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Free Ancient Rome Flashcards
From republic to empire to collapse, Rome supplies the vocabulary half of Western history is written in. These cards cover the figures and turning points every classics and history course leans on.
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QWho was the first Roman emperor?
AAugustus (Octavian), from 27 BC
QWhat happened on the Ides of March, 44 BC?
AJulius Caesar was assassinated
QWhat were the Punic Wars?
AThree wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)
QWhich Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with elephants?
AHannibal
QWhat was the Roman Senate?
ARome’s chief deliberative and advisory political body
QWhat language did the Romans speak?
ALatin
QWhen did the Western Roman Empire fall?
AAD 476
QWhat was the Colosseum used for?
AGladiatorial games and public spectacles
QWho were the legendary founders of Rome?
ARomulus and Remus
QWhat was Pax Romana?
AThe ~200-year period of relative peace beginning under Augustus
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