Unit 7 Quiz Review

From 1000 - 500 BCE the --- battled for supremacy in Italy 

Latins, Greeks, and Etruscan

After --- Romans vow to never be ruled by a king again 

tarquin the proud

A republic is

when citizens can vote for their leading 

The two groups in Rome are called the -- and the -- 

Patricians; Plebeians

Patricians are

wealthy landowners - most power 

Plebeians are

commoners - majority 

Prior to the --- patricians would manipulate the laws to their own benefit

12 tables

First century writes felt Rome had found the perfect balance between

democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy

The Consul was

(elected by the senate) two people who served for a year (can’t run for 10 more) commanded army, directed the government

The Senate was 

legislative branch with 300 upperclassmen (eventually the plebeians let in) made decisions on foreign policy and demonstrates affairs, assembly, wrote laws, organized by plebeians 

A Roman dictator is

has absolute power over laws and army, chosen in time of crisis - 6 months of power

The Roman army was organized

into legions - group of 5,00 armed foot soldiers and cavalry and centuries of 80 people 

The Punic Wars are between

Carthage and Rome 

In the 3rd Punic War Rome --- to Carthage 

set fire, laid siege and sold 5,000 into slavery

Rome has a large gap between the

upper class and the lower class 

\--- try to institute reforms to help the poor by limiting the size of estates and giving land to the poor

Tiberius and Gaius Graechus

The first triumvirate is made up  

Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pampoy

Caesar uses his army to conquer all of --- before he returns to Rome

Gaul

In -- BCE Caesar is told to return to Rome by the Senate because

50; Caesar is getting to powerful 

In 44 BCE Caesar was appointed   

dictator

\--- lead the plot to assassinate Caesar on

Gaius Cassius and Marcus Brutus; March 14, 44 BCE

The second triumvirate takes power in -- BCE and is made up of  

43; Octavian, Lepidus and Mark Antony

Mark Antony meets --- while fighting Roman enemies in Anatolia 

Cleopatra

Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra at --- in -- BCE

Battle of Actium; 31

Octavian takes on the title ---, and also keeps the title of

Augustus( the exiled one); of imperator

The empire is at the peak of its power from

27 BCE to 180 CE

The relative peace known throughout the empire is called

Pax Ramana 

 Augustus set up a civil service and pulls people mostly from --- class 

lower

The most important industry in the empire is --- and --- of the population participates in it 

agriculture; 90%

Trade is conducted with a silver coin called a  

denarius

The famous Roman roads were originally built for use by their  

armies

Caligula, Nero, and Domitian are all known for --- and seeing --- in everyone 

tyranny/ parancia; evil

Trajan was general in --- before he was tagged for succession by  

Germany; Nerva

Hadrian build a wall

on the northern limit of Britannia 

Marcuse Aurelius was a -- philosopher as well as the  

stoic; emperor

If you have discipline, strength and loyalty you have the virtue of  

gravitat

\--- was important part of the economy, and --- of the population were slaves 

Slavery; ⅓

Due to the great gap between the wealthy and poor the government would hand out  

rations of grains

Most of the poor lived in

tenements in the city of Rome 

To distract and control everyone the government would would

hold free games, races, mock battles, and gladiator contests  

Bye 250 CE there were -- holidays in Rome 

150