Early Rome Map and Government Quiz

Rome is also known as

The City on Seven Hills

The founders of Rome

Latins

Three groups that helped influence Rome

Latins

Etruscans

Greeks

Etruscan influences on Rome

Artistic Style

Road building techniques

Alphabet

Greek influences on Rome

Government

Greek and Roman architecture

Religion

The early Roman government

Republic

republics also known as

“representative democracy”

“indirect democracy”

the citizens part in republic

elect representatives

the beginning of true Rome

509 BC

Progressive elements of Roman Republic

Checks and Balances

Separation of Powers

“Branches” of gov’t

Term limits

The executive branch consists of

consul, censor, aedile, quastor

facts about the consuls

2 of them

one year terms

commander-in-chief

veto power over other consuls

appoint dictators

veto meaning and end goal

“I forbid”

no one is a dictator

facts about censors

2 of them

18-month terms

census takers

supervise moral conduct

facts about aediles

4 of them

public works

public entertainment

supervise moral conduct

facts about quastor

20 of them

treasurers

made up the legislative branch

senate, tribunes, popular assembly

facts about senate

300 of them

made up of wealthy men

composed of patricians

controlled public funds

controlled foreign policy

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word origin

senex - “old man”

aristocrats names in Rome

Patricians

non-aristocrats in Rome

Plebeians

facts about tribunes

10 elected by popular assembly

veto power over senate and officials

tribunes are the most targeted

* by violence and bribery from senate and officials

facts about popular assembly

several different assemblies

composed largely of plebeians

passed laws

declared war/peace

gets weaker as the senate gets stronger

elected tribunes

made up the judicial branch

praetors

facts about praetors

during war

* commanded armies

during peace

* oversaw the legal system
* interpreted legal questions + rulings

facts about dictators

6-month terms in times of emergencies

given full military and judicial authority

cincinnatus

appointed twice

did his job and gave power right back

checks and balances

a system that ensures no one branch or official will overpower the government

examples in Rome

consuls can veto each other

tribunes can veto senate/officials

consuls must rule with advice of senate/officials

consuls must seek legal guidance of praetors

the conflict of the orders

struggle between roman social classes

patricians

aristocrats/nobles

controlled government of legal system

plebeians

all non-patricians

could not hold high office (just assemblies)

could not know the laws - so they didn’t know if they were breaking them and they were being punished and not knowing why

overtime

plebeians fight for more rights

450 BC

the twelve tablets

what were the twelve tablets

Roman law displayed for the first time, though plebeians gain rights, government remains unbalanced

problems in the republic

class conflict

senate will become too powerful

dictators - have potential for abuse

Romes biggest rival

Carthage

facts about Carthage and why they were considered a superpower

big trade power

* wealth
* center of ideas
* International connections

large population

apartment buildings

* limestone
* plumbing system

massive harbor

* merchants and navy

exploration and conquering

* made them very big/expand

ancient name of France

Gual

one of the rivers that formed Rome’s boundary with the Germanic lands

Danubi

one of the rivers that formed Rome’s boundary Germanic lands

Rhine

mountain range just north of the Italian peninsula

Alps

river that flows through Rome

Tiber

built upon seven ______

hills