2022-23 Ancient Rome History

This important person helped to expand the Roman Empire by conquering territories.

• Julius Caesar
• Carthage
• Hannibal
• Octavian Augustus

This was a period of peace that followed Rome's 17 year civil war.

• Consul
• Paticians
• Pax Romana
• The Twelve Tables

Members of the lower class in ancient Rome. This group succeeded in gaining representation at the meetings of the Senate by threatening to leave Rome.

• Patricians
• Tribune
• Plebeians
• Senate

This was the code of Roman laws carved on bronze tablets. It was created by plebeians and patricians. It became the foundation of Roman law.

• Code of Hammurabi
• consul
• Octavian Augustus
• The Twelve Tables

This person was the Carthaginian military leader that crossed the Alps.

• Julius Caesar
• Hannibal
• Octavian Augustus
• Carthage

A government in which the citizens have the right to choose their own leaders is called?

• a settlement
• an assembly
• a republic
• a colony

Who were Romulus and Remus?

• the first two kings
• mythological creatures
• legendary founders of Rome
• Roman senators

Members of rich, powerful families in ancient Rome were called?

• soothsayers
• patricians
• tributaries
• aritsans

Who was responsible for the defeat of Hannibal during the Punic Wars?

• Scipio
• Virgil
• Julius Caesar
• Octavian Augustus

The Punic Wars began because both Rome and Carthage wanted to

• control Greece.
• influence trade with Egypt.
• expand the empire.
• end Christianity.