Exam 4: Rome: From Republic to Empire

Carthage's ________ never lost a battle to Rome's armies on the field, but lost the war.

The career of ________ could arguably be traced to Sulla's use of military power against fellow Romans.

The Punic Wars were fought against Carthage, which was originally settled by ________.

Roman students wrote on ________.

The Romans came into contact with Hellenized culture in ________.

________ from Babylon influenced Roman civilization, despite the Senate’s attempt to expel the practice in 139 B.C.E.

Following the First Punic War, Sicily was settled as a province, meaning ________.

Unlike the terms reached after defeating their Italian neighbors, Rome, under the influence of the conservative Cato, imposed a peace on Macedonia and Carthage that was ________.

Based on the histories of Cassius Dio and Nicolaus of Damascus, ________ was a hated word in the history of the late republic.

Because the Romans did not destroy the Latin cities after defeating them in 338 b.c.e., ________.

Tiberius Gracchus ran for reelection but ________.

Roman kings had to be approved by the Senate and ________.

Do you believe Caesar wanted to be king? What are the implications of your answer?

Marius and Sulla harbored personal resentments stemming from ________.

Spartacus, a gladiator, led a rebellion of ________ against the Roman nobles in 73 b.c.e.

The power of the consuls in Rome was checked by the ________.

Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey formed a private political alliance known as the First ________.

In an effort to organize their power and protect themselves from the patrician magistrates, plebeians created the office of the ________.

Romans endowed their rulers with the power of ________, the power to command and to enforce those commands.

Wealthy Romans took possession of public land, legally and illegally.This led to a greater division between rich and poor and thus to the land-reform proposals of ________.