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Punic Wars/Caesar
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After the Punic Wars and into the time of Empire, ___________________ gained more and more power because their armies were more loyal to them than to the state. | generals |
| What the Romans called Gaul, we call. . . . | France |
| What is a civil war? | a war in which groups of people FROM THE SAME COUNTRY fight against each other |
| political group formed by Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar in 60 B.C. | the First Triumvirate |
| When Caesar returned to Roman territory with his army in 49 B.C., it was considered an act of war against Rome because | the Senate had ordered him to come to Rome without his army |
| What is a dictator? | an absolute ruler |
| How did Julius Caesar die? | stabbed to death by a group of Senators |
| When did Julius Caesar die? | March 15, 44 B.C. |
| Which English playwright wrote a play about Julius Caesar? | William Shakespeare |
| Which river was the official boundary between Rome and the provinces? | Rubicon River |
| Today, what phrase means " to make a decision from which there is no turning back"? | cross the Rubicon |
| For about a decade after Julius Caesar's death, there were many _____________ in Rome. | civil wars |
| Name the members of the Second Triumvirate. | Octavian Caesar, Marc Antony, Marcus Lepidus |
| The next dictator of Rome after Julius Caesar was _______________. | Octavian or Augustus |
| Julius Caesar's nephew changed his own name to_______________. | Augustus |
| Augustus means: | the exalted one, or the majestic one |
| Augustus strengthened Rome's ____________, making them even more feared than before. | armies |
| The armies of Rome protected the __________________ by keeping out invaders. | borders |
| During the reign of Augustus, many of Rome's buildings were rebuilt using which material? | marble |
| The Punic Wars were fought between these two powers.... | Rome and Carthage |
| When did the Punic Wars take place? | 264 --146 B.C. |
| What new device allowed Roman soldiers to board enemy ships more easily in order to fight hand to hand? | swinging gangplank |
| 3 things that contributed to the improvement in trade: | good roads, a common money system, protection of the Roman army |
| Stone structures built using arches with trenches at the top, built by the Romans to bring water from the countryside into the cities | aqueducts |
| Most famous Carthaginian general from the Second Punic War | Hannibal |
| Hannibal crossed the ______________ to attack the Romans on the Italian peninsula. | Alps |
| What did the Romans finally do to get the Carthaginian army to leave Italy during the second war? | attacked Carthage so that the Carthaginian armies would leave Rome to defend their homeland |
| The Third Punic War involved the siege of which city? | Carthage |
| After a long siege, what happened to the population of Carthage? | 80% were killed (200,000); the rest made slaves (50,000) |
| What did the Romans do to the city of Carthage? | totally destroyed it; burned it to the ground |
| Rome dominated the region around the ________________________ for centuries after the defeat of Carthage. | Mediterranean |
| Latin name for Spain: | Hispania |
| Modern-day name of country where Carthage was located: | Tunisia |
| Carthage was located in the northern part of which continent? | Africa |
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