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ancient Rome
Ancient Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forum | A roman public meeting place. |
| Dictatorship | Someone that has almost absolute power. |
| Empire | Land with different territories and people under single rule. |
| Emporer | Name of the Roman ruler during imperial age. |
| Patricians | The nobles in Roman society. |
| Plebians | The common people of Rome society. |
| Consuls | Two most powerful offiicials of Rome. |
| Senate | Roman officials: appointed by the consuls. |
| Veto | To reject or prohibit laws from other officials. |
| Checks &Balances | System that balances the distrubution of power of officials |
| Latin | The language of romans. |
| Arch | Structure that spans a space & supports the weight above it. |
| Aqueduct | A human made raised chanel that carries water from far distances. |
| Civil Law | A legal system based on written codes of law. |
| Pax Romana | Roman peace, a general time of peace & prosperity. |
| Rome is the capital of what | Italy |
| Besides mother, father, and children what was considered the other part of the family | Slaves & Servant's |
| How long did soldiers of Ancient Rome stay in the army | 25 years at least |
| what is a pilum | A throwing spear |
| list two of the events the coliseum was used for | Mock naval battles and Gladiator battles |
| How many layers were on the leveled road | six levels |
| All roads lead to _____ | All roads lead to ROME |
| How long did senators hold office | For life |
| Who did the tribunes represent | Common people |
| Who fought in the punic wars | Rome & Carthage |
| How did Julius Caesar die | He was assasinated |
| What three groups invaded Roman controlled Britain | Jutes Angles, Saxons |
| List three languages that developed from Latin | Spanish, French, and Romanian |
| What town did Mt. Vesuvius destroy in 79 AD | Pompeii |
| What empire is East of Gaul | Byzantine empire |
| What mountain range is south of Gaul | The alps |
| What river is South of the alps | The PO river |
| What is the name of the peninsula that looks like a boot | The Italian peninsula |
| What mountain range runs down the Italian peninsula | The Appenines |
| Name the three seas | Tyrrhenian, Ionian, Adriatic |
| what two islands are under Carthaginian rule | Sicily, Sardinia |
| What rule is in the Tiber river | The Tiber river |
| Where is Rome located on | On the peninsula of Italy |
| What continent is Rome on | Europe |
| ______ is the highest mountain range that separates Italy from the Italian peninsula | alps |
| Several rivers provided water and ___ routes | trade |
| _____river flows near Rome | Tiber |
| The _____river flows near the alps | Po |
| Flat _______provides land for farming | Plains |
| The legend of Romulus and ______ | Remus |
| What animal rescued the twins Romulus and Remus from the creek of the Tiber river | A female wolf |
| As adults they fought for the name of what city | Rome |
| Who killed who giving Rome its name | Romulus killed Remus |
| What was romes constitution | A system of rules by which a government is organized. |
| Was the Romans constitution written or unwritten | unwritten |
| Based on _______ and _________ | tradition and custom |
| What was the separation of power | Power was shared among different people with set roles. |
| How many kings did the Romans. | They didn't want to be ruled by one man |
| What did Romans do to maintain control of conquered land | The Roman confederation |
| Rome conquered latin states in ___ B.C. | 264 B.C. |
| What did Romes constitution consist of | A system of Rules by which a government is organized |
| What are the two factors that make the Romans constitution different from others | Unlike the U.S. constitution it was unwritten and based on tradition and customs |
| In the roles of the republic how was separation of power handled | Power was shared among different people with set roles. |
| How many Kings did the Romans want to rule | not one |
| To make sure no single man had absolute power how did they do it | They split the office by 2 or more men |
| What could each consul do to their opposite consul | They could veto each other |
| Also limited to how many years in office | Held office for 1 year |
| How many branches were in the Roman government | 3 branches to split the power |
| In Rule of Law The law applied to how many people | Everyone |
| Elected officials could be what after violating the law when their term was over | They could be tried in court |
| A government with three parts is called | a tripartite |
| One branch could stop and check another from what | misusing its power |
| what did consuls do | govern the city |
| Rome during 753-509 B.C. was under control of different kings. The last two kings were who | Etruscan |
| Who fought against each other in the Punic wars | Rome and Carthage |
| Carthage is a city in north what | north Africa |
| Carthage had a strong | Navy |
| Rome had a strong | army |
| The first Punic war lasted how many years | 23 |
| Carthage sent armies to Sicily, so Rome sent | Responding Foot soldiers |
| Who won and took control of Sicily | Rome won |
| Led by Carthage general named what? | Hannibal |
| What did Hannibal invade | Italy |
| Hannibal invaded Italy from the north when | 218 B.C. |
| Hannibal's army consisted of what | Soldier's, elephant's, and horse's |
| Hannibal's army defeated Rome's troops but he still lost why? | Because the Roman general Scipio came and was attacking the city of Carthage |
| Who was Hannibal | He was one of the greatest general's, greatly disliked Rome, killed himself so he wouldn't have to be a Roman slave. |
| Hannibal made a blood oath when he was a child to his father to never be a friend to who | Rome |
| Why did Carthage want the outer islands of Italy | So they could control exports and imports |
| In the third punic war Rome sent an army to destroy Carthage, who won? | Rome easily won |
| Rome burned the city of Carthage Doing what? | Killing most people, sold the rest to slavery |
| Rome took control of North Africa and the majority of countries along what? | The Mediterranean sea |
| What happened in the Roman crisis | Magistrates began to abuse power |
| What slowly stopped working | The government |
| Who grew rich but their people got poorer | Rome |
| Government feared what? | A revolt |
| Who tried to give land to the poor but his opponents killed him and his brother | Tiberuis graccus |
| Which consul changed and improved the Roman army | Gaius Marius |
| 100 B.C. he allowed who to join the military. What did it do to the Roman army? | He allowed poor people to join the army. It made the army more powerful. |
| The army relied on who to make the government give them land when they retired? | The commander |
| Soldiers more loyal to who than the government | Commander |
| Land= what? | Power |
| Sulla fought to keep his job from who | Marius |
| What war did they fight and who won | they fought a civil war and Sulla kept his job |
| Gnaeus Pompey conquered parts of S.W. what? | Asia |
| Gnaeus Pompey Teamed up with who | Gaois Julius Caesar |
| Ran Government, Later fought in a what | Civil war |
| Caesar defeated Pompey made himself what | Dictator for life |
| March 15, 44 B.C. was the date of what. | He was murdered by a group of senators that wanted to stay a republic |
| who was Caesars heir | Octavian |
| Octavian defeated who? | The murderers of Caesar |
| Octavian also defeated who? | Cleopatra and Marc Antony |
| Republic now what? now a what? | Republic now dead now a monarchy |
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