Roman period 1

The Roman nation arose from (choose the correct answers/tribes):

• Italic tribes

• Etruscans

• Celts

• Greeks

• Slavs

Latins belonged to

• Italic tribes

• Etruscans

• Celts

• Greeks

Etruscans are Italic tribe.

• False

• True

According to legend, Rome was founded by Romulus, who became the first Roman king.

• False

• True

Which part of the Apennine Peninsula was named after the Etruscans?

• Sicily

• Lombardy

• Tuscany

• Calabria

Romans adopted writing from Etruscans. The history of this alphabet is longer: from Phoenicians via Greeks and Etruscans to Romans.

• True

• False

The reform of the Roman king Servius Tullius was very popular. What it was about? Choose the correct answers.

• people were divided into 5 groups by property, not by origin (family)

• the richer they were, the more rights they had (but also had more duties, especially military duties)

• the political power of a man depended on his property and on his ability to own weapons and form an army

• people had the power because of their property, not because they belonged to Patricians

How many kings ruled the Roman kingdom?

• 8

• 3

• 7

• 6

The last Roman king was Tarquinius Superbus.

• False

• True