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1
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literary evidence for the Early Iron Ages

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  • Livy’s historical accounts in the Foundation of Rome

- Greek authors on Greek colonies in Graecia Magna and the Etruscans

2
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Rex during the Roman Monarchy

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  • the term of rex was unlimited
  • the rex was the military leader of Rome
  • rex was now hereditary
3
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where did the Greeks settle in the Early Iron Age?

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Sicily and souther Italy

4
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where did the Etruscans settle in the Early Iron Age

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Etruria

5
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where did the Samnites settle in the Early Iron Age?

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central and eastern Italy

6
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Aemelius

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overthrew his brother and took over the kingship of Alba Longa

7
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Mezentius

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Etruscan king who helped Turnus fight against Aeneas

8
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Romulus

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killed his brother

9
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Tarquin the Proud

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last king of Rome

10
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Greek City-states

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  • were politically independent
  • individual city-sates had their own army and defense
  • most had a fortification wall around their urban center
11
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Tarquin the Proud

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last king of Rome

12
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Numa Pompilius

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second king of Rome

13
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Servius Tullius

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sixth king of Rome

14
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Reasons Livy wrote about the history of Rome

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  • recount the history of Rome from its earliest beginnings
  • provide a more historical (as opposed to poetic) recount of history
  • consider the means by which Rome’s power was acquired and expanded
15
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Etruscans were well known for their elaborate ____ and intricate _____

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cemeteries; metalwork

16
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True or False: the Regia was located in the Roman Forum

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true

17
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True or False: according to Livy, Romulus established three tribes that contained all the citizens of Rome

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true

18
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provinces of Rome

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spain, macedonia, sicily

19
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plebians

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  • were typically without access to the aristocratic offices during the early Republic
  • led a succession and established their own assembly
  • published the twelve tables
20
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Hannibal

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2nd Punic War

21
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King Philip V

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Macedonian wars

22
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Gauls/Celts

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sack of Rome

23
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important outcome of the fourth Macedonian War

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Macedonia became a province of Rome

24
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Cursus honoris (highest to lowest)

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consul, praetor, aedile, quastor

25
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Licinian-Sextian laws

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  • plebians were given access to public lands
  • debt reform that minimized interest
  • plebians were given access to religious offices
26
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important outcome or result of the 1st Punic War

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  • Sicily became a province of Rome
  • the birth of the Roman navy
  • Corsica became a province of Rome
27
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highest ranking social class in Roman society?

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senatores

28
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The appointment of dictator took place after the _____ passed a decree authorizing the ____ to nominate a dictator.

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senate; consuls

29
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municipia

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  • the Etruscan city-state of Veii

- the city-states of Magna Graecia on the Italian peninsula

30
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True or false: As part of his religious reforms, Augustus assured that religious offices were open all Roman citizens.

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False

31
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Tiberius

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redistribution of public land to landless peasants

32
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Gaius

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handing over the control of the extortion courts to the equites

33
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Pompey

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great general who fought under Sulla

34
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Caesar

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great orator and politician who quickly rose up from the curses honorum

35
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Crassus

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defeated the slave revolt of spartacus

36
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Which of the following were precedents set by Sulla that are later repeated by other powerful Roman leaders?

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  • leading an army against Rome
  • issuing a proscriptions list
  • unlimited dictatorship
37
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What is most likely being depicted in the following panel from the Ara Pacis Augustae?

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Mother Earth or the goddess Italia

38
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Who granted imperium to the members of the Second Triumvirate?

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the plebeian assembly

39
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Which of the following did Julius Caesar do after his triumphant return to Rome in 45/44 BCE?

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  • offered clementia to supporters of Pompey
  • cancelled debts for those suffering in debt slavery
  • distributed public lands to his veterans
  • began a building program in the city of Rome
40
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problems in Roman society and government that the Gracchi brothers were trying to fix?

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  • corruption in the distribution of land grants favored Roman elites
  • the gap between the elites and common people was widening
  • many plebians were suffering in poverty and landlessness
  • the citizen militia had become very weak
  • the office of the tribune of the plebs was working for the benefit of the senate
41
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outcomes of the Social War?

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  • all of Italy was united into a single state
  • the citizen population of Rome rose to over a million people
  • Italians were granted citizenship titles given to Octavian?
42
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titles given to Octavian?

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  • pontifex maximus
  • princeps
  • Augustus