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CLAS 136 | History of Rome
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1 Study Guide for First Test: History of Rome CLAS 333 Names, terms, and concepts (possible ID’s or topics for a short-answer question): Etruscans Capitoline Hill Aeneas Romulus and Remus Kings of Rome (esp. Numa, Servius Tullius, and the Tarquins) Horatia and her brothers Lucretia exemplum mos maiorum Mucius Scaevola Cincinnatus Paterfamilias and patriapotestas Struggle of the Orders (5th and 4th century BC): Decemvirs Verginia 12 Tables Plebeians and Patricians Plebeian secession Tribune of the Plebs Assembly of the Plebs 2 Patrons and Clients Comitia Centuriata/ Centuriate Assembly; the idea of census classes; the inequalities of voting Magistracies (esp. consul, tribune, censor, and dictator) Fasces and imperium The senate: senatusconsulta Nobles and Triumph ceremony cursus honorum improvements to Roman army after Gallic sack Latin League King Pyrrhus of Epirus: Pyrrhic Victory (early 3rd century) Idea of the “Just War” Roman colonies; municipia; Latin colonies and WHY they were important What is unique about Rome’s conception and use of citizenship rights? Carthage—and how Carthage was different from Rome in politics, economy, and military What began the First Punic War (Messana and Mamertines)? Corvus Hannibal Barca What began the Second Punic War? Battle of Cannae 216 BC Fabian tactics (Fabius Maximus Cunctator) Be able to identify a few important after-effects of Rome’s victory against Hannibal Scipio Africanus Philip V of Macedon and Peace of Flamininus Dates: if in bold, you should learn exact date—otherwise approx. is fine (i.e. mid-4th cent.) 3 1184 Fall of Troy 753 Founding of Rome 509 Expulsion of the Kings and beg. of Roman Republic 451 Twelve Tables 390 Battle of Allia and Gallic Sack 366 Licinio-Sextian Laws: a Plebeian can be consul 338 End of Latin League 295 Battle of Sentinum: key victory in last Samnite War 287 lex Hortensia: plebiscita = laws binding on all Roman citizens 264-41 First Punic War 238 Forced annexation of Sardinia 218-201 Second Punic War 216 Cannae 201-133 Guerilla warfare in Spain only ends when Numantia taken 197 Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly: Major Roman victory vs. Macedon—superiority of legion over phalanx 190 Battle of Magnesia: decisive Roman victory against Antiochus of Syria 146 Destruction of Carthage Possible questions for a short essay (all taken from your reading guides): 1) What were the causes and pretexts of the 2nd Punic War? 2) How does Fabius Maximus (cunctator) seem to his biographer either to embody or betray central Roman values? 3) Key to Polybius’ conception of Rome's imperial greatness is her constitution. What does he take to be the key elements in it? Why is it so successful in his view? 4) What, if anything, can a historian learn from Livy’s legendary or mythical stories? Please use a specific example to explain you answer. a. Another way of approaching the same issues: What is Livy’s attitude toward his project of writing down Rome’s history? What does he say is his goal as he writes Rome’s history? 5) What role do women play in Livy’s stories of early Rome? 6) What is the role of violence in Livy’s stories of early Rome?

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