CLST 103 Chapter 1 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update (Graded A+)
Rome's geography - Answers -Italy is a narrow peninsula
-some fertile valleys which promote farming
-located 18 miles inland (close to sea but far enough to be safe from pirates)
-built on 7 hills which made it easier to de...
Rome's geography - Answers -Italy is a narrow peninsula
-some fertile valleys which promote farming
-located 18 miles inland (close to sea but far enough to be safe from pirates)
-built on 7 hills which made it easier to defend
Tiber River - Answers The river where Rome was founded.
Archaeology - Answers Our main source of information of Rome
Romulus and Remus - Answers Traditional story of how Rome began. Twins abandoned and rescued by a
wolf, raised by a shepherd. Grew to build Rome. Romulus later killed Remus
Ancestors - Answers It's an honour to honour your ancestors
Aeneas - Answers A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
Settled in Italy to found the community that eventually became Rome
The Aeneid by Virgil - Answers A Trojan destined to found Rome, undergoes many trials on land and sea
during his journey to Italy, finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.
A way to link Roman history to Greek myths and honour emperor Augustus
Lavinium - Answers ancient city on the west coast of Italy near the site of future Rome, named for
Latinus' daughter
The site of a cult to Aeneas.
Etruscan Kings - Answers - From 616 - 579 B.C., L. Tarquinius Priscus (5th king of Rome)
- From 578-535 B.C., Servius Tullus (created the first census)
- From 534 - 510 B.C., Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud) was the last Etruscan king
Tarquinius Priscus - Answers The 5th king of Rome, who was an Etruscan, built the Cloaka Maxima and
defeated lots of rival armies. He was killed by his own people who did not trust him because of his
Etruscan race.
imperium - Answers the right to give orders to those of a lower status
Romulus - Answers Legendary hero who founded Rome
Tarquinius Superbus - Answers The Last King of Rome who usurped the throne.
509 BCE - Answers Expulsion of the Tarquins. Roman Republic begins
, 501 BC - Answers Dictatorship was created.
Dictators - Answers Invested with supreme power for a limited time.
Consuls - Answers Two officials from the patrician class were appointed each year of the Roman
Republic to supervise the government and command the armies
Quaestors - Answers Roman officials responsible for the administration of financial affairs.
Praetors - Answers government officials who interpret the law and serve as judges
Senate - Answers In ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats.
comitia - Answers Assembly
gentes - Answers clans
patricii - Answers patricians
Plebeians - Answers the common people of ancient Rome. non-particians
Sextius Lateranus - Answers first plebeian consul
magistrate - Answers a civil officer charged with the administration of the law
Nexum - Answers was a debt bondage contract in the early Roman Republic. The debtor pledged his
person as collateral should he default on his loan. Nexum was abolished by the Lex Poetelia Papiria in
326 BC. bond slave
tribuni plebis - Answers They had the power to veto actions taken by magistrates, and specifically to
intervene legally on behalf of plebeians.
Lex Hortensia - Answers Council of Plebeians is given power within Roman legal system; officially ends
the Struggle of the Orders. 287 BC
Latin - Answers The language of the Romans
Etruscans - Answers A people who inhabited early Italy, north of Rome
493 BC - Answers Treaty between Rome and Latin League
338 BC - Answers Dissolution of the Latin League
Metus Gallicus - Answers fear of invasion by northern barbarians
295 BC - Answers Battle of Sentinum, last major battle of Roman-Samnites Wars
municipium - Answers Community whose members had obligations to their own locality but were also
citizens of Rome
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