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Unit 7

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Unit 7 Lesson 22- What were the upper class citizens called? They were called Patricians because they came from a small group of wealthy landowners.
Unit 7 Lesson 22- What are free non patricians called? They are called Plebeians because they were mostly peasants, laborers, craftspeople, and shopkeepers.
Unit 7 Lesson 22- The Patricians placed most of their power in the hands of who? The Senate. They did this because they were a group of 300 patricians that were elected by patricians. The Senators served for life and they also appointed other government officials.
Unit 7 Lesson 22- If the Plebeians didn't do much work, a lot of patricians feared what? The Patricians feared that that army would be helpless if an enemy struck Rome.
Unit 7 Lesson 22- What was a major change in the Roman government? The Patricians allowed the Plebeians to elect officials that were called Tribunes of the Plebs.
Unit 7 Lesson 23- During the second period of expansion, from 264 to 146 B.C.E., Rome and Carthage fought three major wars. What did Rome gain control of? Rome gained control of North Africa, much of Spain, and the island of Sicily.
Unit 7 Lesson 23- In 493 B.C.E., Roman leaders signed a treaty, or agreement, with their Latin neighbors to the south. What did the treaty state? The treaty stated, “There shall be peace between the Romans and all the communities of Latins as long as heaven and earth endure.”
Unit 7 Lesson 23- In 202 B.C.E., Hannibal needed to return home to defend Carthage against an attack by a Roman army. He was defeated in a battle that ended which war? The Second Punic War
Unit 7 Lesson 23- Forty years later, another civil war erupted between two ambitious generals. Who were they? Pompey and Julius Caesar
Unit 7 Lesson 23- Caesar's grandnephew and adopted son Octavian was the sole ruler of what country? Rome
Unit 7 Lesson 24- How many people were in Rome's empire capital city? Nearly one million people
Unit 7 Lesson 24- Roman laws were strict but necessary. Why were they strict? They were strict because crime was very common in Rome.
Unit 7 Lesson 24- Romans came to honor their emperors as gods. Who was one emperor that had a temple constructed to house a statue of himself made of gold? The emperor Caligula
Unit 7 Lesson 24- Family life in Rome was ruled by the what? Paterfamilias or they are also known as "father of the family".
Unit 7 Lesson 24- What were some main foods in ancient Rome? It was bread, beans, spices, a few vegetables, cheeses, and meats. Favorite drinks included plain water and hot water with herbs and honey.
Unit 7 Lesson 25- Did Rome ever solve the problem of how to peacefully transfer political power to a new leader? No
Unit 7 Lesson 25- The Romans were especially influenced by the art of who? The Greeks. It inspired historians to coin the term “Greco-Roman” art.
Unit 7 Lesson 25- The Romans learned how to use what kinds of architecture? The arch, the vault, and the dome. A vault is an arch used to support a roof. A dome is a series of vaults that form a high, rounded roof.
Unit 7 Lesson 25- What is one everyday language that Romans speak? Latin.
Unit 7 Lesson 25- Many Romans followed a philosophy known as what? Stoicism
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