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ANCIENT ROME STUDY GUIDE
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. How do you determine how much time has passed between two CE (AD) dates?
2. How do you determine how much time has passed between two BCE (BC) dates?
3. How do you determine how much time has passed between One CE (AD) and one
BCE (BC) date?
Be familiar with timelines and how to “read” them.
4. Who was Alexander the Great? How did he contribute to cultural diffusion?
5. What contributions have the ancient Greeks given to modern day civilizations?
GOVERNMENT:
MEDICINE:
SCIENCE/MATH:
ART & ARCHITECTURE:
REVIEW TERMS
6. ARISTOCRACY:
7. ASSEMBLY:
8. MONOTHEISTIC:
9. POLYTHEISTIC:
10. PRIMARY SOURCE:
11. SECONDARY SOURCE:
EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF GOVERNMENT
12. Monarchy:
13. Oligarchy:
14. Tyranny/Dictatorship:
15. Democracy:
16. Direct Democracy:
17. Representative Democracy:
ANCIENT ROME TERMS
18. AQUEDUCT:
19. CIVIL WAR:
20. CONSUL:
21. EMPIRE:
22. IDES:
23. GLADIATOR:
24. GOSPEL:
25. MARTYR:
26. PATRICIANS:
27. PAX ROMANA:
28. PERSECUTION:
29. PLEBIANS:
30. REPUBLIC:
31. REFORM:
32. SILK ROAD:
33. TRIUMVERATE:
FAMOUS PEOPLE
34. SPARTACUS:
35. POMPEY:
36. MARK ANTONY:
37. CLEOPATRA:
38. CALIGULA:
39. JULIUS CAESAR:
40. BRUTUS:
41. ST. PAUL/ST. PETER:
42. AGRIPPINA:
43. NERO:
44. HADRIAN:
45. ATTILA THE HUN:
46. CONSTANTINE:
ANCIENT ROME REVIEW
47. According to legend, who were Romulus and Remus?
48. What were the Twelve Tables? How did the Twelve Tables change life for the
Plebeians and the Patricians of Rome?
49. The Roman Republic set up many common ideas that are used in the US government
today. Please explain each of the following concepts that originated with the Roman
Republic:
TRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT:
CHECKS AND BALANCES:
CONSTITUTION:
CIVIC DUTY:
50. What were the main social classes of the Roman Republic?
51. What social class were the men in the Senate from?
52. Describe the Roman Senate.
-How many men were in Senate?
-Why couldn’t they get much done?
53. What made the Roman army so powerful/successful?
54. Who fought in the Punic Wars, what was the cause of the Punic Wars?
55. Who is Hannibal?
56. Who is Scipio?
57. What geographic feature failed to stop Hannibal’s army north of the Italian
peninsula?
58. How did civil war affect the lives of ordinary women and men in the Mediterranean
area?
59. How did other wars affect the number of slaves in Rome?
60. Who was Julius Caesar (include why he was famous, what social class he was from,
when he died and who killed him)?
61. The Gaulic Wars:
-Who were the Gauls?
-Gaul is located in which present day country?
-Why had no one conquered them before Julius Caesar?
-What book did JC write after conquering the Gauls?
-What is the famous line Julius Caesar had in his letter to the Senate?
62. Explain the Battle of Actium, including who fought, who won, and how did they
win?
63. Who was Octavian?
-How were Julius Caesar and Octavian related?
-What did he change his name to, when he became the Emperor of Rome?
64. Please list and explain the changes Augustus made as Emperor.
65. What impact did the construction of Roman Roads have on the empire?
-What impact did the construction of Roman Roads have on later civilizations?
66. With all of the “Bad Emperors” how was Rome able to stay peaceful and united for
200 years? (What is this time period called?)
67. Who were some of the famous Christians who lived during the Roman Empire?
68. As the Christians were persecuted more and more, the general feeling about
Christianity changed, how? Why was it appealing to the people?
69. Explain the role of the Praetorian Guard. How did they play a role in the fall of
Rome?
70. Who were 3 of the “good” emperors?
-Who were two of the “bad” emperors?
71. Who was Constantine? What did he do?
72. What are some of Rome’s legacies? (what Rome has passed down to modern
civilizations).
73. After Rome fell, what was the eastern part of the empire renamed?
74. Please list eight reasons for the fall of Rome.
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