Rome - History, Government, and Society

Question 1

Romans never again used the title king after the Republic was founded. Octavian's title?

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Augustus

Question 2

S.P.Q.R. - Senatus PopulusQue Romani means

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The Senate and People of Rome

Question 3

The higher magistrates in Rome were elected by the

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Comitia Centuriata

Question 4

In times of emergency a dictator was appointed for a period of

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6 months

Question 5

Augustus reigned until the year

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14 AD

Question 6

Sulla fought in a civil war against

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Marius

Question 7

When did the Roman empire fall?

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476 AD

Question 8

The Roman Republic lasted from 509 BC to

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27 BC

Question 9

Tribunes had the right to ___ any decree or law passed by the Roman legislature.

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veto

Question 10

He found Rome "a city of brick and left it a city of marble."

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Augustus Caesar

Question 11

What is the historical significance of Romulus Augustulus?

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last of the emperors

Question 12

What is the historical significance of Pyrrhus?

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king of Epirus

Question 13

The Roman senate house was called the __________.

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comitia

Question 14

What is the historical significance of Gaius Gracchus?

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social reformer

Question 15

This bundle of rods around an ax symbolized the supreme authority of the kings of Rome.

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fasces

Question 16

Julius Caesar's adopted son and heir was

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Gaius Octavius

Question 17

An important factor contributing to Rome's fall, besides slavery, corruption and taxation, was

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barbaric invasions

Question 18

The office not included in the cursus honorum was the

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aedileship

Question 19

Octavius defeated Antony in the Battle of _ in 31 BC to become the virtual leader of the world.

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Actium

Question 20

The Equestrian Order consisted of citizens whose possessios were equivalent to at least

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$20,000

Question 21

The Roman Senate managed foreign affairs, declared war, and

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controlled taxation

Question 22

Freedmen were not permitted to

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hold office

Question 23

What is the historical significance of Scipio?

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hero in the Punic Wars

Question 24

The members of the Second Triumvirate included Octavius, Lepidus, and

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Antonius

Question 25

What is the historical significance of Hannibal?

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Carthaginian general

Question 26

The Second Triumvirate lasted for

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twelve years

Question 27

The 2 popular assemblies were called the Comitia Centuriata and the Comitia _____

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Tributa

Question 28

What is the historical significance of Sulla?

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dictator

Question 29

What is the historical significance of Marcus Lepidus?

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triumvir

Question 30

The chief duty of a praetor was to

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serve as judge

Question 31

The __________________ brothers were social reformers who fought for plebeian rights.

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Gracchus

Question 32

The traditional date for the founding of Rome is

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753 BC

Question 33

What is the historical significance of Tarquinius Superbus?

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last of the kings

Question 34

What is the historical significance of Remus?

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brother of Romulus

Question 35

____________ in ancient Rome served as public treasurers.

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quaestors

Question 36

What is the historical significance of Aeneas?

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Trojan hero

Question 37

Which order represented the wealthy class of ancient Rome in government?

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Equestrian

Question 38

The Senatorial Order was the order of the Patricians or

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Optimates

Question 39

The Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea, Mare Nostrum, literally means

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Our Sea

Question 40

Roman censors were elected every

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five years

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