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Study Guide
Rome
1. According to mythology, the city of Rome was founded by one of these twin
brothers who had been raised by a wolf. ___________ _________________
2. 508 BC: Rome became a ____________. This government would last 500 years.
The supreme ruling body of this period in Rome’s history was the Roman
____________. (2 different words)
3. Roman society was divided into two classes. The upper class was known as the
________________. The lower class was known as the _________________.
4. 451 BC: These laws were written. They would be the basis of Roman law for the
next 900 years. ____________ _________________
5. The conflict known as the Punic Wars began with Rome and this empire for
control of the Mediterranean Sea. ____________________
6. The greatest hero of the Second Punic Wars was __________________. After
his victory at the Battle of ________________, he was considered the greatest
military general of all history.
7. The original inhabitants of Rome were called the ____________________. We
do not know much about these people since they left very few written records
that we can decipher.
8. The two brothers, _______________ and __________, tried to get land reform
for the small farmers. This was known as the _____________
_______________.
9. A gladiator revolt was led by __________________ in 71 BC.
10.
The First Triumverate was formed by ______________,
_______________, and ___________________.
11.
After Pompey was defeated in Spain, he fled to Egypt. When Caesar
arrived, the Egyptians gave him this in an effort to please him.
________________________________________________
12.
What Egyptian queen had an affair with both Julius Caesar and Mark
Antony? ______________________
13.
Julius Caesar was voted ________________ for Life.
14.
Octavius defeated Antony and was proclaimed ____________
_______________. This was the beginning of the _____________
____________.
15.
This emperor was very cruel and was murdered by his own praetorian
guard after 4 years. ______________
16.
The _________________ was built during Vespasian’s reign.
17.
This emperor was known as a philosopher. He was the last of the Five
Good Emperors. ___________ _______________
18.
The end of the western Roman Empire is marked by the ______________
sacking the city of Rome.
19.
Rome was not the first to try democracy, but they were the first
_______________ government. We owe our current system of government to
their example.
20.
One of the worst persecutions of Christians was under this emperor.
________________________
21.
Despite persecution, Christianity continued to spread. It ended when the
emperor ______________________ issued the Edict of Milan.
22.
The Roman hero of the First Punic war was _______________. He was
held prisoner for 5 years and was tortured to death by the Carthaginians.
23.
The Second Punic War ended when this Roman general invaded Carthage
and defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama. _____________________
24.
Known how the major details of the Third Punic War.
25.
Caesar Augustus ushered in a period of peace for the Roman Empire. This
is known as the _______ ________________.
26.
Claudius was murdered by Agrippina. The only reason she married him
was so that her son, ___________, could inherit the throne.
27.
This emperor built a wall that still stands in England and bears his name.
_________________
28.
This emperor’s reign marked the beginning of the end of the Roman
Empire. ________________
29.
This emperor divided the Roman Empire. One emperor in Rome and he
was ruled from Byzantium. ___________________
30.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire
would last for another 1,000 years known as the _________________ Empire.
Its capitol city would be _______________________.
31.
451 Rome was sacked by the Visigoth _______________.
32.
Western Rome was invaded by ____________, _________________, and
_____________. The Empire would not be able to recover from their destruction
and murder.
33.
Antony married ___________________. He would lose to Octavius at the
Battle of _____________. Eventually, Antony and his wife would both commit
suicide.
34.
The ___________ was considered the heart of the Republic. They were the
main governing body and continued to exist even in the Empire.