Rome: Republic to Empire Quiz #1

A ruler with complete control over the state is a *

• Dictator

• Patrician

• Plebeian

• Consul

The Roman general who helped win the Second Punic War *

• Cincinnatus

• Hannibal

• Scipio

• MacArthur

A wealthy landowner in Ancient Rome was known as *

• Plebeian

• Consul

• Dictator

• Patrician

An artisan, shopkeeper, or owner of a small farm in Ancient Rome was known as a

• Patrician

• Plebeian

• Dictator

• Consul

The Latin word meaning "I forbid" is *

• verus

• veto

• verto

• veritas

The ruling class and top officials of the Roman Republic were the *

• plebeians

• patricians

• shop keepers

• artisans

In 494 b.c. what did many Roman plebeians do to protest for equal rights? *

• burned government buildings

• moved to another country

• stopped paying taxes

• went on strike

The best-known early Roman dictator of the Republic was *

• Cincinnatus

• Remus

• Livy

• Romulus

Adopted around 451 b.c., Rome's first code of law was called the *

• Forum

• New Roman Law

• Rule of Law

• Twelve Tables

Whom did Rome fight in the Punic Wars? *

• Sicily

• Greece

• Carthage

• the Phoenicians