Roman Culture Test

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Cicero's years of life: 106-43 BC
Date of the 1st Triumvirate: 60 BC
Date of Octavian's birth: 63 BC
Date of the Founding of Rome: April 21, 743 BC
How else would Rome be named if it wasn't for Romulus?: For Roma, the woman who burnt the ships.
What is the Rape of Sabines?: They were orginially all men, but then they invited the Etruscan women.
What did the Vestal Virgins do?: They kept the eternal flame lit and they practiced Divination (augury).
What happens to a Vestal Virgin if she is seduced?: She is buried alive.
From what years was Rome ruled by kings?: 753-509 BC
What was the Rape of Lucretia?: Sextus Tarquin raped Lucretia, the ideal woman and wife, and it was the cause of the Republican Revolution.
What was the Republican Revolution?: -Etruscan monarchy overthrown
-Tarqinius Superbus was defeated in rebellion
What happened in 494 BC?: The Plebian Triumvirate was established.
Who were the Patricians?: Aristrocratic class whose families supplied Rome with political and military leaders.
Who were the Equestrians?: People who provide horses in military campaigns.
Who were the Censors?: They took the census.
Who were the members of the 1st Triumvirate?: Pompey, Caesar, Crassus
Who was Titus Livius?: -AKA Livy
-recorded history of Rome
-142 politically sensitive books
-famous book: Ab Urbe Condita
What were the years for the Second Triumvirate?: 43-33 BC
Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate?: Marc Antony, Lepidus, Octavian (Augustus Caesar)
Who were the Julio-Claudians?: -Imp. imperial family
-ruled Rome for 100 years
-provided 1st 8 emporers
-laid foundation for politics of Rom
What epic was commissioned to tell the story of Rome in the way of Homer?: Virgil's Aeneid.
Who was Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus?: 1. Octavian
2. Augustus
3. the Divine Augustus Caesar

Adopted by Julius Caesar
Who was Pliny the Older?: Writer who died looking at Mt. Vesuvius.
What is the Rebellion of Boudicca?: Celtic tribe in Britain revolted
-many warriors women
Who was Pliny the Younger?: Roman official
Nephew of Pliny the Elder
9 books of letters
Who was Constantine the Great?: 1st emporer to support Christianity (monotheism)
-moved capital to Constantinople (Istambul)
Who was the last Roman emporer?: Romulus Augustulus
-ruled for 10 months
What were the years named after to measure them?: consuls, kings, and/or emporers
What does AUC mean?: Ab Urbe Condita - from the founding of the city
What is the Nundinae?: Market Day (every 9th day)
What are the 'kalends'?: the 1st day of the month
What are the 'nones'?: 5th or 7th day
What are the 'ides'?: 13th or 15th day
What is the famous ides of March?: The death of Caesar
What are the 2 parts of teh day?: 6 AM - 6 PM
What is the Siesta - Sex?: Around 6 PM
What is the salutatio?: Morning greeting to patron - at Atrium.
What was the 1st measure of time?: The sundial - horologium.
What is the 2nd measure of time?: The waterclock - clepsydra.
Who was Sulla?: -Roman general
-led aristrocratic party during CW
-made dictator
Who did Crassus defeat?: Spartacus
Who was Gnaeus Pompeius?: -Pompey the Great
-Important Roman politician and military leader
-member of 1st triumvirate
Who killed Cicero?: Marc Antony
What did Lex Pompeia state?: granted Latin right for foreigners to marry and trade with citizens and could become citizens

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