in the roman republic | one third |
| which two men plotted to assassinate caesar | brutus and cassius |
| who did caesar leave most of his power and belongings to and how was he related | augustus caesar- nephew and adopted son |
| what was the battle of actium and why was it important | octavian defeated cleopatra and antony, and he was put in charge |
| what was the pax romana | period of peace and prosperity |
| what architectural concept made the aqueducts possible | arches |
| who id rome respond to the jewish revolt in 70 ad | destroyed judeah |
| why did diocletian divide the empire into two parts | too large for one person to rule |
| which of rome's emperors were the five good emperors | nerva trajan hadrian pius aurelius |
| how did emperor constantine legitimize the christian church | edict of milan |
| who was the leader of the huns | attila |
| why did constantine build a new capital at byzantium/ constantinople | gain control of the east |
| what year did the fall of the roman empire take place | 476 ad |
| what month day and year was julius caesar assassinated | march 15, 44 bc |
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