Exam 5: the Roman Republic

Because the Romans frequently adopted the gods of the peoples they came into contact with, and since, by the Republic, Greece was a major influence upon Rome, it can be argued that the Romans and the Greeks had essentially the same "Greco-Roman" religion.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Julius Caesar

IDENTIFICATIONS -Tiber River

Rome was established in the first millennium B.C.E. on the

As a result of the First Punic War

IDENTIFICATIONS -gentes

The main achievement of the Hortensian law in Roman constitutional history was its

For the Romans, Italy's geography

Taking into consideration Rome's treatment of Carthage, can Rome's acquisition of an empire be seen as anything more than murder and plunder on a grand scale, or did Rome's empire offer something better to those throughout the Mediterranean who were conquered?

IDENTIFICATIONS -concrete

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jupiter Optimus Maximus

The most significant non-Latin influence upon early Rome came from the Etruscans.

The Carthaginians originated from

In the "struggle of the orders," what did the plebeians want and what did they succeed in getting? Can it be said that Rome became a democracy because of this struggle? Why or why not?

Compare and contrast the Roman family of the Republic with the Greek family of Periclean Athens. Can it be said that women had more rights and freedom in one of these societies than the other? Why or why not?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Battle of Pharsalus

Livy's account of Cincinnatus

For the Romans, ius gentium was that part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners, or was the law of nations and not just for the Romans.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Crassus and Sparticus

IDENTIFICATIONS -Latium