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Name: _______________________________ Block: ____
Who is who in the decline of the Roman Republic?
Part 1: Who am I?
My assigned person: __________________________
Directions: In your team: Go to the section in the textbook titled “The Birth of the Roman Empire” (Pgs. 158161). Use the section to complete the following tasks…
1. Describe the time period we are studying today:
2. How do you pronounce your assigned person’s name? (Write pronunciation and practice speaking).
3. What was the role of your assigned person? (What “job” did he/she have?)
4. What led your person to that role?
5. What did your person do that made an impact on the fall of the Roman Republic?
6. Make a nametag for your assigned person that is LARGE and legible so your classmates can read it.
(Use notebook paper, markers, tape etc.)
7. Pick one of your group members to “be” your assigned person. Help this person prepare to be
interviewed by Ms. Dalton about his/her role in the fall of the Republic.
Part 2: Who are we? (Putting it all together!)
The Gracchi Brothers
1. The Gracchi brothers tried to fix the many problems of the Roman Republic including _____________
or redistributing land to the lower class.
2. Ultimately one of the brothers, Tiberius Gracchus, was _____________by senators who disapproved of
his policies.
3. The other brother, Gaius Gracchus, was elected _____________ in 123 BCE. He tried to continue his
brother’s legacy by using public funds to _____________for the poor. This outraged the wealthy.
Gaius was killed in a riot.
4. After the death of the Gracchi brothers, Romans used _____________ instead of the law in political
endeavors.
Gaius Marius
5. Before Gaius Marius was elected as _____________ in 107 BCE, Rome underwent a period of warfare
with its _____________ on the Italian Peninsula.
6. The allies wanted the right to hold _____________in the Roman government and _____________.
7. The allies rebelled against Rome in 91 BCE. This war was called the _____________.
8. Things were not all bad. Rome won the war but agreed to the allies’ demands for citizenship and the
right to hold public office. This caused the Roman state to unite all of the _____________.
9. As consul, Gaius Marius created an army of _____________ that expanded the Republic by
_____________ new land.
10. Therefore, troops became more loyal to _____________ than to the Roman government.
The First Triumvirate
(Caesar, Pompey, Crassus)
11. Julius Caesar was the _____________of Gaius Marius and a powerful general.
12. Caesar built a huge following amongst the poor because he was such a good _____________.
13. Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompey, and Licinius Crassus joined together to create the _____________.
14. A Triumvirate means “rule of _____________.”
15. Julius Caesar made it his special project to bring all of _____________ under his control.
16. Though Crassus _____________, Pompey became sole _____________ and ordered Caesar back to
Rome.
17. Julius Caesar did not want Pompey to have all the power. He crossed the _____________ River with
his army, against the wishes of Pompey, thereby declaring war on the Republic.
18. Caesar pushed Pompey all the way out of Rome and finally defeated him in Greece. Caesar gave
Cleopatra, the ruler of _____________, power over Greece as a Roman ally.
19. Many senators feared Caesar’s rapid rise to power. Marcus Brutus and other senators conspired
together to _____________ Caesar.
20. On the _____________ of March (March 15th), 44 BCE, the conspirators murdered Caesar by stabbing
him 23 times in the senate forum.
The Second Triumvirate
(Octavian/Augustus Caesar, Antony, Lepidus)
21. Before his death, Caesar chose his grandnephew Octavian as _____________ to the throne but he was
only _____________ years old!
22. Marc Antony, a general and _____________ of Caesar’s bonded with Caesar’s _____________,
Lepidus.
23. Together, Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian ruled Rome as _____________.
24. After some time, Octavian took ALL of the power in Rome by forcing the other two out of power.
a. How he got rid of Marc Antony: _____________
b. How he got rid of Lepidus: _____________
The first Roman Emperor
(Octavian/Augustus Caesar)
25. The rise of Octavian to power marks the transition of Rome from a Republic to an _____________.
26. The Senate gave Octavian the title _____________ meaning “reverend one” in Latin.
27. From that point onward, Octavian was known as _____________.