| A | B |
| What did defeats by the Germans teach Augustus? | Rome's power was limited |
| What type of city was Rome? | on 7 hills |
| What are insulae? | poorly built apartments; often collapsed |
| What was Livy's weakness as a historian? | not concerned with factual accuracy |
| What was Roman success attributed to? | duty, courage, discipline |
| Where did Roman strength lay? | government, law, engineering |
| What happened at the Battle of Zama? | Romans crushed Hannibal |
| What did General Marius do to recruit volunteers? | promised land, had them swear oath of loyalty, they were no longer subject to state |
| Who was assassinated by his allies in the Senate? | Julius Ceasar |
| What did cities spread? | roman culture, roman law, latin language |
| What did paterfamilias control? | family and children |
| What does crucified mean? | killed on a cross |
| Why di Romans see Christians as a threat? | would not worship emperors or their gods, said it endangered slavation |
| What happened to people under Diocletian and Constantine? | D: last persecution of Christians, but it made them stronger; C: 1st Christian emperor; C&D:divided country into 4 units and created a strong military |
| Who founded Carthage? | Phoenicians |
| What was the Edict of Milan? | official tolerance of Christianity |
| What does imperator mean? | commander-in-chief |
| Who are the patricians? | landowners, became ruling class, often became consuls, senators, or other officials |
| Who are plebians? | less wealthy landowners, craftsmen, merchants, small farmers, could vote but not hold office or intermarry, fougt in the army |
| what is the paterfamilias | dominant male, head of family |