Chapter 2 Ancient Greece Civilization
I. Translate the following words or phras
the Apennine Peninsula Augustus Triumvirate Roman Empire Seven Hill Ally Punic Wars Romulus and Remus Carthage Octavian Law of the Twelve Tables The Colosum Epicureanism Stoicism Jupiter Venus Mars Neptune
Pluto Metamorphos consul dictatorship pleb
paternalism gladiators aqueduct the Etruscans Ligurians
亚平宁半岛；奥古斯都三头统治罗马帝国七丘联盟布匿战争罗穆卢斯和瑞摩斯迦太基
屋大维十二铜表法罗马圆形斗兽场伊比鸠鲁学派斯多葛学派朱庇特/木星维纳斯/金星
战神/火星海神尼普顿/海王星冥王普鲁托/冥王星《变形记》执政官专政；独裁平民
家长式统治角斗士高架渠伊特鲁里亚人利古里亚人
II Geographic feature:
Italy is located in the south of _______and surrounded on ______ sides by the as，Italy occupies the_______，one of the three major land mass of the northern Mediterranean.Abundant ______have produced much volcanic ashes，which helped to fertilize the soil and，along with good weather and rich_______，benefited the development of agriculture. Conquently，Italy has built up its fame all over the world for the production of wheat，corn,______，and fruits.
The earliest inhabitants of Italy could have been________.They belonged to the _______family and migrated from the northeast of Italy.
(the European continent; the Apennines Peninsula; three; volcanoes; rain water ; barley; Ligurians; Indo-European)
III History
1.Ancient Rome originated from small village in________.Seven-Hill Ally took shape during _______and cities and tribes came into being.
2. ____ were the orphaned twins suckled by a she-wolf, the founders of Rome in the history.It is said that early Rome was ruled by______.
3.In_______, Augustus built up Roman Republic. After three Punic wars, in the________, a vast unified Roman Empire was established with territory stretching across three continents.
4. Ancient Roman culture is the culture from the formation of ____to the end of the Roman Empire, which had lasted about 1200 years throughout.
5. ____was the first emperor in Roman Empire from 27 BC to 14 AD, who called himlf _____and built up a centralized Rome In 27 BC.
6.The First Triumvirate consisted of _______, ______ and ______while the cond Triumvirate refers to _____, ______and ________.
7.Punic wars are a ries of wars between Rome and ____ from 264 BC to 146 BC.
8.In _______, Roman Empire was divided into two parts. In 476, _______was defeated by German troops and came to an end. Its east part with its capital established in _________(renamed from Byzantium in AD 330 is called Istanbul at prent)，developed into another independent state called ________or Byzantine Empire (AD 395-1453).
9.Roman society was established as a ______bad on legal distinctions between the ruling class a
nd the ruled，the rich and the poor，aristocracy and the ordinary people, the citizen and non-citizen.
10.The most systematic and complete summary of laws was undertaken under the ______ bad on a collection of legal documents from both Rome and the provinces.
（1. central Italy ,700- 800 BC; 2. Romulus and Remus；ven kings; 3. 509 BC ; 4th century BC ; 4. Roman Republic；
5. Octavian；Augustus
6.Julius Caesar，Pompeius Magnus, Licinius Crassus;M. Antonius the consul，Julius Caesar Octavianus(Octavian ) Lepidus;
7.Carthage
8. 33 AD, West Rome, Constantinople, the Easter Roman Empire;
9. Hierarchy；10. Emperor Justinian）
IV. Social and economic conditions
IV True or fal question.
1. In ancient Rome, freed slaves could become Roman citizen without any restrictions on their legal rights.
2. All free-born citizens could get married in Roman society.
3. All Romans got their daily needs from war ravages and looting in other defeated countries or areas.
4. In Roman society, women had more chances to do some social activities than tho in the East.
5. The Romans usually entertained at the risk of slaves’ lives.
F F F T T
