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CLEP History Ancient Rome
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1. King like powers that the consuls enjoyed.
censor
legion
Nero
imperium
2. Roman politicians who sought to pursue a political career based on the support of the people rather than just the aristocracy.
consuls
aedile
First triumvirate
Populares
3. 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
Etruscans
Populares
Bread and circuses
Patricians
4. Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers - merchants - artisans and traders
Plebians
Sulla
maniples
phalanx
5. To wear out an opponent by delay or evasion rather than confrontation; Fabian was a very successful Roman general.
Plebians
dictator
Fabian tactics
Second triumvirate
6. The son of Scipio the Elder - who led the Roman forces to begin the third war against Carthage and destroy it
Scipio the Younger
Latifundia
Fabian tactics
Pax Romana
7. 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.
Patricians
Bread and circuses
Republic
Pax Romana
8. 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
maniples
Optimates
Cato the Elder
censor
9. The earliest written collection of Roman laws - drawn up by patricians about 450B.C. - that became the foundation of Roman law
praetor
Twelve tables
Gracchi brothers
first punic war
10. A magistrate who could veto the senate
peoples tribute
censor
Sulla
Client system
11. A political leadership made up of Julius Caesar - Pompey - and Crassus - who would rule Rome and take it away from its original republican system.
Republic
equestrians
First triumvirate
imperium
12. A major river in Italy; Rome is built on its banks
Tiber River
maniples
Optimates
Bread and circuses
13. Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
quaestor
Augustus Caesar
Pax Romana
Bread and circuses
14. 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
Jugurthine war
equestrians
Marius
legion
15. Two officials from the patrician class were appointed each year of the Roman Republic to supervise the government and command the armies
consuls
Second triumvirate
Sulla
peoples tribute
16. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter;
censor
Tiber River
Ides of March
Twelve tables
17. In ancient Rome - a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time.
Caligula
quaestor
Jugurthine war
dictator
18. 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.
Client system
aedile
second punic war
Cato the Elder
19. 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.
second punic war
pyrrhic victory
Caligula
maniples
20. 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.
Ides of March
peoples tribute
Caligula
Etruscans
21. 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
Tiber River
Nero
maniples
Jugurthine war
22. March 15 - 44 BC the day Ceasar was murdered
praetor
Patricians
third punic war
Ides of March
23. Means 'Roman Peace;' specifically the term that refers to the peace and stability that Rome maintained within its borders during the early empire.
First triumvirate
Pax Romana
Gracchi brothers
Second triumvirate
24. 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
equestrians
quaestor
Latifundia
25. Magistrate in charge of games - markets or buildings
Scipio the Younger
censor
Second triumvirate
aedile
26. 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.
third punic war
second punic war
Social war
peoples tribute
27. 'whitened toga' A special garment worn by those running for office
toga candidata
Latifundia
Populares
Sulla
28. They were second to the consuls; were primarily judicial officials (judges); They had to be at least 39 years old
imperium
praetor
Social war
first punic war
29. A military unit of the ancient Roman army - made up of about 5 -000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback.
maniples
pyrrhic victory
peoples tribute
legion
30. The three supporters of Julius Caesar (Mark Antony - Lepidus - and Octavian) who controlled Rome after defeating Caesar's murderers
dictator
censor
equestrians
Second triumvirate
31. Formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)
phalanx
Fabian tactics
Latifundia
Pax Romana
32. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Republic
legion
Tiber River
Optimates
33. 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
Populares
Jugurthine war
Marius
Augustus Caesar
34. Wealthy Roman senator -ended all speeches with 'Carthage must be destroyed'
Bread and circuses
Client system
Cato the Elder
censor
35. 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).
praetor
Pax Romana
first punic war
Nero
36. (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
consuls
First triumvirate
equestrians
third punic war
37. The wealthy class in Roman society; landowners
dictator
Jugurthine war
Republic
Patricians
38. 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
second punic war
pyrrhic victory
Ides of March
Sulla
39. Huge Roman estates created by buying up several small farms.
Pax Romana
Populares
Latifundia
Augustus Caesar
40. (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
Patricians
second punic war
Nero
Gracchi brothers
41. 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.
equestrians
Patricians
Plebians
Fabian tactics
42. 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
toga candidata
first punic war
First triumvirate
Republic
43. 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
Optimates
first punic war
Twelve tables
consuls