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Ch 11 Vocab Flashcards

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Cicero

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Cicero (Sis-uh-roh), a philosopher and gifted orator, or public speaker.

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Julius Caesar

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The most powerful of these generals was Julius Caesar

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Pompey

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Pompey (PAHM-pea) and Crassus (KRAS-uhs). Together they ruled Rome

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Augustus

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Augustus who was adopted by Caesar

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Currency

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Romans used currency, or money

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Pax Romana

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Pax Romana, or Roman peace

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Aqueduct

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aqueduct is a raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities.

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Romance Languages

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Romance Languages. They include Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian

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Civil law

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Civil law is a legal system based on a written code of laws

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Christianity

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Christianity, this religion was based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

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Jesus of Nazareth

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Jesus of Nazareth, the man many people believe was the Jewish Messiah, lived in the very beginning of the first century AD.

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Bible

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The Bible, the holy book of the religion of Christianity

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Crucifixion

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Crucifixion (kroo-suh-FIK-shuhn), a type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross.

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Resurrection

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Jesus’s rise from the dead as the Resurrection

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Disciples

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After the Resurrection, several groups of Jesus’s disciples (di-SY-puhls), or followers, claimed to see him again

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Paul

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Paul of Tarsus. Paul traveled throughout the Roman world spreading Christian teachings

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Constantine

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Emperor Constantine (KAHN-stuhn-teen) became a Christian. He removed the bans on the religion. A later emperor made Christianity Romes official religion

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Diocletian

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Diocletian (dy-uh-KLEE-shuhn) became emperor in the late 200s.

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Attila

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Attila (AT- uhl-uh), raided Roman territory in the east

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Corruption

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Corruption, the decay of peoples values

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Justinian

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Justinian (juh-STIN-ee-uhn), an emperor who ruled from 527 to 565, reuniting the old Roman Empire was passion. His armies conquered Italy and much land around the Mediterranean

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Theodora

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Theodore (thee-uh-DOHR-uh) convinced him to stay and fight. Taking her advise Justinian crushed the riots.

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Byzantine Empire

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Historians call the society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire the Byzantine (BI-zuhn-teen) Empire

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