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Rome studystack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What mountain range runs down the middle of Italy? | Apennines Mountains |
| What 2 large islands are considered a part of a modern day Italy? | Sicily and Sardinia |
| According to the legend, who is Rome named after? | Romulus |
| Rome is the capital of what country? | Italy |
| Besides farther,mother and children,who was considered a part of the family? | Servants and slaves |
| What are 2 things children were taught? | To be loyal to their family and Republic |
| How long did the soldiers stay in the army? | At least 25 years |
| What is a pilum? | A spear |
| What are aqueducts used for? | To supply towns with water |
| What did Romans use to make their buildings bigger and wider? | Arches |
| List three types of events which occurred at the coliseum? | Mock naval battles ,fights 100 day games |
| How many layers above the leveled ground were laid in construction of Roman roads? | 5 layers |
| A common saying "All Lead to Rome." | Roads |
| How long did Senators hold office? | For life |
| Who did the Tribunes represent? | The common people |
| Who fought against one another in the Punic Wars? | Rome and Carthage |
| Who was the victor at the end of the wars? | Rome |
| How did Julius Caesar die? | He was assassinated by his friends he was stabbed |
| To what did Octavian change his name? | Augustus Caesar |
| What three groups invaded Roman controlled Britain? | Jutes, Anyles and Sations |
| What part of the Roman Empire did the Vandals invade? | West and south of the Romans empire |
| Which island in he Mediterranean sea was completely Christian by 300 AD? | Crete |
| Which three continents had Christian areas by 400 AD? | Europe, Asia and Africa |
| What language did the Romans use for government and business? | Latin language |
| List three languages which developed from Latin? | French,Spanish and Portuguese |
| What is the Roman numeral for 10? | x |
| What is the Roman numeral for 50? | L |
| What is the Roman numeral for 100? | C |
| What town did Mount Vesuvius bury in 79 AD? | The cite of Pompai and Herculaeun |
| What did the hot ash leave behind once it cooled? | Casts of Vitames |
| What three groups invaded Roman controlled Britain? | Jutes, Anyles and Sations |
| What part of the Roman Empire did the Vandals invade? | West and south of the Romans empire |
| Which island in he Mediterranean sea was completely Christian by 300 AD? | Crete |
| Which three continents had Christian areas by 400 AD? | Europe, Asia and Africa |
| What language did the Romans use for government and business? | Latin language |
| List three languages which developed from Latin? | French,Spanish and Portuguese |
| What is the Roman numeral for 10? | x |
| What is the Roman numeral for 50? | L |
| What is the Roman numeral for 100? | C |
| What town did Mount Vesuvius bury in 79 AD? | The cite of Pompai and Herculaeun |
| What did the hot ash leave behind once it cooled? | Casts of Vitames |
| What are the two main rivers in Rome? | The Tiber and Po river |
| What are the 3 seas? | Adriatic sea ,Ionian sea and the Tyrrhenian sea |
| What are the 2 mountains? | The Alps and Apennines Mountains |
| What is the volcano ? | Mt. Vesuvius |
| Where does the Po river flows? | Near the Alps |
| Where does the Tiber river flow? | Near Rome |
| What does flat plains provide? | Land for farming |
| What is the continent of Rome? | Europe |
| Who is Rome named after? | Romulus |
| Did Romulus or Remus die? | Remus |
| What happened approx 800 Bc ? | Archeologists discovered that people settled in Rome |
| What were loyal allies given? | Roman citizenship and voting |
| What happened by late 200 BC? | Rom ruled all of Italy |
| What happened as Rome grew? | Rome connected with others Italian people and borrowed cultures |
| What does Latin mean? | The language of the Roman people speak Latin |
| What does Arch mean? | A structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight above it |
| What does Aquedue mean? | A human made raised channel that carries water distant places |
| What does Civil Law mean? | A legal system based on a writer code of laws |
| What does Pax Romana mean? | Roman peace, a general time of peace and prosperity in Roman empire |
| What does Plebeians mean? | The common people of Ancient Rome |
| What does consuls mean? | The two most powerful officials in Rome |
| What does Senate mean? | Roman officials who were appointed by the consuls |
| What does Veto mean? | To reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials |
| What does Checks and Balences mean? | A System that balances the distribution of power in a goverment to stop or limit |
| What does Forum mean? | A Roman public meeting place |
| What does Dictatorship mean? | A ruler who has almost absolute power |
| What does Empire mean? | Land with differant terrories people under a single rule |
| What does Emperor mean? | Name of the Roman rule durning the imperial age |
| What does Patricians mean? | The nobles in Roman Society |
| What happened around 1000 BC ? | Latins enter the region |
| What happened 500 BC? | Republic created |
| What happened 150 BC? | The twelve Tables were the first written code of law |
| What happened in 44 BC? | Julius Caesar was assassinated |
| What happened 476 AD? | Roman Empire collapse |
| What happpend 45 BC? | End of the Roman Republic |
| What happened in 700 Bc? | Greekes settled in Italy and taught Romans Greek culture |
| How many foot soldiers or infantry was there? | 4000 to 5000 soliders |
| What is in Romes Social Hierarchy? | Senators, Nobles and Patricians, Plebeians, Freedmen and Slaves |
| What are things about Senators? | They are the wealthiest Nobles and had great political power |
| what are things about Nobles and Patricians? | They are officials and Advisors , landowners and Romes ruling class |
| What are things about Plebeians ? | The are majors of the Romes class , less wealthy,craft people, merchants and landowners |
