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