Question: What type of policy is considered by some to be responsible for Rome's many military conflicts?
Answer: imperialism

Question: What was a common conclusion to wars in the early days of republican Rome?
Answer: restoration of the way things were

Question: What type of alliance was created between the various Roman city-states?
Answer: mutual self-protection

Question: What did Roman settlers commonly seek out?
Answer: land

Question: After what war did the alliances start to solidify?
Answer: Second Punic War

Question: What helped Rome move closer to a confrontation with several other major powers in the area?
Answer: This growing coalition

Question: What towns had chosen Hannibal's side?
Answer: southern Italian

Question: What did city-states hope to gain from the Roman confederacy?
Answer: membership (and protection)

Question: What effect did the weakening of Ptolemaic Egypt have on nearby areas?
Answer: destabilisation

Question: Who attempted to find out how Rome dominated the Greek east?
Answer: Polybius

Question: Why was Rome involved in matters in the Greek east?
Answer: alliance-seeking

Question: Which countries citie-states attempted to gain the protection of Rome?
Answer: Greek

Question: What was seen as the behind the Roman influence in the east?
Answer: crisis management

Question: At what point was the entire Roman world joined together under Roman control?
Answer: the time of the Roman Empire

Question: What was not seen as an influence of Rome's influence in the west?
Answer: intentional empire-building

Question: What type of city-states were involved with the Roman Republic?
Answer: independent

Question: In what battle did Rome claim victory over several Latin cities in?
Answer: the Battle of Lake Regillus

Question: What year did the Battle of Lake Regillus take place?
Answer: 496 BC

Question: In what year did Rome claim victory against the city of Veii?
Answer: 477 BC

Question: What Roman battle took place in the year 446 BC?
Answer: the Battle of Corbione

Question: Who initially had control over the Sabines?
Answer: Etruscan control

Question: When did the Battle of Allia River approximately end?
Answer: 387 BC

Question: How many of the Roman military were involved in the Battle of Allia River?
Answer: 15,000 troops

Question: Where did the Romans attempt to escape to after their loss against the Gauls?
Answer: Rome

Question: What is the name of the chieftan who led his army to victory in the Battle of Allia River?
Answer: Brennus

Question: Who asked Rome for assistance after being overburdened by their enemies?
Answer: two Etruscan towns

Question: What country did the Romans continue to expand to after Rome was sacked?
Answer: Italy

Question: How many battles were conducted by Rome before they were forced to flee in The First Samnite War?
Answer: two battles

Question: What caused the Romans early withdrawl in The First Samnite War?
Answer: revolt of several of their Latin allies

Question: When did The First Samnite War end?
Answer: 341 BC

Question: Who did Rome claim victory against in The Battle of Vesuvius?
Answer: Latins

Question: Who suffered a great amount of losses battling the Roman army?
Answer: Pyrrhus

Question: What did Rome refuse to do in their relations with Pyrrhus?
Answer: negotiate

Question: What military leader does the term Pyrrhic victory come from?
Answer: Pyrrhus

Question: What ultimately caused Pyrrhus to vacate completely from the country of Italy?
Answer: Seeing little hope for further gains

Question: In what year did the Battle of Beneventum take place?
Answer: 275 BC

Question: What battles were initially complete disasters for Rome?
Answer: naval battles

Question: What type of engine was invented by the Romans?
Answer: grappling engine

Question: Who did the Carthaginians hire to lead their army after several losses against the Romans?
Answer: Xanthippus

Question: Who claimed victory at the Battle of Aegates Islands?
Answer: The Romans

Question: Who lost access to the Mediterranean after numerous naval losses?
Answer: the Carthaginians

Question: What was the name of Hannibal's family member that wanted to join his army in battle?
Answer: Hasdrubal Barca

Question: At what river was Hasdrubal Barca defeated at?
Answer: Metaurus River

Question: In which battle was Hannibal clearly defeated at?
Answer: the Battle of Zama

Question: Who had led the army that the Romans had sent to Africa?
Answer: Scipio Africanus

Question: Why did the Romans send an army to Africa?
Answer: to threaten the Carthaginian capital

Question: What had prevented Carthage from defending their territory from pirates?
Answer: Treaties

Question: What type of colony was Carthage primarily comprised of?
Answer: punic colonies

Question: What cities flourished after they were conquered by the Romans?
Answer: punic cities

Question: What was the main request of the Romans that Carthage turned down?
Answer: complete surrender

Question: Who did the Numidians form an alliance with?
Answer: Rome

Question: What kingdom sent an ambassador to Italy in an attempt to form an alliance against Rome?
Answer: Macedonia

Question: Where did Philip V want to extend his control to?
Answer: westward

Question: What peninsula was the kingdom of Macedonia able to be found in?
Answer: Greek peninsula

Question: At what point did Rome discover that an alliance between Philip V and Hannibal had been achieved?
Answer: Philip's emissaries were captured by a Roman fleet

Question: Who did Philip V seek an alliance with?
Answer: Hannibal

Question: What was declared by the Romans now that the Philip had been defeated?
Answer: "Peace of the Greeks"

Question: Where did the Romans remove their troops from after Philip's loss?
Answer: Greece

Question: What request of Rome was ignored by Philip V that quickly led to the start of the Second Macedonian War?
Answer: an ultimatum to cease his campaigns against Rome's new Greek allies

Question: In what year did Philip lose the Battle of Cynoscephalae?
Answer: 197 BC

Question: What was Philip forced to return after his loss in the Battle of Cynoscephalae?
Answer: his recent Greek conquests

Question: Who had now been appointed as a military advisor to the emperor of Seleucid?
Answer: Hannibal

Question: What was thought to be the plan of Hannibal and the emperor of Seleucid?
Answer: an outright conquest not just of Greece, but of Rome itself

Question: Which empire currently controlled the majority of the former Persian Empire?
Answer: Seleucids

Question: Who had managed to recreate nearly the entirety of the empire of Alexander the Great?
Answer: Seleucids

Question: Which former enemy wanted an alliance with the Romans?
Answer: Philip

Question: Which town in Italy now housed a large Roman garrison?
Answer: Sicily

Question: Why was a garrison implented in Italy by the Romans?
Answer: in case the Seleucids ever got to Italy

Question: Who had been defeated in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Answer: the Seleucids

Question: Why did the Romans decide to withdraw their forces from Greece?
Answer: assuming (or hoping) that the lack of a major Greek power would ensure a stable peace

Question: What loss started a decline of the Seleucids Empire?
Answer: Battle of Magnesia

Question: In what year did Philip pass away?
Answer: 179 BC

Question: Who was next in line to the throne at the time of Philip's death?
Answer: Perseus

Question: In what year were did the Macedonians lose The Battle of Pydna?
Answer: 168 BC

Question: How did Rome respond to their successive losses against the Macedonians?
Answer: by sending a stronger army

Question: Who had initially begun the Third Macedonian War?
Answer: Rome

Question: How many republics was the Kingdom of Macedonia splintered into?
Answer: four client republics

Question: In what year did the Fourt Macedonian War end?
Answer: 148 BC

Question: Who did Rome fight in the Fourth Macedonian War?
Answer: a Macedonian pretender to the throne