Roman Republic

What were the Roman Twelve Tables?

• The laws written for every citizen to read and learn.

• A council of Roman philosophers

• An ancient Roman table making company

• The ancient Roman name for the twelve months in a year

Did the Roman Republic affect US government?

• Yes. It provided the basis of a representative government, where all citizens have a say in decisions through voting.

• No. Due to the republic falling into an Empire, the founding fathers did not want to copy the Roman Republic.

What is the biggest takeaway from learning about the Phoenicians?

• Through trading, the way Phoenicians learned to communicate with different civilizations influenced alphabets of those other civilizations including the alphabet we use today.

• The Phoenicians aren’t important because they don’t get their own lesson.

• The Phoenicians led to the downfall of the Roman civilization as a whole.

• The Phoenicians struggled to find ways to trade due to language barriers.

True or false:

The Phoenicians’ success with trade sped up cultural diffusion.

• True

• False

When Julius Caesar rose to power, he gave a speech about crossing the Rubicon River with his army. What did that speech mean?

• He meant that just as he crossed that river, he would also be crossing a point of no return in the civil war he caused.

• He meant that he may be crossing the river, but there better not be anyone trying to double cross him.

• Nothing, he just wanted his army to be careful while crossing.

• He meant that as the river washed over them as they crossed, so too would victory wash over them.

Why did Ancient Rome experience rapid expansion only after defeating Carthage?

• Once they won the war with Carthage, their military was freed up and could fight other areas to expand.

• The Carthaginians taunted the ancient Romans with their dying breath, “you’ll never win another battle after this you pleb.” So the ancient Romans proved them wrong.

• The civilizations around Rome were allies of Carthage, and attacked ancient Rome once they were defeated, so the ancient Romans decided to take them all over anyway.

• Ancient Rome didn’t have the confidence to expand until they won the battle with Carthage.

What did the ancient Romans call the expectation that each citizen would do their part in terms of jobs and politics?

• Civic duty

• Moral obligation

• Basic expectations

• Worthiness dues

What was the main reason it was easy for individual generals to attempt to take over ancient Rome?

• The professional military was not loyal to the public.

• The generals could pay the military extra to listen to them.

• The military was filled with slaves so they had no loyalty to ancient Rome anyway.

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were ancient Romans who advocated for more rights for the poor in ancient Rome.

What were the main things they asked of the wealthy?

• They urged them to stop taking over small farms and to give lands back to the poor.

• They would provide entertainment like circuses for the poor.

• They asked the wealthy to give the poor jobs.

• They asked the wealthy to free some of their slaves.

What were the Punic Wars?

• Rome and Carthage fighting for the control of trade routes in North Africa.

• Rome and Carthage fighting to prove who made better boats.

• Rome and Carthage teaming up to defeat the Phoenicians.

• Rome and Carthage becoming allies.