CLST 103 Chapter 4 ExamBank Solutions Manual (100% Correct)

CLST 103 Chapter 4 ExamBank Solutions Manual (100% Correct) Extension of Roman Empire at Augustus' time - Answers Atlantic to Caspian; English Channel to Sahara Polybius - Answers historian and Greek-born slave who recorded the genius and virtues of the early Roman Republic Publius Valerius - Answers one of the first consuls to hold office after expulsion of the kings Comitia Centuriata - Answers - set up by Servius Tullius - comitia of people were divided into centuriae - 193 centuriae with an electoral college - 5 classis each with centuriae - met outside the pomerium as centuriae has military implications Centuriae - Answers - originally military units, organized by the census - 1st 18 were equites - centuriae of musicians, blacksmiths and attendants classis - Answers - division of the centuriae based on wealth - classis I was the wealthiest with 88 centuriae (almost completely monopolized the voting) proletarii - Answers the poorest Roman class. too poor to be soldiers or pay taxes, the only thing they were expected to do was have children (proles) voting in comitia centuriata - Answers - started with higher classes - 1 vote per centuriae - ended when majority was reached - often benefited the wealthier classes with voices of proletarii not heard Comitia Tributa - Answers - divided voting units into 35 tribes (based on geographical locations) for an electoral college - assembly of the whole people - called by curule magistrates - elected curule aediles and quaestors - could approve laws of the roman people Concillium Plebis - Answers - assembly of the plebs - chose their own magistrates - presided by a plebeian magistrate - could enact a decree binding on the plebs; later could bind the rest of the Roman population Hortensian Law - Answers brought an end to the conflict of orders in 287 BCE rogatio - Answers "asking" Senate - Answers - put together by Romulus as a body of advisers made up of the "best men" in the state - every legislation passed through here - power consisted of the influence which it exercised over the magistrates - assigned provincia to those with imperium and the size of their armies consilium - Answers - described the body of friends and associates that any Roman republic life would gather around himself - senate was the state consilium in the republic senatus consultum - Answers A decree from the Senate; the considered opinion of the Senate senators - Answers - "patres" was given to the Senators - comes from word "sennex" -- old man - consuls chose a new Senate every year until censors took over and appointed them for life the army - Answers - under the power of consuls - men who avoided conscription could be sold as a slave - early-mid republic conscripted 1-5th classis as they needed to provide own equipment - a citizen militia rather than professionals stipendium - Answers small amount given to members of the army who were taken away from their normal livelihood to cover their expenses. Doubled during Caesar's reign centurion - Answers Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers) Gaius Marius - Answers general who tried to solve unemployment by inviting poor people to join the army during the war against Numidia, creating a force more loyal to him than to Rome and forever changing the psychology of the armies and their relationship to the commander Legatus (legate) - Answers Assistant to a provincial governor provincia - Answers - area of responsibility for an imperium-holder. - Later, were considered territory that was controlled by the Romans, not fought for by them provincial governors - Answers -answer to emperor, but have imperium in province - ensured military security of province -issued edict (plan of actions, policies) at start of tenure, like the praetor urbanis in Rome - civilian tasks. ie. jurisdiction of citizens and non-Romans.