Ch 7 The Romans

The Appenine Mountains

• a. split Rome into many small villages.
• b. kept Rome from interacting with the Etruscans.
• c. did not prevent expansion of the city.
• . protected Rome from the Greeks. 

Who became Rome’s first emperor in 27 B.C.? 

• a. Augustus
• b. Julius Caesar
• c. Antony 
• d. Lucius Cornelius Sulla  

Julius Caesar sparked a civil war that led to his dictatorship by crossing the a. Tiber. b. Po.
c. Appenine. d. Rubicon. 

• a. Tiber. 
•  b. Po.
   
• c. Appenine. 
• d. Rubicon. 

Who was appointed dictator after defeating Pompey? 

•  a. Julius Caesar
• b. Octavian
• c. Antony 
• d. Crassus 

Against whom did Caesar fight to become dictator of Rome?

•  a. Gaius Gracchus
  
  
• b. Lucius Cornelius Sulla
• c. Crassus 
• d. Pompey 

Which of the following was an action taken by Emperor Caracalla?

• a. bringing an end to imperial taxation
• b. building a wall to prevent invasion
• c. granting citizenship to all free people 
• d. reducing provincial building programs

Marius changed Rome’s military recruitment system by 

• a. making recruits swear an imperial oath.
• b. accepting patrician recruits.
• c. recruiting the landless poor. 
• d. accepting non-Roman recruits. 

After the Second Triumvirate, with whom did Antony war for control of Rome? 

• a. Julius Caesar
• b. Octavian
• c. Lepidus 
• d. Crassus 

Who attempted to redistribute land to the poor with disastrous results? 

• a. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
• b. Lucius Cornelius Sulla
• c. Julius Caesar and Crassus 
• d. Pompey and Caesar Augustus 

Which describes one of Augustus’s reforms? 

• a. He returned all power to the Roman people. 
• b. The senate was completely disbanded.
• c. Governors were to be chosen by emperors.
•  d. The size of the senate was reduced.