Midterm 1

CLAS 404 Intro to Roman Civilizations flashcards for Midterm 1 w/ Michael Leese

In the Twelve Tables, the Vestal Virgins are mentioned as being unique among women how:

They do not need a guardian

Who was Rhea Silvia?

Vestal Virgin who gave birth to Romulus and Remus

Which measures were NOT eventually adopted to address the wealth inequality between Patricians and Plebeians?

Land redistribution

In what year were the resolutions passed by the Consillium plebis binding on all Roman citizens?

287 BCE

In what year was the city of Rome founded, according to legend?

753 BCE

Who is the mother of Aeneas, the legendary founder of the Roman people?

Venus (Aphrodite)

What was NOT a legally-accepted punishment for debtors who could not pay their debts?

Bankruptcy

Why did ROmulus kill Remus?

He jumped over the walls of his city

From what nation were the Tarquins, the last kings of Rome?

Etruscans

In what year was the Republic founded?

509 BCE

Which trick did Hannibal use to escape the trap the Romans set for him in the mountains

Set cattle on fire to make them stampede

Who attacked the city of Rome at the head of an enemy army?

Coriolanus

What did the Etruscans originally invent that were adopted by the ROmans?

Togas and lictors

What year did the Celts from Gaul sack the city of Rome?

390 BCE

Which of the following was not permitted under the so-called Latin Rights?

Voting in the Comitia Centuria

Which branch of the Roman government is controlled by the treasury?

The senate

What was Hannibal’s overall strategy in waging war against the Romans in Italy?

Flip the alliance of the Greek cities in South Italy

How did Crassus acquire his enormous fortune?

Buying up burning buildings and rebuilding them

Whose treasury allowed Rome to cancel taxes for all citizens when it was brought back to Italy?

Macedonia

Whose treasury allowed Tiberius Gracchus to get funding for his land reform bill?

Pergamum

Who was the first dictator of Life in the Roman Republic

Sulla

Whose support base did Julius Caesar inherit?

Marius

Which general was given the first command of the entire Mediterranean above all other generals?

Pompey the Great

Which general refused to fight Hannibal in the open?

Fabius Maximus

What year did Tiberius Gracchus serve as tribune?

133 BCE

How many CElts did Caesar kill while waging his war of conquest in Gaul?

1,000,000

Which general did Pompey the Great help during the Roman Civil Wars?

Sulla

Which general saved the Romans from Cimbri and Teutones

Marius

How many years did Hannibal dominate the Italian countryside?

15

Who passed interest rate reduction and maximum rent prices to help the plebs?

Julius Caesar

What was Rome’s first overseas province?

Sicily

What was the core of Tiberius Gracchus’ land reform bill?

Enforce the 500-iugera limits of the ager publicus law

What year did Augustus defeat Antony and Cleopatra at Actium?

31 BCE

How many years of pay did Augustus give military soldiers in their retirement packages?

14 years

Which of the following people did Augustus’ daughter Julia NOT marry?

Marius

Which of the following was a part of Augustus’ morality legislation?

Marriage is required for unmarried and widowers

What year were the Lectinio-Sextian Regulations passed?

367 BCE

When did the first Punic War begin?

264 BCE

When was the FIrst Macedonian War?

215-205 BCE

What year did the Battle of Zama take place?

202 BCE

Why was Tiberius Gracchus assassinated?

For trying to be a “Rex”

What year did Tiberius GRacchus pass the Tribuneship (Land reform bill)?

133 BCE

What did Sulla do with the land of his murdered enemies?

H elet the veterans of the Civil Wars have the land

What year was Caesar assassinated?

44 BCE

What does in Manu marriage entail?

Fathers rights get transferred to the husband when a women gets married

Which of the following is NOT something that the Patria Potestas allows fathers to do?

Can give his money to his daughters instead of his sons if he wants

Which of the following is NOT true about dowry?

She does not have to share it with anyone

Who was the second King of Rome

Numa

What year did the Twelve Tables of Roman Law passed?

450 BCE

Which of the following were the Consuls NOT able to do?

Declare war

Which of the following is NOT true for the Senate’s power?

Veto power

Which of the following does the Comitia Centuria NOT have the power to do?

Summon assemblies and the Senate

How many years did Augustus reign?

43 years

What year did the Roman Empire become a thing?

31 BCE

Which of the following was not a part of Augustus’ Grand Dole reforms?

He let them celebrate for 30 days

Who were the Praetorian Guard?

First soldiers to be stationed in Rome

How did Hannibal win the Battle at Trebia River in 218 BCE?

He hid his people in the freezing cold water

Who was Scipio?

Roman general who invaded Carthage and defeated Hannibal at Zama

Who was Aemilius Paulus?

Roman general who defeated Perseus and enslaved 150,000 Greeks

What empire did Alexander the Great defeat?

Persian Empire

WHo was the rival of Gaius Marius?

Sulla

What Roman general defeated Sparticus?

Crassus

Who was Hasdrubal related to?

Hannibal

Which place had the best cavalry in the world?

Numidia

Which ROman leader proposed the land reform bill?

Tiberius Gracchus

When was the Jugurthine War?

112-106 BCE

Who was elected consul for 5 consecutive terms?

Marius

What year did Spartacus’ slave revolt take place?

73 BCE

How many Greeks did Aemilius Paullus enslave in 167 BCE?

150,000

What battle did Hannibal win that allowed him to take over Italy?

Battle of Cannae