Download 1 CLAS 111 Final Exam Review sheet: I cannot guarantee

CLAS 111 Final Exam Review sheet:
I cannot guarantee that the exam will contain only the items on this review list,
but if you know these terms and their significance, have done the readings and
have paid attention to the lectures, you should be well-prepared.
Bona fortuna! Good luck!
Important dates
All dates are BC, unless otherwise noted.
753-509 BC: The Monarchy
509-27 BC: The Roman Republic
(133-27 BC : The Late Republic)
27 B.C.-A.D. 476: Roman Empire
753 BC Legendary Founding of Rome
616-509: Etruscan kings
509 Expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus by Brutus; Republic founded
494 First secession of the Plebs; creation of office of Tribune of the Plebs
445: Canuleian law allows intermarriage between Patricians and Plebs
287: Lex Hortensia: bills passed by Council of Plebs become law binding on all
Romans: effective end of struggle of orders
264-241 First Punic War
218-201 Second Punic War
149-146 Third Punic War
133 Tiberius Gracchus tribune of the plebs
107 Marius consul for first time
91-89 Social War (war between Rome and its Italian allies)
88 Sulla marches on Rome
83-81 Civil war between the adherents of Marius and Sulla; proscriptions
63 Cicero consul; conspiracy of Catiline
60 First Triumvirate: Pompey, Crassus and Julius Caesar
49 Caesar crosses Rubicon to invade Italy
49-48 Civil Wars: Julius Caesar vs Pompey
48-44: Julius Caesar is Dictator
44 Julius Caesar killed
43-33 Second Triumvirate: Mark Antony, Octavian and Lepidus
32-31 Rome and Egypt at war
31 Battle of Actium: Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra
29 Gates of Temple of Janus are closed because Rome is at peace
27 Octavian becomes Augustus; beginning of Principate
27 BC – AD 14 Principate of Augustus
18 Julian marriage laws (lex Julia)
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29-19 BC Vergil writes Aeneid
AD 14 death of Augustus
Rome's Neighbours; geography
Alba Longa
Etruscans; Etruria
Latins; Latium
Samnites
Sabines
Magna Graecia
Sicily
Carthage
Alps
Apennine Mtns
Tiber River
Political terms
The Roman Constitution: Senate, People, Magistrates
(Read Polybius' account in RP)
Important magistrates/ offices
Quaestor
Aedile
Tribune of the plebs
Praetor
Consul
Proconsul
Censor
Dictator
Imperium
Potestas (of magistrates)
Sacrosanct (Tribunes)
Assemblies of the People
Comitia Centuriata = Centuriate Assembly
Comitia Curiata = Curiate Assembly
Comitia Tributa = Tribal Assembly
Concilium Plebis = Council of the Plebs
SPQR: Senatus populusque Romanus: "The Senate and the Roman People"
SCU: senatus consultum ultimum: The Senate rules that the consuls may do
whatever they can to protect the state
Patrician
Plebeian
Struggle or Conflict of the Orders
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Plebiscite
Equites=equestrians=knights
Optimates
Populares
Nobiles
Novus homo
Historical names and terms
Monarchy 753-509 BC
Rhea Silvia
Romulus
Remus
Servius Tullius
Tarquinius Superbus
Sextus Tarquinius
Lucretia
Lucius Junius Brutus
Etruscan civilization; influence on Rome
Early Republic 509-133 BC
Conflict or Struggle of the orders
Two-step plan in conquering Italy
Allies = socii
Latin status
Municipia
Roman citizenship with or without right to vote
Decemvir
Twelve Tables
Punic Wars
Hannibal
Oppian law
Scipio Africanus Major
Scipio Africanus Minor (a.k.a. Scipio Aemilianus)
Late Republic 133-27 BC
Tiberius Gracchus
Gaius Gracchus
latifundia
agrarian law or land reform law
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi
Jugurthine War, Jugurtha
Marius
Sulla
Mithridates
Battle of the Colline Gate
Cinna
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Spartacus
Marcus Tullius Cicero
conspiracy of Catiline
Clodius
Clodia
Caelius
Catullus
First Triumvirate
Crassus
Julius Caesar
Pompey the Great
Gaul
Marcus Junius Brutus
Cleopatra
Second Triumvirate
Mark Antony
Octavian
Lepidus
Battle of Actium
Principate of Augustus 27 BC – AD 14
Augustus
Princeps or Princeps civitatis
imperium proconsulare maius
Tribunician powers
Julian marriage laws (lex Julia)
Promotion of traditional Roman values
Livia, wife of Augustus
Julia, daughter of Augustus
Archeology
There won't be much on archeology, but you might want to be aware of the
following:
Roman Forum: center of Rome: for business, law, government, religion and just
hanging out
Sacred Way: main street in Forum
Temple of Vesta : round temple for Vestal Virgins
Curia = Senate house
Rostra: Speaker's platform
Cloaca Maxima: the sewer that runs under the Forum
Palatine hill: Rome's ritzy neighbourhood
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Pompeii, Herculaneum; eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79
Roman house
atrium = central court with pool to catch rain
peristylium = peristyle, colonnaded garden
Miscellaneous
mos maiorum
patria potestas
marriage with or without manus
sui iuris/suae iuris
utraque lingua = "both languages," i.e., Latin and Greek
nomen, praenomen, cognomen
proscriptions
Vestal Virgins
Gods:
Saturn, Mars, Vesta, plus those listed under Aeneid, below
Authors
Livy: History of Rome
Romulus and Remus
Rape of the Sabine women
Kings
Rape of Lucretia
Struggle of the Orders
Plautus: Haunted House and Terence: Woman from Andros
Roman New Comedy
fabulae palliatae
clever slave
family dynamics; patria potestas
Menander
Greek New Comedy
Scipionic circle
Polybius: The Constitution of the Roman Republic
Roman Constitution
Lucretius: On the Nature of Things
Atomism
Epicureanism
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Epicurus
Ataraxia
Cicero: Pro Caelio
Rhetoric and oratory
Nature of law courts in Rome
Caelius, Clodius, Clodia
Letters; Cicero's family
Wife Terentia
Daughter Tullia
Catullus: Poems (or Carmina)
Neoteric
Lesbia
Sappho
Vergil: Aeneid
Epic poetry
pietas, pius
Stoic philosophy: ratio vs. ira
Troy
Carthage
Latium
Lavinium
Gods:
Main players:
Jupiter/Jove
Juno
Venus
Lesser players:
Cupid
Mercury
Diana
(see http://duke.usask.ca/~afd128/clas111/aeneid-gods.html for
descriptions of gods)
In Troy:
Aeneas' family: father Anchises, wife Creusa, son Ascanius/Iulus
Ghost of Hector
In Carthage: Dido, Anna, Sychaeus (in memory only), Iarbus
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In underworld:
Marcellus (plus the historical figures that we already know from other
lectures in class)
In Italy:
Royal family: Latinus, Amata, Lavinia
Allecto, sent by Juno
Aeneas' enemies:
Turnus, leader of Rutulians
His sister, Juturna
Mezentius, the evil ruler of the Etruscans (the Etruscans fight
alongside Aeneas in hopes of deposing Mezentius)
Lausus, good son of Mezentius
Camilla, a female warrior
Aeneas' men and allies:
Nisus and Euryalus
From Pallanteum: Evander, Pallas
Aeneas' shield, described at end of Book 8
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