Ancient Rome

A few terms, names, concepts, and questions you should be aware of for the midterm exam from the Ancient Rome Chapter:

1. Plebians
2. Patricians
3. Etruscan
4. Carthage
5. Punic Wars
6. Hannibal
7. Phillip V of Macedonia
8. Tiberius and Marcus Graccus
9. Romulus and Remus
10. Senate
11. Republic
12. Lucius Cornelius Sulla
13. Gaius Julius Caesar
14. First, Second, and Third Roman Civil Wars
15. Pompeii and Herculaneum
16. Pax Romana
17. Marc Antony
18. Octavian, or Augustus
19. Marcus Aurelius
20. Hadrian
21. Tribune
22. Veto
23. Vespasian
24. Ovid
25. Cicero
26. Pantheon
27. coliseum
28. Gladiator
29. Law of the Twelve Tables
30. Aqueduct
31. Mosaic
32. Virgil
33. Tacitus
34. Livy
35. Plutarch
36. Mystery cults
37. Stoicism
38. epicurean
39. Seneca
40. Galen

Here are some questions for you to think about:

1. How were Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome similar? How were they different?
2. Why was Rome able to spread so successfully? How did they treat their conquered people?
3. What was the Roman government's general attitude toward religions other than the state religion?
4. Rome is not known for its accomplishments in Science or Philosophy. What is it known for?
5. How did Romans entertain themselves?
6. What brought the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire?
7. What were Augustus' accomplishments?