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8th Grade
11/14/2012

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Term
Who is Remulus' father?
Definition
Mars
Term
What did the Latins and Etruscans begin to call themselves?
Definition
Romans
Term
When did the Romans set a republic?
Definition
509 BC
Term
What are the 3 groups of citizens that helped govern Rome?
Definition
Assembly of Centuries, Assembly of Tribes, and Senate
Term
What did the 3 groups that helped govern Rome use to keep each other from becoming too powerful?
Definition
checks and balances
Term
What did Roman law require every male citizen to do?
Definition
serve in the army for at least 10 years
Term
How many wars did Rome fight against Carthage?
Definition
3
Term
What were the 3 wars fought against Carthage called?
Definition
Punic Wars
Term
In the PUnic Wars, who did the Romans face?
Definition
Hannibal
Term
Who became known as the First Triumvirate?
Definition
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
Term
Who killed Julius Caesar?
Definition
Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius
Term
When was Julius Caesar murdered and what is it called?
Definition
March 15, 44 BC and "Ides of March"
Term
What is the calender that Julius Caesar created?
Definition
Julian calender
Term
Who was Octavian's to general?
Definition
Marc Antony
Term
Who does Marc Antony fall in love with?
Definition
Cleopatra
Term
Who commited suicide?
Definition
Antony and Cleopatra
Term
Who changed his name to Augustus Caesar?
Definition
Octavian
Term
Who appointed his favorited horse as consul?
Definition
Caligula
Term
Who was the realative of Julius Caesar that played the fiddle while a disastrous fire swept through Rome?
Definition
Nero
Term
What means Roman Peace?
Definition
Pax Romano
Term
Who is one of the Good Emporors?
Definition
Hadrian
Term
Jesus was born under the rule of what empire?
Definition
the Roman Empire
Term
Who moved the capital Greek city, Byznatine, and renamed it constantinople?
Definition
Constantine
Term
How many people can the colosseum hold?
Definition
approximately 60 thousand people
Term
Who wrote the epic Aeneid?
Definition
Virgil
Term
Who wrote satires and odes?
Definition
Horace
Term
Who was the scientist who believed that the earth was the center of the universe?
Definition
Ptolemy
Term
Who is the chief god?
Definition
Jupiter
Term
Who is god of the underworld?
Definition
Pluto
Term
What is the month June named for?
Definition
for Juno, wife of chief god
Term
Who was July named for?
Definition
Julius Caesar
Term
Who was August named for?
Definition
Augustus Caesar
Term
Who was the last Roman emporor?
Definition
Romulus Augustus
Term
Who created the Papal States?
Definition
Pepin the Short
Term
What were the 2 Papal States?
Definition
Vatican City and Avignon
Term
When and who abolished the Holy Roman Empire?
Definition
1806, Napolean
Term
What became known as the Byzantine Empire?
Definition
The Eastern Roman Empire
Term
TWhat was the Byzantine Empire made up of?
Definition
Greeks, Egyptians, Arabs, Armenians, jews, Persians, Slavs, and Turks.
Term
What does Renaissance mean?
Definition
rebirthing
Term
Who wrote the essay "The Prince"?
Definition
Nicolo Machiavelli
Term
What Sea is Italy on?
Definition
the Mediterranean
Term
What is the major religion in Italy?
Definition
Roman Catholic
Term
What did Donatello paint?
Definition
Sacrifice of Isaac- David and Goliath
Term
What did da Vinci paint?
Definition
Last Supper- Mona Lisa
Term
What did Michaelangelo paint?
Definition
Sisteen Chapel- David- Mary and Jesus
Term
Who painted:
Angels
Madonna and Child
The Judgement of Soloman
Definition
Raphael
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