Roman empire

All of the following factors contributed to

the collapse of the Roman republic except

• widening gap between rich and poor

• outside invasion

• breakdown of the military

• a civil war

The military leader who joined forces with Crassus and Pompey to dominate Rome was

• Calpurnia

• Marcus Brutus

• Hannibal

• Julius Caesar

The three men who ruled Rome for ten years beginning in 59 B.C. were referred to as a

• trio

• consul

• triumvirate

• senate

The second group of three rulers of Rome was

• Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus.

• Octavian, Augustus, and Mark Antony.

• Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Cleopatra.

• Caesar, Mark Antony, and Cleopatra.

Octavian eventually came to be called “exalted one,” or

• Pax Romana

• Caesar

• Augustus

• emperor

Why was slavery crucial for Roman civilization?

• Social entertainment

• Agricultural work

• Military roles

• None of the options

Why was the army of Rome in a crisis?

• Militaries were loyal to generals

• Lost their privileges

• Lack of salaries

• Loyalty to Rome was extreme

Why did the Senate enter in a crisis during the final years of the Republic?

• Senators lost the control of the population

• Senators only ruled in their favour

• Tribunes stopped supporting plebeians and allied with Senators

• Plebeians asked for more privileges

Why did military generals gain the support of unpaid soldiers and plebeians?

• A. The promised to increase the salary of soldiers

• B. Senators named them as dictators to solve the crisis

• C. They managed the land problem

• A and C

• None of the options

What is the meaning of the term: Pax Romana?

• Time of peace and economic prosperity

• A period of no war in Rome

• A conflict that emerged from the first civil war

• The period of the first emperor Augustus