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The Foundations of Rome
EQ: How did Rome grow from a small town to the center of an empire spanning the
entire Mediterranean Region?
1. Vocabulary:
a. Republic
b. Patricians
c. Plebeians
d. Veto
e. Forum
f. Constitution
g. Senate
h. Consuls
i. Dictator
j. Punic Wars
k. Scipio
l. Hannibal
2. Guided Reading Questions
a. What was unusual about the legendary founders of Rome?
b. In what ways do you think the rule of the Etruscans might have been good
for Rome?
c. How did plebeian life change after 494 BC? Why?
d. What were the duties of the magistrates?
e. How could the tribunes influence the magistrates?
f. How could the Senate control the magistrates?
g. What happened to the city of Carthage? Why were the Romans so harsh?
h. What affect did the conquest of Greece have on the Roman culture?
From Republic to Empire
What led to the end of the Roman Republic and the creation of a new form of
government?
1. Vocabulary
a. Gracchi
b. Gaius Marius
c. Lucius Cornelius Sulla
d. Julius Caesar
e. 1st Triumvirate
f. 2nd Triumvirate
g. Augustus
h. Pax Romana
2. Timeline- Find the dates of the following events:
a. Tiberius Gracchus begins to redistribute land to soldier-farmers who were
being reduced to poverty.
b. Gaius Marius eliminates property restrictions for membership in the army
c. Social War leads to citizenship for Italian rebels
d. Lucius Cornelius Sulla becomes consul leading to a Civil War in Rome
e. First Triumvirate takes over the Republic
f. Julius Caesar named dictator for life
g. Caesar is murdered by members of the Senate
h. Second Triumvirate takes power in Rome
i. Battle of Actium
j. Octavian is given the title Augustus
k. Augustus Dies
l. Nero Dies
m. Pax Romana
3. Guided Reading Questions
a. How did the government unify the Empire?
b. How did the legal system unify the Empire?
c. What manufactured goods were produced in the Roman Empire?
d. What made all commercial activity possible?