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Study Guide: Ancient Rome
Test: 3/18/2011
Resources to use to study: (Need to add anything?)
Section 11 reading questions
Section 12 reading questions
Punic War video notes
Outline of the Punic Wars (optional)
Julius Caesar notes taken in class
Section 13 reading questions about Julius Caesar
Section 14 outline about Augustus
Rome: Engineering an Empire video sheet
Julius Caesar and Augustus Venn diagram
Section 15 reading questions
Section 15 T/F quiz
Section 16 (Fall of the Roman Empire) starburst and notes
Notes from class
What to study:
1. Roman Republic
 What was the Roman Republic?
o Who were consuls?
o What was the Senate?
 What were the categories of citizens in ancient Rome?
 Who were tribunes?
 How did Rome treat its conquered people?
 Who served in the army and what were the benefits?
2. Punic Wars
 Who fought in the Punic Wars?
 How did Rome get involved in the war?
 First Punic War
 Who won?
 What was the result?
 Second Punic War
 Where was the war fought?
 What led to the Second Punic War?
 Who was Hannibal? What was he famous for?
 What was the result of the Second Punic War?
 Third Punic War
 What led to the Third Punic War?
 What was the outcome of the Third Punic War?
3. Julius Caesar
 What type of leader was Julius Caesar?
 How did Julius Caesar come to power?
 How did Julius Caesar cause a civil war?
 How did Romans feel about Julius Caesar?
 How did Julius Caesar’s life end?
o Brutus and Cassius
4. Caesar Augustus
 What is Augustus’s real name?
 How did Augustus become the first Roman emperor?
 What changes did Augusts make to the Roman Empire?
 Changes to the army
 Changes to the laws
 How was Augustus different from Julius Caesar?
5. Rome & Christianity
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What religion did Romans practice before Christianity?
Why did fighting occur between the Jews and the Christians?
How were Christians treated in Rome at first?
Why did Christianity continue to grow despite how they were treated?
Which Roman emperor made Christianity legal in Rome? Why did he make it legal?
 Edict of Milan
Fall of the Roman Empire
 What economic factors led to the fall of the Roman Empire?
o Recession and Inflation- what are they and what were their effects?
 What military changes led to the fall of the Roman Empire?
 What religious factors led to the fall of the Roman Empire?
o Christianity, Judaism, Islam
 How did Germanic tribes lead to the fall of the Roman Empire?
o How did they cause chaos in the western part of the Roman Empire?
o First barbarian king
 What was the Byzantine Empire?
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Create a study plan and STICK TO IT!
Review the worksheets listed
Create flash cards or an outline
Repetition is key!
Study with a partner
Teach someone else something you are
struggling to understand
7. Ask for help in advance!
8. Stay positive!