Ancient roman basics

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In order list the classes residents of rome.: Consuls, Patricians, Plebians, Women and Slaves.
What are Consuls?: There are three different types of consuls; Quaestors (financial, Aediles (city works), Praestors (law, armies)
A patrician is...: the upper class, rich land owners& nobles
A plebian is...: Lower class, farmers workers and equestrians.
A woman is...: Unable to vote but can still be a citizen
A slave is...: not a citizen, they couldn't vote and did not have freeborn roman parents.
The three government systems of rome were...: 1)Monarchy
2)Republic (ruled by the citizens)
3)Empire (some of republic remains)
The 4 (basic) gladiator types are...: Saminites,Thracians,Retarius and Myrmillo
Carthage was founded in...: 850BC
Rome was founded in...: 750BC
First punic war began and ended in...: 264BC (countries defeated include Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia)and ended in 241BC
2nd punic war began and ended in...: 218BC and 201BC
major events of the punic war include...: (217BC) hannibal defeated lake trasimene,(216BC) Hannibal defeats Cannae,(201BC) Hannibal is called back to carthage and is defeated.
The third punic war began and ended in...: 149BC and 146BC.
After the thrid punic war...: Carthaginians were sold for slavery, Land made useless, (c116BC) Rome establishes site on carthage
jupiter: King of dieties, god of thunder and lightening
Juno: Queen of dieties and goddess ofwomen and childbirth
Minerva: Goddess of wisdom
Neptune: God of the sea
Cares: God of war
Vulcan: God of fire
Mercury: God of trade
Venus: Goddess of love
Cupid: God of love
Rome got the idea of gods in human form from the...: Greeks
Which saint traversed rome spreading the good news only to be persecuted: Saint Paul
Which emperor claimed to have had a sign from christ in AD312 and converted rome to christianity?: Constantine
Who were burned and thrown to lions because of their faith?: Roman christians

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