Rome Study Guide
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- Q1What two territories fought in the Punic Wars?Nile and TigrisCarthage and RomeAugustus and JuliusSparta and Athens30s
- Q2Who won both the Final battle of the Third Punic Wars because of their great battle tactics, discipline and endurance?Hannibal won both warsRome won and ruled the Mediterranean regionboth Rome and Carthage won the Punic Wars because they were both brilliant in battleone side of the war was not as brilliant at battle tactics as the other side45s
- Q3What was the name of the general in charge Carthage's army?AugustusScipioHannibalCaesar30s
- Q4What was the name of the general in charge of Rome's army?JuliusScipioOctavianHannibal30s
- Q5Why did Rome and Carthage fight in two wars called the Punic Wars?the war took place in the Mediterranean regionboth wanted control over trade and wealthboth sides of the war had a great navyRome was a republic and then became an empire30s
- Q6What is the Pax Romana?a time of drought and famine from natural disastersthe time when Julius Caesar became dictatorthe Senate took control of the Roman Republic and made great reformsthe 200 years of peace and prosperity/happiness during the Roman Empire45s
- Q7What was Octavian called after the Senate called him the respected one?Caesar AugustusJulius CaesarHannibalPax Romana30s
- Q8How did the Emperor Caesar Augustus start the Pax Romana?he won the Punic Warsby assassinating his uncle Julius Caesargave free grain to the poor, land to veteran soldiers and built great monumentshe built aqueducts for Rome30s
- Q9What is an aqueduct?a type of artworka large armya stone channel carrying clean water into the citya system of building roads30s
- Q10What was the importance of building roads?so children would not get lost in the woodsfor people to travel to place to placeto make it easier for the armies to march from one city to another or tradingto make it easier to make maps to guide people30s
- Q11What does the word prospered mean?to have good cropsPax Romanabecome financially successful; grow strong and healthyto find diamonds30s
- Q12What does the word economy mean?a type of natural disasterpeople at warthe wealth and resources of a country/Empirea great ruler30s
- Q13What is a dictator?a member of the Consula ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.Augustus Caesarsomeone in the Senate30s
- Q14What is a legion?a large amount of farm landa war tactic created by Hannibalthe largest unit of the Roman army, evolving from 3,000 men in the Roman Republic to over 5,200 men in the Roman Empirethe name of a road built by the Romans30s
- Q15Who became the most powerful man in Rome and was made dictator for life by the Senate?HannibalOctavianJulius CaesarAugustus Caesar30s