Mrs. Wilson Roman Expansion: From Republic to Empire (TCI1)

What is an empire?

• a large territory controlled by a single ruler or state

• a pier for fishing

• a type of penguin

Rome expanded from a city-state into what over about 600 years?

• a country

• an empire

• a state

Who did Rome defeat to capture the Italian peninsula?

• Egyptians

• Carthage

• people nearby: the Etruscans, Greeks and Samnites

What is a peninsula?

• a type of flag

• land surrounded by water on 3 sides - almost an island!

• a writing instrument

Who was unhappy that Rome conquered the Italian peninsula? There are 2 CORRECT answers!

• poor people (plebeians) who had to serve in the army

• conquered people who had to pay taxes and serve in the army

• rich patricians

Rome fought the Punic Wars against which city-state?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Carthage

• Corinth

What land did Rome gain after the Punic Wars?

• land around the Mediterranean Sea, natural resources, and enslaved people

• land just in Asia and spices

• land in Gaul and French bread

Who was unhappy with Rome expanding after the Punic Wars? There are 2 CORRECT answers!

• the Carthaginians - because Rome burned their city and sold some of them into slavery

• the merchants who got rich selling grain to Rome

• Roman farmers because Hannibal destroyed many farms

What reforms did Julius Caesar make?

• no one could work on Thursdays, and farmers could make the laws

• only women could fight in the army, and only girls could be educated

• construction projects like roads and bridges, entertainment like gladiator fights for the poor

Who was unhappy with Roman expansion under Julius Caesar?

• the Roman Senate - they thought Caesar was to powerful

• Roman farmers who lost jobs to enslaved people

• conquered people who were enslaved