Four Periods of Roman Expansion!

What event first allowed Rome to start expanding?

• The last Etruscan king being overthrown
• The death of Caesar
• Victory in the Second Punic War
• Augustus becoming emperor 

During the First Period of Expansion, who did the Romans create an alliance with?

• Latins

• Greeks

• Etruscans

• Gauls

What event forced the Romans to rebuild their city with stronger defenses and a stronger army?

• The Gauls destroying Rome
• The First Punic War
• The Second Punic War
• The civil war between Pompey and Caesar

At the end of the first period of expansion, what had Rome conquered?

• All of Italy

• Spain and Gaul

• All of the Mediterranean

• Great Britain

The Punic Wars were a series of wars between Rome and ______________?

• Carthage
• Gaul
• Egypt
• Spain

The First Punic War started when _____________ asked Rome to help them defend against Carthage.

• Sicily
• Saguntum
• Corsica
• Sardinia

The Second Punic War started when ________________ attacked the city of ________________ in Spain.

• Hannibal; Saguntum
• Hannibal; Rome
• Scipio; Saguntum
• Scipio; Zama

How did Hannibal get his army to Rome during the Second Punic War?

• Across the Med. Sea
• Through Egypt and Greece
• Through Spain and across the Alps

Which Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama to end the Second Punic War?

• Scipio Africanus 
• Scipio Aemilianus

What did Carthage do that led to the Romans starting the Third Punic War?

• Defended themselves from a nearby army
• Sailed trading ships into Roman waters
• Stopped paying Roman taxes
• Made an alliance with Greece