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