| What are things about Freemen? | They were slaves, now free and major restrictions on legal rights |
| What are things about slaves? | They were the lowest class, no freedom and considered property of the land owners |
| What are the two chief executive in Roman Republic? | Consuls and Praetors |
| What does Consuls do ? | They led the Roman army into battles and ran the government |
| What does Praetors do ? | They were in charge of civil law in Rome |
| How did the Roman Republic maintain power? | The Roman Republic maintained power by having strength, political and social property's |
| What is a Republic | A Republic is a form of Government where the power is held by the people and their representative |
| What was the Triumvirate? | A Triumvirate is a political alliance |
| What are the three Roman Society? | The common people, the weather and Slavery |
| How did Roman religion change? | Women had more rights then the women in Greece did |
| Who ruled the family's? | Men |
| Who owned all property's? | The oldest man |
| who could sell children into slavery or kill them? | Men |
| Who had more freedom than the Greek's? | Women |
| Who could own personal property's? | Women |
| Who could not vote, attend assemblies or hold office? | Women |
| What was the most important role? | Have children and raise them to follow traditions |
| What was the Roman republic surrounded by? | Enemies |
| What happened by 264 BC? | Rome conquered Latin states |
| What were traits of the Roman? | Duty,discipline and courage |
| What did Rome excelle in ? | Military accomplishments |
| What did Romans do to maintain controll? | The Roman Confederation |
| When were Romen ablee to keep control and role Italy? | 264 BC |
| What happened 218 Bc-201 Bc? | The second Punic War |
| What happened 149 BC-201 Bc | The third Punic war |
| hat was Hannibal considered? | Hannibal was considered one of the greatest military generals |
| Who many men did Carthage lead in the second Punic War ? | He led 46000 men |
| What did Rome raised in the final Punic War? | Rome raised a new army |
| How many wars were there? | There were 3 major wars |
| How long were the 3 major wars? | They fought for over 100 years |
| Carthage had a much stronger what? | Navy |
| Why did the Romans and Carthage fight in Wars? | The Romans fought in battle to expand as well as protect their empires |
| Who were the Senators? | They were the wealthiest Nobles in society |
| Who were the Nobles and Patriots? | These men were officials and advisers who excelled in land owning and were also the ruling class of Rome |
| Who were the Plebeians? | They were less wealthy and held jobs as merchants or craftspeople, and some were land owners |
| Who were the freedmen? | Freedmen were former slaves who recovered their freedom but still lied with major restrictions |
| Who were slaves ? | Slaves were the lowest class in the social ladder with no freedoms or rights |
| Who were the Praetors? | Praetors were directly below the consul , in charge of the civil law in Rome |
| Who settled in Italy? | Both Etruscan and Greek people |
| What happened in 509 BC? | Romans overthrew the last king and became a Republic |
| What was Hannibal Barca well know for ? | He was considered one of the greatest military strategies of all time,with many achivement in warfare and a flair for the creative |
| How did Rome win the First Punic War? | Rome sent a fleet to defeat the navy of the coast of Sicily after realizing they could not win a war at sea |
| What became of Carthage at the end of the Third Punic War? | Carthage was destroyed by the Romans when defeated thousands upon thousands of Carthages were sold into slavery |
| Who did the Romans fight in the Punic Wars? | The Punic Wars were between Carthage and Rom |
| Rome had a stronger what? | Rome had a stronger army |
| Carthage had a stronger what? | Carthage had a stronger Navy |
| How long did the First Punic War last? | Lasted 23 years |
| Who won the First Punic War? | Rome won and took control of Sicily |
| Who was the Second Punic War lead by? | It was led by a Carthage general named Hannibal |
| Who won the Second Punic war ? | Rome won because they had to return to Carthage because Rome was attacking |
| Who was Hannibal? | He was one of the greatest generals, greatly disliked Rome and after the Punic Wars he fled to Asia and joined a king fighting Romans there |
| Who won the Third Punic War? | Rome won easily |
| How did Rome win the Third Punic War? | Rome sent a army to destroy Carthage |
| What did Rome do after they won the Third Punic War? | Rome burned the city Carthage, killed most people and sold the rest to slavery |
| What did Rome do as a results of winning all three of the Punic War? | Rome took control of North Africa and the majority of the countries along the Mediterranean sea |
| What did Magistrates began to abuse? | Magistrates began to abuse their power |
| What did the Government slowly stop ? | Government slowly stopped working |
| Rome grew what? | Rome grew richer but people grew poorer |
| Government feared what? | Government feared a revolt |
| What happened in 123 BC? | Tribune Grouchy tried to give land to the poor, his opponents killed him and his brother |
| What did Gaius Marius changed/improve? | Gaius Marius changed/improved the Roman army |
| What happened in 100 Bc? | He allowed poor people to join the military which made army powerful |
| Why did the relied on the commander? | Relied on the commander to make government give them land when they retired |
| Soldiers were more loyal to who? | Soldiers more loyal to commanders than government |
| What happened in 87 BC? | Sulla fought to keep his job from Marius |
| Gnaeus Pompey conquered parts of what? | He conquered parts of Sw Asia |
| Who did Gaois team up with? | He teamed up with Julis Caeser |
| Caesar made himself what? | Caesar made himself dictator for life |
| What happened March 15 , 44 BC? | He was murdered by a group of Senators { they wanted to stay a Republic] |
| What happened 30 Bc? | He ruled Rome |
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