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Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz

Chapter 36: Geography and Early Development of Rome

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Who were Romulus and Remus? 

The sons of Mars and a princess
Who first lived in the area that would become Rome?

The Latins
What landscape would an early visitor to Rome have seen?

A Latin tribe.
What tourist sites in Rome show Etruscan influence?

Archs
What was one reason why the Etruscans might build a cuniculus?

To irrigate land
Which dangerous sport did the Romans adapt from the Etruscans?

Slave fighting and chariot races.
Gladiators were mostly enslaved people who had to fight to…(what was the purpose of gladiator fights)

To entertain people.
How did Romans learn about Greek culture?

The Greeks were close to them and influenced them.

How did the Romans get their alphabet?

From the Greeks who got it from the Etrucscans.
Unlike our writing today, both Greek and Roman writing…(hint: type of letters)

Were capitalized.

Why do historians use the term “Greco-Roman art”?

Influenced by Romans and Greeks
Regarding the gods, the Romans cared more than the Greeks about…(hint: check slides)

The Romans were more concerned with following the correct rituals than with stories about their gods.
What was a major difference between Greek and Roman art?  (hint: check slides)

Romans were more realistic.

The columns were copied from Greeks and Etruscans.

Chapter 37: The Rise of the Roman Republic

Who first ruled early Rome?

Lucius Junius Brutus
According to legend, events on a visit to the oracle at Delphi determined….

Who the first ruler of early Rome would be.
In the Roman Republic, patricians referred to which type of people?

The upper class
Why were plebeians unhappy when the Roman Republic was first set up?

They had almost no power
Who set up the Roman Republic?

The senates

How did plebeians serve the republic during its early years?

As peasants, laborers, and shop-keepers.

The senates

What was one major job of the consuls?

To command the army

Plebeians rebel

What was a result of the Conflict of the Orders?

The struggle between plebeians and patricians
How could a Roman become a tribune?

Get elected by plebeians
The power of the tribunes increased when they gained the right to…

veto

Why did the plebeians want laws to be written?

So the patricians can’t change them

Plebeians got more equality

Plebeians became nearly equal to patricians when they won the right….

To have on plebeian consul

Chapter 38: From Republic to Empire
Which of the following did Rome do during the first period of expansion, before 264 B.C.E.?

Drove the last Etruscan king out of power and became a republic.
A city conquered by Rome might become a Roman ally. What was a disadvantage for the conquered city?

They  might have to pay taxes
How did Rome’s expansion affect the plebeians?

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What helped Rome to be successful during the first period of expansion?

The treaty with the latins
Why did most of the city of Rome burn down in 390 B.C.E.?

Gauls invaded and burned it down.
During the Punic Wars in Rome’s second period of expansion, Rome’s main enemy was…(where were they from)

Carthage
Which issue first led to war between Rome and Carthage?

Rome wanted control of the Mediterranean world
How did the Romans build a strong navy?

By copying the carthaginian ships

How did the general Hannibal surprise the Romans?

By marching his army through Spain and The Alps to invade Italy.
Winning the Punic Wars.

How did enslaving prisoners lead to unemployment?

Many of Rome’s people were killed in the wars.

How did expansion make civil wars larger and more harmful?

It was hard to control all the territory.

What was one cause of the end of the Roman Republic?

The civil wars
The people who murdered Julius Caesar wanted to give power back to the Senate. Instead, their action began what?

A new emperor seized power
How did Octavian become Rome’s first emperor, Caesar Augustus?

He was the son of Julius Caesar.

Chapter 39: Daily Life in Ancient Rome
What could a foreign visitor to ancient Rome expect to see in the Forum?

People shopping or trading or doing business
How did people commonly become enslaved in the Roman Empire?

By being war prisoners
Why did the Roman emperors give the poor “bread and circuses”?

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What is one example of the rule of law in the Roman Empire?

Most people had to follow certain laws and anybody can accuse anybody of anything

Who made the decisions at Roman trials?

A jury
Why would a Roman family throw a small cake into the fire?

As an offering to Vesta.
Why did Rome have many different forms of worship?

It was very large so many people practiced different religions and
When did a man become a paterfamilias?

When he was the oldest male in the household.
The poor often ate food that was….

ready to eat.

Why was the home of a wealthy Roman unlikely to burn down?

It was usually always watched and protected by the police.
What was a typical home for a poor Roman city-dweller?

Small, dark, and dirty apartments.
Which of the following might have been a student in ancient Rome?

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Why was fighting a regular event in the Colosseum?

To entertain the rich

Why did thousands of Romans go to the Circus Maximus?

To watch sporting events.

In a rich household