Ancient China + Ancient Rome Flashcards
All non-patrician citizens of Romes
Plebeians
A system of government in which the head of the state is not a monarch
Republic
Monarch
A ruler from a royal family
The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins
Romulus and Remus who were wolf raised twins
Name the Roman King of the gods (whose symbol was a thunderbolt).
Jupiter
A powerful North African naval and trading city from the third century
Carthage
The name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated
Latium
The name of the people that lived to the North of Latium, who controlled Rome before the Romans rebelled
The Etruscans
The name of the Carthaginian general who rode an elephant into battle against the Romans in the 2nd Punic War
Hannibal
True or False- the Romans conquered Britain but never Scotland
True
Goods or property taken from a defeated enemy after a battle
Loot
Members of aristocratic families that founded the Republic of Rome
Patricians
Why did Romans see Christianity as a threat
Because Christians refused to worship the emperor, only their own God.
The social pyramid of the people of ancient China
- Chinese rulers and emperors 2. Lords 3. Land owning gentry, warrior gentry and bureaucrats 4. Peasant farmers 5. Merchants and traders 6. Slaves and artisans
Philosophers
one who studies the fundamental principles and causes of things
