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when was rome and the roman republic founded?
- Rome was founded in 753 B.C
- Roman Republic was founded in 504 B.C
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what was important about the geography of Italy?
- it was in a great position for overseas trade
- lacks numerous good ports
- the apennine mountains protects northern italy and its many hills served as battle advantages
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who was livy?
a famous historian
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who was Cicero?
a famous historian.
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who founded rome?
Romulus
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who was romulus's brother that eventual also killed him?
Remus
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Rome went from being a Kingdom-250 yrs
to being a Republic-500 yrs
then evenually to being a Empire- 500 yrs
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what were the Etruscans
great traders
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what was unique about the death sentence for Roman Citizens?
you could only kill them by beheading them since it was a quick way to death
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who was the first dictator of Rome?
Cincinatus
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who was the primary god of Rome?
Janus, it had two heads
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what were the two chief roman magistrates called?
consuls
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what was the roman word for king?
Rex
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who was the captain of the kings guard?
Brutus
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who were the first two consuls of Rome
Brutus and Pubeis Luberis
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what year was Italy under Roman control by?
243 B.C
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what was citizenship with Franchise?
Citizenship with the right to vote
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what was the SPQR?
Senate and People of Rome
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Rome is governed in two parts which are?
The senate and the people
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rome had blocks divided into groups that contained which type of people?
the wealthy.
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what was the senate made of?
knoble class where magistrates came from nominated by their community
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what is cumita curiata?
they are blocs that vote on magistrates and deals with the law
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what is comita centuria?
military and it deals with the law
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what is a consul?
at the very top office, there are two of them, they are generals and have veto power, priests
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what are praetors?
second in command to the consu, they interpret the law
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what are the quaestors?
they manage the money that comes in
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what are the Aedils?
they maintain the function of rodes, buildings, etc, and are the head of the religious affairs and festivals
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what is a censor?
a census of all the citizens to count people for tax purposes and determine who can all senators
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what is cursos honorum?
order of all offices
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what is the order of all offices
- Quastor
- Aedile
- Praetor
- Consul
- Censor
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what is civil laws?
protects the lives of citizens
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what is natural law?
it applies to all people
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who were the plebians?
the commoners
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who were the patricians?
nobles, (only patricians could be senates, magistrates, generals, interpret law, and ratify laws)
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what are the Lecian sexten laws?
it granted plebians the right to serve in offices specifically the senate office.
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what are the tweleve tables?
place where laws were written on.
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what was the equity law?
applied to citizens and the provinces they were in
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