Fall of Rome

What law did Tiberius try to revive?

• distribution of corn at subsidised rate

• one individual only permitted to hold 500 acres of public land

• public land to be redistributed for colonies

• transferral of law courts from senate to the equites

What did Tiberius do which alienated his previous senatorial support?

• redistributed land to the pooe

• deposed his co-tribune Octavius because he wasn't representing the people

• tried to run for a second office as tribune

• vetoed the opening of the markets and temples, shutting down all business and trade

• bypassed the senate in allocating the money from the Pergamene kingdom to fund his new law

Why was Tiberius' tribunate so important?

• it showed that custom trumped legality

• the abuses that Tiberius was trying to combat had reached a critical point

• it introduced direct mass violence into daily politics in Rome

• it highlighted the senate's/Rome's refusal to share power

What was the purpose of the office of tribune?

• protect the foreign slaves

• protect the plebeians

• protect the patricians

• protect the Senators

• protect the populares

What change to national and international policy did Gaius Gracchus push for that eventually passed?

• former Carthaginians were given Roman citizenship

• slaves would no longer be imported into Italy

• a border wall along the border with Gaul

• Roman citizenship for non-Roman Italians

• immigration quotas on people from certain countries

How did Tiberius Gracchus die?

• thrown from the Tarpeian Rock

• executed with a sword

• crucified

• killed in a street brawl

• garroted in the Colosseum

A Roman general who was elected consul seven times - he is known for the reforms he made to the Roman army, making it easier for men to be professional Roman soldiers (and leading to civil wars)

• Julius Caesar

• Marius

• Sulla

• Hannibal

Reluctant Roman dictator who returned to his farm after completing his duty for the government. Often compared to Washington.

• Cincinnatus

• Marius

• Sulla

• Caesar

An army general named Gaius Marius allowed ____ people to join the army, which ultimately gave him great ____.

• rich; influence
• rich; power
• poor; influence
• poor; power

Which of the following men raised his own army to fight Marius' army and then became dictator?

• Julius Caesar
• Lucius Sulla
• Gaius Gracchus

• Marcus Brutus