CLAS 150: Week Nine

Key Terms, Dates, Individuals

fasces        lictor        Patrician        Plebeian        Secession of the Plebs 494 BC        Tribunes of the Plebs

Council of the Plebs        Twelve Tables        Licinian-Sextian Laws 367 BC        nobilis

concordia        Gallic sack 390 BC        Latin League        centurion        Latin Revolt 340-338 BC

Samnites        patria        paterfamilias        materfamilias        patria potestas        pietas

consilium        insulae        domus        atrium        peristyle        equestrian        quaestor        aedile

praetor        cursus honorum        King Pyrrhus        First Punic War 264-241 BC

Second Punic War 218-201 BC        Hannibal        Publius Cornelius Scipio

Issues, Questions to Consider

• What were some of the major sources of tension between patricians and plebeians during the early stages of the Republic?
• What led to the Secession of the Plebs in 494 BC?   What were the results of this secession?
• What are the Twelve Tables?   Why are they important?
• What were the results of the Licinian-Sextian Laws?
• Chart Roman expansion within Italy.
• What sorts of military innovations were introduced after the sack of Rome by the Gauls?
• After the Latin Revolt of 340-338 BC the Romans began to deal with conquered states, neighbouring peoples in a variety of specific ways.    Discuss the ways in which Rome dealt with former enemies.    Why was this such a turning point in Roman history?
• Discuss the basic structure of the Roman family.    What were its constituent parts?  Operative principles?
• How could the paterfamilias exert his power, authority?   How was this power limited?
• Compare marriage and divorce (reasons for, frequency of etc.) in the Roman, Greek and modern world.
• Discuss the various parts of the ideal Roman domus.
• How does the ideal Roman domus embodies many of the primary oppositions common in Roman culture?
• Be sure you are able to give at least a general overview of the cursus honorum.
• Discuss the expansion of Roman power within peninsular Italy and abroad (i.e., dates, cities)
• Be able to give an outline of the first and second Punic Wars.   What were the dates?  Who were the major figures involved?   What were the underlying causes of the wars?
• What repercussions (economic, social, political) did international expansion have on Roman society?
• What social, cultural, and political forces underpin Roman militarism?