Ancient Rome

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Roman general who was Caesar’s aide and eventually Octavian’s enemy

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Marc Antony

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Mountain range to the north of Italian peninsula

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Alps

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Mountain range, runs down the eastern side of Italian peninsula

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Apennines

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Last of five good emperors; death in AD 180 signaled the end of the Pax Romana

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Marcus Aurelius

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Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived well past the fall of the western half

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Byzantine Empire

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Roman general who won a civil was and was appointed “Dictator for Life” ; assassinated on March 15, 44 BC because Romans feared he would become a king

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Julius Caesar

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North African city that was a big rival to Rome; fought against Rome in the Punic Wars

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Carthage

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Roman emperor in the 300’s; made Christianity legal

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Constantine

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Name of new capital built by Constantine in 330; built at the site of an old city called Byzantium in Asia Minor

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Constantinople

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Two executives who ran the government under the Roman republic

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Consul

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Roman religion involving rituals performed to ancient gods and statues of the emperor

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Cult of Roma

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Roman emperor at the end of the third century AD; he enacted many reforms to try to halt the decline of the empire

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Diocletian

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Proclamation issued by Constantine making Christianity and all other religions legal in Roman Empire

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Edict of Milan

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People living in northern Italy when Rome was first founded

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Etruscans

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Roman political leaders who became tribunes and pushed for reform to help the poor who had been displaced by the Punic Wars; both were killed as a result of their efforts

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Gracchus brothers

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Carthaginian general who invaded Italy through Alps; Second Punic War

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Hannibal

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Large farming estate that were acquired by the wealthy after the poor sold their land in the wake of the destruction caused by the Second Punic War

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Latifundia

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Member of the Second Triumvirate with Marc Antony and Octavian

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Lepidus

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Major body of water surrounding the Italian peninsula

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Mediterranean Sea

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A hired soldier who fights for money rather than loyalty or love of their country

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Mercenary

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Believing there is only one God

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Monotheist

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Grandnephew of Caesar, formed the Second Triumvirate to avenge his uncle’s death and ended up becoming sole ruler of Rome for the rest of his life

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Octavian (Augustus Caesar)

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Early Roman republic, this was the upper class

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Patrician

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Period of great peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire; lasted from Augustus 27 BC to Marcus AD 180

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Pax Romana

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Lower class in early Roman republic

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Plebeian

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Urban poor who owned no land and lived in the cities, usually without jobs

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Proletariat

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Series of three wars with Carthage

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Punic Wars

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Last emperor of Rome; he was overthrown by a barbarian kin in AD 476

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Romulus Augustulus

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Small creek at the border between Italy and Gaul

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Rubicon River

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Island at the toe of Italy; Rome and Carthage fought over control of this land in the First Punic War

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Sicily

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Rome is right on this river

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River River

Question 31

Represents the plebeians

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Tribunes

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Rome’s laws written down for the plebeians

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Twelve Tables