DEMOCRACY & DICTATORSHIP IN ANCIENT ROME (study guide)
NAME: _____________________________ PERIOD: ____
Read "Democracy and Dictatorship in Ancient Rome" and answer the following questions:
1. When did the Romans throw out their king and what did they replace him with?
2. Who were the patricians? the plebeians?
3. Why did the Senate actually have more power than the consuls?
4. What was a dictator, and when were they appointed?
5. Although a dictator could serve for only a maximum of 6 months, what ind of power did they possess during the 6 months?
6. What changed Sulla from a "dictator" to a "tyrant"?
7. What impact did Spartacus and the slave revolt have on the Roman Republic?
8. What was the First Triumvirate and who served on it?
9. Although Julius Caesar refused to be come a king, he did accept the title "dictator for life." What happened as a result?
10. After Caesar's death, civil war broke out for 17 years. What was the outcome of that civil war?
Read "Democracy and Dictatorship in Ancient Rome" and answer the following questions:
1. When did the Romans throw out their king and what did they replace him with?
2. Who were the patricians? the plebeians?
3. Why did the Senate actually have more power than the consuls?
4. What was a dictator, and when were they appointed?
5. Although a dictator could serve for only a maximum of 6 months, what ind of power did they possess during the 6 months?
6. What changed Sulla from a "dictator" to a "tyrant"?
7. What impact did Spartacus and the slave revolt have on the Roman Republic?
8. What was the First Triumvirate and who served on it?
9. Although Julius Caesar refused to be come a king, he did accept the title "dictator for life." What happened as a result?
10. After Caesar's death, civil war broke out for 17 years. What was the outcome of that civil war?