Pre Test Notes

Rome Test Answers

1.) C, Latins

2.) D, Greek

3.) C, res publica 

4.) A, Washington, D.C.

5.) B, Tiber

6.) D, last King

7.) A, raping a respectable matron named Lucretia

8.) C, patricians

9.) A, plebeians

10.) C, consuls

11.) A, senators

12.) B, tribunes

13.) A, dictator

14.) B, one year

15.) C, three hundred

16.) C, president

17.) D, centuries

18.) B, Twelve Tables

19.) C, forum

20.) D, Sicily

21.) A, Hannibal

22.) C, Carthage

23.) B, latifundia

24.) A, Africa

25.) D, Chi Cago

- Caligula fought with the senate

- He claimed to be a god, and had statues displayed of himself in Jewish temples

- He was Assassinated by his own aides, AD 41(at age 28)

- The next emperor in line was Claudius

- Claudias had a bad limp and a speech impediment (His own family often made fun of him)

- He rose to the occasion: he conquered Britain; he built roads, canals, and adequates; he renovated the Circus Maximus

- Messalina, his wife often had affairs (and Messed around)

- She tried to kill Claudias and have her lover become emperor

- Claudias heard about this and killed Messalina and her lover

- Christianity was on the Rise in AD 66

- This conflicted with the Romans because the Romans (just like the Greeks) were Polytheistic and believed in many gods

- The western wall today is the holiest of all Jewish shrines

- When the Jews tried to rebel against the Romans about a half a million Jews died in the rebellion

- Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship the emperor

- Especially Christians, who were viewed as followers of a new, upstart religion (cult)

- Often used for "Entertainment" purposes in the Colosseum (thrown to the lions, etc.)

- Despite the oppression, Christianity grew quickly - by AD 200, around 10 percent of the people in the Roman empire were Christians

- Octavian - AKA Caesar Augustus

- August - Means to be honored

- He took over at the age of 18

- Augustus is the first to change it from a Republic to an Empire

- Built roads, aqueducts (brought water to the cities)

- Set up civil service to take care of roads, the grain supply, even a postal service

- Augustus dies at age 76 in A.D. 14, and passes power to...

- Jesus was a Roman citizen and a practicing Jew

- At 30, he began his ministry (A.D. 31-33), preaching to the poor (and there were lots of 'em) in the empire, and reaching out to outsiders

- Statements like "My kingdom is not of this world" made the Romans (and the Jews) nervous, and they began to plan his execution

- The governor of the Roman province of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (prompted by Jewish high priests), sentences Jesus to death by crucifixion