15275526830 | First emperor of Rome | Augustus Caesar | 0 | |
15275526831 | 1st Early Peoples of Italy | Estruscans | 1 | |
15275526832 | 2nd Early Peoples of Italy | Latins | 2 | |
15275526833 | 3rd Early Peoples of Italy | Greeks | 3 | |
15275526834 | 1st Social Class | Patricians | 4 | |
15275526835 | 2nd Social Class | Plebians | 5 | |
15275526836 | 3rd Social Class | Slaves | 6 | |
15275526837 | How much of the population was slaves | 1/3 | 7 | |
15275526838 | What were the government laws called | The Twelve Tables | 8 | |
15275526839 | How many members in the senate | 300 | 9 | |
15275526877 | What was the roman republic? | building blocks of democratic republic/represenative democracies. newly built government structure which gave people a say in their empire's decision | 10 | |
15275526878 | What are consuls? | The two most powerful magistrates in Rome | 11 | |
15275526840 | What are Praetors | 8 judges | 12 | |
15275526841 | Punic Wars | A series of 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage | 13 | |
15275526842 | What was the name of the Roman army | Legions | 14 | |
15275526843 | How many men in a legion | 4500-6000 | 15 | |
15275526844 | Citizens in legions are called | legionnaires | 16 | |
15275526845 | Who was the famous general in the second Punic Wars | Hannibal | 17 | |
15275526846 | How did Hannibal attack Rome | He took his army from Spain and marched through Gaul, and over the Alps in order to get to Rome | 18 | |
15275526847 | What made Hannibal unique in battle | War elephants | 19 | |
15275526848 | How did the Romans retaliate to Hannibals attack | They countered North Africa | 20 | |
15275526849 | How was Hannibal defeated? | He was defeated at the Battle of Zama, near carthage | 21 | |
15275526850 | What was New Wisdom? | The policy of brute force towards those conquered | 22 | |
15275526851 | How did Rome gain local support? | They started granting citizenship | 23 | |
15275526852 | The First Triumvirate | Julius Caesar, Gaius Pompey, Licinius Crassus | 24 | |
15275526853 | How long did the First Triumvirate last? | 10 years | 25 | |
15275526854 | When did Julius Caesar gain fame? | When he took command of an army in Gaul | 26 | |
15275526855 | Why are military generals in Rome so powerful? | Their army is completely loyal to them instead of the state | 27 | |
15275526856 | What is Julius Caesar known for? | He built a bridge across the Rhine River in only 10 days, and marched his army into Germania | 28 | |
15275526857 | Who was Julius Caesar's rival? | Gaius Pompey | 29 | |
15275526858 | What was the extent of the Roman empire? | Greece, Italy, France, Egypt, Spain | 30 | |
15275526859 | Who put Cleopatra on the Egyptian throne? | Julius Caesar | 31 | |
15275526860 | Was was Caesar's title? | Dictator for life | 32 | |
15275526861 | What did Julius Caesar do to the senate? | increased members from 300 to 900 | 33 | |
15275526862 | Why was Julius Caesar killed? | He was becoming too powerful | 34 | |
15275526863 | When was Julius Caesar assassinated? | March 15th, 44 BC | 35 | |
15275526864 | What was the effect of Caesar's death? | 13 years of civil war | 36 | |
15275526865 | Who was the heir to the Roman empire? | Octavian | 37 | |
15275526866 | Who took control of the Roman empire? | Marc Antony | 38 | |
15275526867 | Second Triumvirate | Marc Antony, Octavian, Lepidus | 39 | |
15275526868 | Why were octavian and antony rivals? | Antony left his wife (octavian's sister) for Cleopatra | 40 | |
15275526869 | Why did Octavian persuade the senate to declare on Antony and Cleopatra? | He accused them of plotting to rule Rome from Egypt | 41 | |
15275526870 | Which battle was Antony defeated at? | Battle of Actium | 42 | |
15275526871 | What happened as a result of Octavian gaining full rule? | Civil war ended | 43 | |
15275526872 | What was Octavian renamed? | Augustus Caesar | 44 | |
15275526873 | What was the Pax Romana? | An era of peace, prosperity, and expansion | 45 | |
15275526874 | What happened in the Coliseum? | Gladiators fought to the death | 46 | |
15275526875 | How many people could fit in the Coliseum? | 70,000 | 47 | |
15275526876 | How did they control the population? | Bread and Circus | 48 |
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