Rome

According to legend, Rome was founded by

• Paul of Tarsus.

• Tarquin the Proud.

• Romulus.

• Mr. Terry

During the middle centuries of the first millennium B.C.E., Italy was dominated by the

• Greeks.

• Persians.

• Minoans.

• Etruscans.

In the early stages of the Roman republic the patricians elected two

• kings

• consuls

• tribunes

• senators

Which group, in an effort to alleviate social tensions, was allowed to elect two and then later ten tribunes?

• plebeians

• slaves

• patricians

• consuls

During times of crisis the Romans would appoint an official with absolute power known as a(n)

• consul

• tribune

• emperor

• dictator

The Roman policy toward conquered peoples was

• centered on conversion to the Roman religion.

• the potential for citizenship.

• immediately turning them into slaves

• annihilation

Rome's struggle with the Carthaginians was known as the

• Phoenician Wars.

• Sicilian Wars.

• Punic Wars.

• Persian Wars.

The Romans first fought the Carthaginians over the most important source of grain in the western Mediterranean. Where was it?

• Greece

• Egypt

• Sicily

• Carthage

The tribune whose call for land reform led to his assassination in 132 B.C.E. was

• Gaius Marius.

• Lucius Cornelius Sulla.

• Tiberius Gracchus.

• Cincinnatus.

Octavian was able to restore order to the Roman world with his victory in 31 B.C.E. at

• Marathon.

• Actium.

• Athens.

• Rome.