What are 2 things children were taught?

Loyalty to family and government

A short sword for stabbing or spear for throwing.

List 3 types of events held at the Coliseum.

100 days of games, gladitorial games, mock naval battles

How did Julius Caesar die?

Assassinated March 15, 44 BC by close friends.

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Rome

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Question	Answer
Name the 3 seas.	Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea
Name the volcano.	Mt. Vesuvius
Name the two rivers.	Po River and Tiber River
Which is the river to the north?	Po River
Name of the city by the Tiber River?	Rome
The region in the northwest near the Alps?	Gaul
Name of the mountains that run the length of the Italian Peninsula?	Appenines
The empire to the east across from the Adriatic Sea?	Byzantine Empire
The name of the island to the south of the Italian Peninsula?	Sicily
What is a forum?	A public meeting or marketplace.
A dictatorship?	A ruler who has almost absolute power
What is a land with different territories and people under a single rule.	An empire
A Roman ruler during the imperial age is called?	emperor
The nobles of Roman society.	Patricians
The common folk of ancient Rome.	Plebeians
The 2 most powerful officials in Rome.	Consuls
Roman officials who were appointed by the consuls.	Senate
To reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials.	Veto
A system that balances the distribution of power in a government.	Checks and balances
The language of the Romans.	Latin
A structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight above it.	Arch
A human-made raised channel that carries water from distant places	Aquaduct
A legal system based on a written code of laws.	Civil law
Roman peace, a general time of peace and prosperity in Roman empire.	Pax Romana
2 large islands considered a part of modern day Italy?	Sicily, Sardinia
According to legend, who is Rome named after?	Romulus
Rome is the captial of what country?	Italy
Besides fathers, mothers, and children who was considered a part of a family?	servants and slaves
What are 2 things children were taught?	Loyalty to family and government
How long did the soldiers stay in the army?	25 years +
What is a pilium?	A short sword for stabbing or spear for throwing.
What are aqueducts used for?	To supply water
List 3 types of events held at the Coliseum.	100 days of games, gladitorial games, mock naval battles
How many layers above the leveld ground were laid in construction of Roman roads?	5
All _____________ lead to Rome.	roads
How long did the Senators stay in office?	For life
Who did the Tribunes represent?	Common people (Plebeians)
Who fought against one another in the Punic Wars?	Rome and Carthage
Who won in the Punic Wars?	Rome
How did Julius Caesar die?	Assassinated March 15, 44 BC by close friends.
What did Octavian change his name to?	Augustus
Name the twins that were taken and thrown in the Tiber River to die?	Romulus and Remus
Who saved the twins from the river?	A she-wolf
Who ordered that the twins be thrown in the river.	King Amolius
Who found the twins and took them to their home to raise them to be young men?	A shepard
As adults they built a city together but then fought over the name. Who won and what was it called?	Romulus and Rome
City's hills gave a natural defense from what?	Invaders
What could go out to the sea from the city onto the Tiber River?	small boats
Where was the Tiber River located?	Key trade routes
What was the Roman government to begin with?	Monarchy
Who ruled as head of army, chief priest, supreme judge?	Kings
Rome was ruled with the consent of who?	Aristocrats
What is a republic?	Citizens have a right to vote and elect officials.
5509 BC who was the last king that was thrown out?	King Tarquin
Who had a right to participate in government?	All free male citizens
What did the Greeks share with the Romans from their culture?	Gods/Goddesses and Myths
The people of Rome believed their were direct decendents of what famous poet and his character in the Aeneid?	Virgil and Aeneas
Who was the most powerful ruling group in Italy?	Etruscans
By late 200 BC who ruled most of Italy?	Rome
What is a legion?	A basic unit of the Roman army
The unit of 60-160 soldiers who formed a solid line.	Maniple
What were loyal allies given for sending troops and fighting with the Romans?	Roman citizenship and voting rights
What was different about the Roman constitution compared to the US constitution?	Rome's unwritten. US written
What did the Romans not want?	To be ruled by one man. They wanted a say in their government.
AA consul's limited service consisted of how many years?	1
Through a system of checks and balances, the power was divided into how many branches?	3
A government in three parts is called a	tripartite
One branch could stop and check another from abusing their power is called	checks and balances
Who did the law apply to?	EVERYONE!
Consuls/Magistrates looked after $ and were also what?	Judges
Where did many magistrates retire to?	Senate
Who advised the consuls and ended up actually controlling Rome?	Senate
Wealthy citizens whose votes counted more, democratic, elected officials and passed laws. Who are we?	Assemblies
Judged cases, managed the city of Rome, led the armies into war, and could be elected to consul. Who are we?	Judges/Praeter
Plebeians could hold office as this, protected other plebeians, right to veto law or action of any magistrate. Who are we?	Tribunes
What type of democracy did Rome have?	Direct
What type of democracy is the US?	Representative
Rome's ruling class?	Nobles and Patricians
Less wealthy craftspeople, merchants, and land owners? (Majority of Roman society)	Plebeians (Plebs)
These people were once slave but now have freedom. Still have major restrictions on their legal rights.	Freedmen
No rights/freedom! Could be captured or bought. Property of the landowners. 1 BC, 40% may have been these.	Slaves
How many wars were in the Punic Wars?	3
Who fought in the Punic Wars?	Rome and Carthage
Carthage had a strong what?	Navy
Rome had a strong what?	Army
What were Rome and Carthage fighting for specifically?	Sicily
Carthage sent armies to Sicily so what did Rome do?	They also sent their armies.
How long did the First Punic War last?	23 years
Who won the First Punic War?	Rome
Who was the general of the Second Punic War?	Hannibal Barca
How did Hannibal attack Rome?	Invaded through the Alps in Italy with soldier, war elephants, and horses,
DWho won the Second Punic War?	Rome
Hannibal was winning! Why did he lose to Rome?	Because Rome was attacking Carthage, so he went back home to fight.
What was Hannibal's feeling about Rome?	Hated them. So much that he joined and Asian ruler to fight Rome and took his own life rather than be captured as a Roman prisoner.
What happened in the Third Punic War?	Rome sent an army to destroy Carthage once and for all! Burned the city, killed most people and sold the rest into slavery.
Rome took control of North Africa and a majority of countries along what land mark?	Mediterranean Sea
What started to cause the Roman Crisis?	Magistrates abused their power. Governement stopped. Rome grew rich but the people poorer.
123 BC a tribune tried to give land to the poor and his opponents killed him and his brother for it. Who was he?	Tiberius Gracchus
Gaius Marius improved the Roman army by providing the uniforms and the promise of land. What else did he allow that was not done before?	Allowed poor people to join the military
People started to rely more on who over the government?	Their commander
87 BC who fought to keep their job from Marius and started a civil war?	Sulla
Conquered parts of SW Asia and defeated by Julius Caesar?	Pompey
What did Julius Caesar do that angered the Roman citizens?	Made him dictator for life.
What happened on March 15, 44 BC?	Julius Caesar was murdered by his friends after a senator's meeting. Literally stabbed in the back!
Caesar's heir, Octavian, changed his name to?	Augustus
Republic died and went back to what form of government?	Monarchy - Roman Empire
First emperor of Rome?	Augustus

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