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The Rise of Rome
World History
Chapter 8
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• The geographic
feature
describing Italy
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• The mountains that
run north to south in
Italy
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• The mountains
located to the north of
Italy
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• The river that flows
through Rome
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• The water body
located to the east of
Italy
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• The water body
located to the south of
Italy
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• The water body
located to the west of
Italy
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• The reason Rome
was built on seven
hills
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• By legend, the twin
brothers who founded
the city of Rome
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• They rescued and
raised the founders of
Rome
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• The first king of Rome
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• The author of the
Aeneid
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• The “father” of the
Roman people
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• Three major groups of
people in early Italy
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• The Romans
learned this from
the Greeks
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• The
Etruscans
changed the
architecture in
Rome by doing
this
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• Some of the
daily activities of
the early
Etruscans
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• The type of
dress introduced
to the Romans
by the Etruscans
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• Two advantages
of the Romans
being under the
rule of the
Etruscans
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• In a republic,
they have the
real power
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• The overthrow of
these people led to
the beginning of
the Republic of
Rome
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• The qualifications
for serving in the
Roman army
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• The fate of those
who deserted the
Roman army
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• Changing to legions
allowed the Roman
army to do this
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• The purpose of the
Roman soldier’s
standard
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• Another name for
the Roman short
sword
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• Another name for
the Roman
soldier’s spear
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• The Roman
soldier’s plan as
they entered new
territory
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• Four benefits
under the Roman
Confederation
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• The wise strategy
utilized by the
Romans to prove
they were clever
rulers
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• The number of
soldiers making up
a legion
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• The number of 60soldier groups that a
Roman legion could
be divided into
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• The number of 120soldier groups that a
Roman legion could
be divided into
Section 2
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• The nobles who made
up the ruling class of
Rome
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• The class of people in
Rome that were made
up of artisans and
small farm owners
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• The majority of
Romans belonged to
this class
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• The major difference
between the two
classes of people in
Rome
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• The major islands
Rome conquered
during the early years
of the Republic
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• Two physical features
that explains why
Rome did not expand
further north
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• The reason two
consuls were chosen
each year to head the
government and the
army
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• The Latin word for
veto
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• The main job of the
praetors
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• The branch of
government of
Rome’s Senate
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• The role of Rome’s
Senate
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• This body elected
consuls and praetors
and passed laws
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• This group made up
the majority of the
legislative bodies
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• The action made by
the plebians to get the
attention of the
patricians
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• The most important
reform made by the
Council of the Plebs
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• The role of women in
the early Roman
Republic
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• The main reason a
dictator was chosen
by the Roman
Republic
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• The best known early
dictator of Rome and
his job prior to
becoming a dictator
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• The similarities
between Rome’s first
dictator and the first
president of the U.S.
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• The first code of laws
for Rome
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• Another name for the
Forum
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• The reason for the
need of the Law of
Nations
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• The underlying basis
for our legal system
today
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• The land area of
Carthage was
founded by these
earlier people
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• The largest and
richest city in the
western area of the
Mediterranean
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• The Punic War was
fought between these
two powers
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• Punicus is the Latin
word which means
this
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• The island taken over
by the Romans as a
result of the First
Punic War
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• The greatest general
of Carthage
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• The move into this
country outraged the
Romans
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• The greatest obstacle
for Hannibal in
making his way into
Italy
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• The winner of the
Second Punic War
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• The three outcomes
for the defeat at Zama
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• The war in which
Carthage became a
province of Rome
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• The reason the
Romans called the
Mediterranean
mare nostrum
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• The three ways Rome
punished Carthage
after the Third Punic
War
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• Question for Thought:
Why do you think
Cincinnatus is so
honored for his
behavior as dictator?
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• The reason farmers were in heavy debt
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• The land owners used this to help with
their large farming estates
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• Another name for the large farming
estates
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• The Roman farmers became poor in the
100 B.C. because of this
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• The idea of “bread and circuses” helped
these people
FYI
• The Roman “circus” referred to in the
policy of “bread and circuses” was not like
the circus of today. Instead, it was a great
arena that held spectators who came to
see chariot races, footraces, and fights to
the death between gladiators.
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• The problem as identified by Tiberius
Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus
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• The fate of Tiberius and Gaius
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• Marius used this as a “selling point’ in
recruiting new soldiers
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• He would become a rival of Marius
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• The role that Sulla would declare for
himself
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• Sulla’s actions caused this to happen in
Rome
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• They formed the First Triumvirate
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• In the First Triumvirate, he was the military
leader
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• Senators thought Caesar was becoming
too popular for this reason
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• Crassus had a responsibility to this area
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• Pompey had a responsibility to this area
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• Small river at the southern boundary of
Caesar’s command
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• “Crossing the Rubicon” means this
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• Caesar destroyed Pompey’s army in this
country
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• This was unusual in Caesar becoming the
dictator of Rome
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• Four major reforms made by Caesar
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• The two senators who plotted Caesar’s
death
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• The reason the senators wanted to rid
themselves of Caesar
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• The date of the “Ides of March”
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• The fate of Caesar
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• The grandnephew of Caesar
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• The two generals who would work with
Caesar’s grandnephew
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• These men made up the Second
Triumvirate
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• This member of the Second Triumvirate
who took control of the western side of the
Roman Empire
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• This member of the Second Triumvirate
who took control of the eastern side of the
Roman Empire
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• Cleopatra VII was from this country
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• The reason Octavian declared war on
Antony
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• This battle was the beginning of Antony
and Cleopatra killing themselves
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• He would set up the Roman Empire
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• Three roles of Cicero
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• Octavian’s government reflected the ideas
of Cicero in this way
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• The title Octavian gave to himself
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• The name Octavian would go by
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• The time of Pax Romana began under his
reign as emperor
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• The 8 major reforms made under
Augustus
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• He said “I found Rome a city of brick and
left it a city of marble.”
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• The wife of Augustus
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• This word means the same as proconsul
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• The method for choosing a successor to
Augustus
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• The four emperors to follow Augustus (in
order)
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• Under this emperor, Britain was conquered
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• These emperors following Augustus who
were not kind to the Roman people
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• The strangest thing about the reign of
Emperor Caligula
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• This emperor “fiddled while Rome burned”
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• The fate of Nero
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• This emperor restored peace to Rome
following Nero
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• This natural disaster occurred under the
reign of Titus
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• The city destroyed by the volcanic eruption
One historian’s thought on
Mount Vesuvius
• “Day was turned into night, and light into
darkness; an inexpressible quantity of dust
and ashes was poured out, deluging land,
sea, and air, and burying two entire cities,
Herculaneum and Pompeii.”
• By the time Vesuvius quieted again,
Pompeii had almost disappeared, buried
under 20 feet of ash, stone, and debris.
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• These 5 emperors were known as the
“good emperors”
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• This emperor gave money to help parents
educate their children
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• The purpose of an aqueduct
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• This was the essential part of nature that
helped the aqueducts work properly
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• The two main languages spoke in the
Roman Empire during the A.D. 100s
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• This emperor made the Roman laws
easier to understand
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• The trade items that came from the
various regions of the empire
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• This protected Rome’s interest in the
Mediterranean
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• These two things made it easier for people
to price goods and trade
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• The creation of Rome’s common currency
advanced this throughout the empire
Conclusion
• This concludes the study on the early
Roman Republic.
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