The Roman Empire

In the Roman armies in the early Republic, most soldiers were farmers

Rome was established in the first millennium B.C. on the plain of ______.

Sulla's legacy and importance was that he employed his personal army in political disputes, leading to _____.

The Roman Senate under ______ was retained as the chief deliberative body of the Roman state.

In Rome, the male family head, the paterfamilias, could never divorce his wife.

The Etruscans adopted alphabetic language from the Greeks before 600 B.C.

The Second Punic War saw Carthage carry a land war to Rome by crossing the ______.

The paterfamilias in Roman society was the

The Roman Senator Cato led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage.

______’s conquest of the Italian peninsula by 264 B.C. can be attributed in part to superb diplomacy.

_______ set a precedent for its vanquished foes by offering the most favored "allied" peoples full citizenship

Among the upper classes of the Early Empire ______ had considerable freedom and independence.

Cicero was strongly against a balanced government of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy.

Trade and commerce in the Early Empire was more important than agriculture.

After the First Punic War the Carthaginians were forced to leave _____ and pay an indemnity to Rome.

The largest Roman innovation in architecture was the use of ______ on a massive scale.

The Etruscans had begun to decline by 480 B.C.

The First Triumvirate included _____, _______, and ________.

Cicero believed in a "concord of the orders."

In the Roman armies in the early Republic, soldiers were enrolled for less than a year.

Originally the Roman Senate could only advise the magistrates in legal matters.

By crossing the ________, Caesar showed that he was willing to disobey the direct orders of the Senate.

_____ led military commands in Spain and especially Gaul that enhanced his popularity.

Later in the Republic, slaves often worked on the Roman _____.

Septimius Severus said, "Live in harmony, make the soldiers rich, and don't give a damn for anything else."

__________ was a temporary executive and exercised unlimited power for a period of usually six months.

For the Romans, _____ geography made Rome an easy area to defend.

The Romans' most noticeable innovations in art and culture were found in _______ and ______.

In Roman religion, a right relationship with the gods was achieved by ______ and _________.

The two Roman emperors who notably persecuted the Christian minority were ______ and _______.

Cicero was a great orator and capable lawyer.

The "good emperor" Marcus Aurelius was regarded as a philosopher king deeply influenced by the principles of _____.

In the Roman armies in the early Republic, there were four legions, each consisting of 4,000 to 5,000 men.

In Rome, the male family head, the paterfamilias, was not allowed to arrange the marriages of offspring.

Vespasian was the ______ of the Flavian emperors

Executive authority during the Roman Republic was known as imperium and held by the consuls and praetors.

Roman religious practices included a college of priests to carry out rituals correctly.

Imperial Rome's gladiatorial shows were ______.

In Rome, the male family head, the paterfamilias, could put his children to death.

Roman religious practices included the adoption of certain Greek gods like Apollo.

In Rome, the male family head, the paterfamilias, could not sell his children.

As Rome expanded, it became Roman policy to govern the provinces with officials known as _______ and propraetors.

Early Christianity was molded into a broader religious movement by Paul of Tarsus.

The Etruscans "civilized" Rome by turning it into a true city.

Roman upper-class women typically had no independent legal rights and property.

The immediate cause of the First Punic War was Rome sending an army to Sicily.

Cicero was a "new man" of the equestrian order.

In the Roman armies in the early Republic, all soldiers were citizens

Trade and commerce in the Early Empire concentrated some industries in certain areas.

Scipio Africanus pushed the Carthaginians from Spain and later won the decisive Battle of Zama during ____.

The equites were a _______ who appeared in the late Republic.

The head of the Roman religious observances was _____.

In Roman schooling, education stressed training in ________ and mastery of rhetoric.

_______ was/were the first formal codification of Roman law and customs.

The _______ originated from Phoenician Tyre.

The early values of _______ emphasized devotion to the values of humility, charity, and true brotherly love.

The reforms of ______ resulted in further instability and violence as they polarized various social groups.

In their struggle with the patricians, Roman plebeians physically left the state and formed popular assemblies.

The Etruscans settled north of Rome.

In defeating the ____ in southern Italy, Rome had to fight the soldiers of King Pyrrhus.

Trade and commerce in the Early Empire stimulated manufacturing.

The result of the _____ was the complete destruction and subjugation of Carthage.