753 BCE
509 BCE
264-146 BCE
133 BCE
87 BCE
78 BCE
73 BCE
decade of the 60’s BCE
46 BCE
44 BCE
31 BCE
27 BCE
MAP SKILLS
On the map provided, color the water blue and the land pale green. Shade the mountains in black.
Mark the following:
The area of the Etruscans
Rome
Naples (Neapolis)
Sicily
Athens
Corsica
Sardinia
Cathage
Iberia
Ionia
Dalmatia
Gaul
Carthage
Tiber River
Po River
The major mountain ranges
The Adriatic Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
Actium
Outline in red the Roman Empire at its greatest extent
SIFT: BIOGRAPHY
Aeneas
Romulus and Remus
Gauls
Tiberius Gracchus
Gaius Gracchus
Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Julius Caesar
Octavian
Mark Anthony
Cleopatra
“Augustus”
Spartacus
Epictetus
Cicero
Mithras
Ovid
SIFT: TERMS
Forum
Republic
Patricians
Plebians
Consuls
Senate
Tribunes
Dictator
The Twelve Tablets
Circus Maximus
The Colosseum
SIFT: QUESTIONS
1. Who were the bands of people who entered the area of Rome about 2000BCE? What was the name of the tribe? What was the name of the larger cultural group?
2. Who were the Etruscans? Where were they? Why were they important? What happened to them?
3. What is the geographical advantage of Rome? (You should be able to look at the map and determine this.)
4. How did the republic of Rome resemble that of Athens?
5. When were the Punic Wars? Between whom? Why? What was the result?
6. Why did Rome fight wars with the Antigonids and the Seleucids? When?
7. Describe the political career of Julius Caesar. Why did “they” want to kill him?
8. Describe the administration of Augustus.
9. What was the importance of Roman Roads? How were they built?
10. What were the various elements of economics in the Roman Empire?
11. What were the powers and rights of the pater familias?
12. What was the role of the Jews in Rome?
13. What was the impact of Christianity on Rome.