Unit 3 - Rome Civilization

The Etruscans were ________.

• largely an agrarian people

• a people with a strong military, and used that military to dominate all the surrounding peoples

• A sophisticated people with alphabet similar to the Greeks

• All of the Above are correct

The twins, Romulus and Remus, founded their own city, but only one would succeed

                   and be the ruler of Rome. How did Romulus become the source of the city’s name?

• By attracting the most inhabitants to Rome

• By killing Remus in a quarrel.

• By defeating their father King Numitor

• By bringing women to the city along with the exiled and indigents of Italia

The _______ had the power to approve or veto the appointment of the king, so no

                    individual could ascend the throne without the approval of the clan leaders.

• Assembly

• Senate

• First Citizen

• Tribune

 The ________ consisted of all male citizens of Rome; individuals who could

                    demonstrate that both parents were native Romans with the principle function was

                   to grant imperium to the monarch.

• Assembly

• Senate

• Quaestor

• Tribune

Consuls were ________.

• originally a judicial office, but later became a military office and essentially the central generals of Rome.

• Financial officers

• two patricians elected to the office for one year and Initiated legislation, served as the head of the judiciary and the military, and served as chief priests to the nation.

• To draw up the roll of citizens and to fix their tax status.

 Praetors were ________.

• two patricians elected to the office for one year and Initiated legislation, served as the head of the judiciary and the military, and served as chief priests to the nation.

• originally a judicial office, but later became a military office and essentially the central generals of Rome.

• Financial officers

• To draw up the roll of citizens and to fix their tax status.

 In 450 BC, the struggle of the orders produced the _______ , which simply

                    formalized and codified Roman law and its constitution which became victory for

                   the rights of the citizen

• Imperium

• Twelve Tables

• Triumvirate

• None of the Above

What caused the first Punic war to erupt?

•   The Romans attempted to solve the problem with diplomacy and demand that Carthage dismiss Hannibal and send him to Rome.

• When the Sicilian city of Messana revolted against the Carthaginians, the Romans intervened

•    The Romans, deeply suspicious of Carthage, demanded that the Carthaginians abandon their city and move inland into North Africa. The Carthaginians refused.

• All of the Above

Julius Caesar’s accomplishments or intended accomplishments included _______.

• resettlement of veterans abroad without dispossessing others,

• reform of the Roman calendar, regulation of the grain dole,

• strengthening of the middle class, enlargement of the Senate to 900,

• All of the Above are correct

Augustus was able to do all of the following except _______.

• Holding tribunician powers gave him the right to call the senate to meetings,

• To propose legislation in the popular assembly

• To veto any enactments and to hold command over 'his' provinces

• Granted dictatorial powers for life only if he renounced his consulship