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All answers should be in complete sentences. If you are directed to “List”,
please write your answers in detailed phrases.
In the second century B.C., the Senate had become the real governing body of
the Roman state. List three jobs of the Senate.
a.
b.
c.
The backbone of the Roman state and army had always been the small
________.
These people found themselves doing what?
To help the small farmer, Tiberius and his brother Gaius Gracchus urged the
council of the plebs to do what?
Why did Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus die? Explain who killed them.
A Roman general named Marius became consul and began to recruit volunteers
from urban and rural poor who owned no property to be a part of the army.
How did he do this? List three facts.
a.
b.
c.
Marius is known for creating a what?
Who was Lucius Cornelius Sulla? List two facts.
a.
b.
What did Sulla do to give power to the Senate?
For the fifty years, 82-31 BC, Roman history was characterized by civil war,
individuals competing for power. What three individuals were victorious?
a.
b.
c.
What is a triumvirate?
Where did each of the three rulers rule?
a. Ruler:
Place of rule:
b. Ruler:
Place of rule:
c. Ruler:
Place of rule:
Who was killed in 53 BC?
Because of this death what happened to the Triumvirate? How did the leaders
Caesar and Pompey react to this?
Who was victorious in the battle between Caesar and Pompey? List two facts
about this victory.
a.
b.
What did Caesar do when he became dictator? List two facts.
Why did Caesar do the above as dictator?
After Caesar died, who made up the Second Triumvirate?
a.
b.
c.
Octavian ruled the ________, and Antony ruled the ___________. Who won the
civil war between the two and how did this happen? List three facts.
a.
b.
c.
Octavian became the first Roman emperor. The Senate awarded him the title
of _________ which means _____ ________ ________.
The Senate gave Octavian Augustus the title ____________. List three facts
about the Roman army under Augustus.
a.
b.
c.
Why did the Roman defeat in Germany devastate Augustus?
Augustus’ political system allowed the emperor to select his successor from his
natural or adopted family. Who were the four emperors who followed
Augustus?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The above emperors became more ______ and took power from the ______.
Describe how Nero was corrupt. List two facts.
a.
b.
Who were the five so-called good emperors?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
What is the Pax Romana? List two facts.
a.
b.
Why were the five emperors called the “Good Emperors”? List thee facts.
a.
b.
c.