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Ancient Rome Unit Test Study Guide
1. Influences on Early Romans
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Explain what the Romans borrowed from the Etruscans
Describe how the Romans changed the ideas from the Etruscans
Explain what the Romans borrowed from the Greeks
Describe how the Romans changed the ideas from the Greeks
(how the Romans changed the ideas they took from the Greeks)
2. The Birth of the Republic
 Order of and details for each event
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Etruscans rule and then get overthrown
The republic is formed
Plebeians rebel during the Conflict of the Orders and gain some rights
Equality between the plebeians and patricians is reached
3. Periods of Expansion in the Roman Empire
Definitions:
 Gauls
 Julius Caesar
 Carthaginians
 Octavian (Augustus)
 Punic Wars
 Pax Romana
 Hannibal
 You need to know which people are associated with each time period.
 You need to know the sequence of major events in each time period.
 You need to know what land was gained during the Punic Wars
4. Daily Life in the Roman Empire
1. Law and Order
 who holds the true power in
the Roman Empire and how
has the Senate’s role changed
 jury/court system
2. Family Life
 father’s role
3. Food and Drink
 Difference between the diet
of the rich and the poor
4. Housing
 Difference between the
homes of the rich and the
poor
5. Recreation
 How the Emperor kept the
people happy
 Define Circus Maximus
 Define Coliseum
5. The Birth of Christianity / Its Impact on the Roman Empire
 Jesus of Nazareth
 Reasons why Romans:
1. Crucified Jesus
2. Persecuted Christians
 Tell how the support of Roman leaders affected Christianity
o Emperor Constantine the Great
o Emperor Theodosius I
6. Problems in the Empire / The Fall of the Western Roman
Empire
 Describe the events that led to the end of the Pax Romana
 Explain how conflicts within the Roman Empire and with outside groups weakened the
empire
 Describe how the Roman Empire split into two empires
 Explain what brought the Western Roman Empire to an end
 Describe how Roman culture lived on after the fall of the Western Roman Empire
o Byzantium
o Constantinople/Istanbul