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CLEP History Ancient Rome
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1. Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
Tiber River
Gracchi brothers
quaestor
toga candidata
2. Subdivisions of the roman army - a unit of of two centuries that fought independently from other maniples. Roughly 120 men in 4 groups: velites - hastati - principes - triarii
imperium
Patricians
maniples
Marius
3. The 'best men' who believed in working through the Senate and in gaining power through the Senate and in gaining power through the traditional means of family alliances - patronage - etc
Cato the Elder
aedile
equestrians
Optimates
4. War from 91-89 BCE between Rome and most of the Italian allies. As a result of this civil war - the Senate granted citizenship to Rome's Italian allies.
Nero
Social war
Tiber River
dictator
5. Magistrate in charge of games - markets or buildings
equestrians
Republic
aedile
legion
6. Two officials from the patrician class were appointed each year of the Roman Republic to supervise the government and command the armies
censor
Client system
peoples tribute
consuls
7. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Republic
quaestor
Gracchi brothers
Etruscans
8. Wealthy Roman senator -ended all speeches with 'Carthage must be destroyed'
Cato the Elder
Twelve tables
maniples
aedile
9. To wear out an opponent by delay or evasion rather than confrontation; Fabian was a very successful Roman general.
Bread and circuses
Scipio the Younger
praetor
Fabian tactics
10. (149-146 BCE) was due to a treaty put in place after the second Punic war which made all military action done by Carthage need to be accepted by Rome. Carthage did not do this when a roman ally attacked them. So Rome attacked Carthage and destroyed t
quaestor
Client system
Cato the Elder
third punic war
11. The son of Scipio the Elder - who led the Roman forces to begin the third war against Carthage and destroy it
quaestor
Gracchi brothers
Scipio the Younger
maniples
12. A magistrate who could veto the senate
Bread and circuses
peoples tribute
Plebians
Latifundia
13. The three supporters of Julius Caesar (Mark Antony - Lepidus - and Octavian) who controlled Rome after defeating Caesar's murderers
praetor
Twelve tables
toga candidata
Second triumvirate
14. Roman politicians who sought to pursue a political career based on the support of the people rather than just the aristocracy.
Populares
first punic war
Cato the Elder
peoples tribute
15. They were second to the consuls; were primarily judicial officials (judges); They had to be at least 39 years old
praetor
first punic war
toga candidata
Populares
16. Became consul and began to recruit his army in a new way. He recruited volunteers from the urban and rural poor who owned no property. These volunteers swore an oath to the general - not to the roman state. He created a new system of military recruit
praetor
Optimates
aedile
Marius
17. In the early Roman Republic - one of the richest classes in the Roman army - those who could afford to maintain a horse. By the late Republic - their role expanded into banking and commerce.
Fabian tactics
Populares
equestrians
phalanx
18. March 15 - 44 BC the day Ceasar was murdered
Ides of March
Bread and circuses
Sulla
third punic war
19. The wealthy class in Roman society; landowners
Patricians
quaestor
second punic war
equestrians
20. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
Nero
Patricians
Social war
second punic war
21. A major river in Italy; Rome is built on its banks
Pax Romana
first punic war
Jugurthine war
Tiber River
22. A Roman general and a conservative politician - holding the office of consul twice as well as the dictatorship. A gifted and effective general - Sulla marched his armies on Rome twice - enjoying the absolute power of a dictator. As dictator - he enac
Client system
Sulla
Pax Romana
censor
23. 112-105 BCE An important war as it shows the difficulties Rome had in the 2nd century with foreign allies and deciding when it is appropriate to intervene. Marius obviously played a role in this fight against Jugurtha although it is interesting to re
dictator
Augustus Caesar
Jugurthine war
Latifundia
24. King like powers that the consuls enjoyed.
Client system
imperium
Republic
First triumvirate
25. A political leadership made up of Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus - who would rule Rome and take it away from its original republican system.
imperium
First triumvirate
Optimates
Populares
26. Huge Roman estates created by buying up several small farms.
Twelve tables
Latifundia
third punic war
Second triumvirate
27. Two brothers (Tiberius and Gaius); they promoted giving land and voting reforms to the poor. Both were killed because they advocated these reforms
Gracchi brothers
peoples tribute
Pax Romana
equestrians
28. A military unit of the ancient Roman army - made up of about 5 -000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback.
censor
Scipio the Younger
legion
maniples
29. In ancient Rome - a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time.
quaestor
Fabian tactics
Plebians
dictator
30. Public entertainment that Roman elites used to keep the plebeians happy and distracted from problems in the empire; a tool used by Julius Caesar to gain the support of the plebeians.
Etruscans
Bread and circuses
Latifundia
Plebians
31. Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers - merchants - artisans and traders
second punic war
dictator
toga candidata
Plebians
32. 264 B.C. - 241 B.C. - Rome and Carthage fought over island of Sicily - was a naval war - Rome was losing because they did not have a good navy - Romans figured out how to board the Carthage ships and fight them there - Romans gained control of Sicily
Etruscans
Gracchi brothers
pyrrhic victory
first punic war
33. 'whitened toga' A special garment worn by those running for office
toga candidata
Marius
quaestor
aedile
34. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)
Tiber River
praetor
phalanx
dictator
35. The first emperor of Rome. In his reign - from 44 B.C. to A.D. 14 - Rome enjoyed peace (Pax Romana) - and the arts flourished. The time of his reign is considered a golden age for literature in Rome. Jesus was born during his reign. A month is named
imperium
Etruscans
Jugurthine war
Augustus Caesar
36. A cruel and insane ruler of the Roman Empire in the first century A.D.; one of the twelve Caesars. To humiliate the senators of Rome - he appointed his horse to the senate.
quaestor
Caligula
Second triumvirate
Cato the Elder
37. Means 'Roman Peace;' specifically the term that refers to the peace and stability that Rome maintained within its borders during the early empire.
Populares
Pax Romana
Cato the Elder
toga candidata
38. (218-202 BCE) began when Carthage built up its troops and invaded Italy/ during the war Hannibal won battle after battle against Rome but eventually Hannibal was defeated because he was forced to return to Carthage to defend the city against a Roman
Tiber River
Caligula
second punic war
Augustus Caesar
39. The earliest written collection of Roman laws - drawn up by patricians about 450B.C. - that became the foundation of Roman law
Twelve tables
Gracchi brothers
second punic war
Etruscans
40. People from Etruria - ( north of Rome) that took control of Rome and Latium. Ruled Rome for more than 100 years. Built up Rome - streets - temples. Skilled metal workers Rome became rich from mining and trade
consuls
dictator
Client system
Etruscans
41. Patricians adopted plebians and fed them; the plebian had to follow the partrician and had to vote for the person the partrican wanted him to vote for.
Etruscans
consuls
Plebians
Client system
42. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter;
toga candidata
aedile
Jugurthine war
censor
43. Success gained at too high of a cost; a term for an extremely costly victory - derived from a devastating battle fought by King Pyrrhus against the Romans in the 3rd century B.C.
Twelve tables
Caligula
pyrrhic victory
praetor