Starter quiz
- Before Rome became a republic, it was ruled by ...
- emperors
- kings ✓
- queens
- gods
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- Who was the last king of Rome?
- Tarquin ✓
- Romulus
- Remus
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- In Roman society, a free citizen could own a ______, a person who did not have freedom.
- 'slave' ✓
- The wars between Rome and Carthage are known as the __________ Wars.
- Roman
- Tunisian
- Macedonian
- Punic ✓
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- The Roman Republic grew by adding Macedonia and Carthage as ...
- 'provinces' ✓
- Order these events chronologically.
- 1⇔the Roman senate is created
- 2⇔the last king of Rome is overthrown, ending the Roman Kingdom
- 3⇔the Roman Republic starts
- 4⇔the Punic Wars are fought
- 5⇔Macedonia and the Greek city-states become Roman provinces
Exit quiz
- Which of the following was not a province of the Roman Republic?
- Macedonia
- Carthage
- Egypt
- Mexico ✓
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- Which country was known as Rome's breadbasket?
- 'Egypt' ✓
- Julius Caesar was __________ because he had complete power and control over Rome.
- a dictator ✓
- an emperor
- a king
- a senator
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- Which territory did Julius Caesar conquer?
- Macedonia
- Gaul ✓
- Egypt
- Carthage
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- The Roman Empire was ruled by ...
- a king
- a dictator
- an emperor ✓
- a consul
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- Match the people to their descriptions.
- Augustus⇔first Roman Emperor ✓
- Cleopatra⇔ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt ✓
- Pompey⇔consul (leader) of Rome ✓
- Julius Caesar⇔military general and dictator ✓
- Brutus⇔senator who plotted to murder Julius Caesar ✓
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Key learning points
- The Roman Republic continued to expand, conquering places like Ptolemaic Egypt.
- Julius Caesar rose to power as a general and then as dictator of Rome, but was murdered by jealous senators in 44BCE.
- Augustus was victorious in the subsequent civil war and became Rome's first emperor.
- The empire retained a senate which awarded the emperors their power.
- The Roman Empire expanded under the emperors as they used conquest to legitimise their rule.
Common misconception
Julius Caesar was an emperor of the Roman Empire.
Julius Caesar was not an emperor of the Roman Empire but a dictator of the Roman Republic.
Keywords
Dictator - a dictator is a person with complete power and control over a country
Civil war - a civil war is a war between different groups of people from the same country
Emperor - an emperor is the ruler of an empire
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