Ch 3- Ancient Rome Flashcards

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Founded by

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Romulus and Remus

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Founded in

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753BC

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3
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Republic

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Country that elects it’s own leader

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4
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Became a republic in

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510BC

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5
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Senate

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Parliament

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Senators

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Members of parliament

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Consuls

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A 1 year position to ensure no one individual gained too much power . Commanded the army

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How do we know about the romans

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Written documents eg language Latin

Archaeology- cities and towns

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9
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Legionnaire

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Roman soldier

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10
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A legion has

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5000 soldiers

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11
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How many legions in an army

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30

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12
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Mutiny

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Rebellion

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13
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Decimatio

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If a muting occurred, the men were lined up and every 10th one was shot

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14
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Gruel

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Soup made form barley

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Legionnaires uniform

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Chain mail vest over tunics. They carried a shield, sword, dagger and a javelin called a pilum. They wore greaves and a helmet

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16
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Greaves

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Shin pads

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17
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Soldiers had to :

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Be Roman citizens, serve 20 years, march 30km a day and carry everything they needed in a backpack

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18
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Auxilia

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Back up army

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19
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Patricians

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Rich people

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20
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Plebeians

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Poor people

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21
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Forum

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Center of Rome

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22
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Viasacre

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Center of the forum (where produce was sold)

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23
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Domus

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Patricians House

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24
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Parts of the domus

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Atrium, impluvium, cubicula, culina and peristylum

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Atrium
Open entrance at center of the domus
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Impluvium
Small pool
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Cubicula
Bedroom
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Culina
Kitchen
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Peristylium
Walled garden
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Villa
House in the countryside
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Frescoes
Paintings depicting daily life
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Mosaics
Small tiles on the floor
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A plebeians house
Insulae
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Insulae
An apartment block Five/six storeys high Sanitation poor
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Thermopolia
Where plebians cooked food
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Men wore a
Toga
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Pallas
Shawl
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Cena
Main meal of the day
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Dole
Free supply of grain given to plebians
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Tunic
Knee length garment
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Patricians ate:
Dormice, parrot, camel feet and jellyfish
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Plebians ate:
Wheat, porridge and bread
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Ludus
Primary school
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Grammaticus
Secondary school
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Oratory
Public speaking
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Rhetoric
Making a point strongly
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Abacus
Used for teaching maths
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Stylus
For teaching English
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Manu mission
Slaves buying their freedom
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Caladrium
Hot bath
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Tepidarium
Warm baths
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Frigidarium
Cold bath
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Hypocaust
Heating system
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Palaestra
Exercise yard
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Strigil
A curved rod used to scrape dirt off a body after a massage
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Chariot racing took place in
The circus Maximus
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Gladiators fought in the
Colosseum/Arena
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Polytheism
Believing in many Gods
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Jupiter
Father of the Gods
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Venus
Goddess of love
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Mars
God of war
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Lares
Household god
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Burial customs
``` Coins were put in their eyes to pay for the journey to the underworld Towed across the River Styx Funerals held in the Forum Bodies buried outside the city Mourning lasted 9 days ```
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Catacombs
Underground cemeteries
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Legacy
Something left behind that helps remember something/ someone
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Legacy of Rome
Language- Latin, Italian and Spanish Calendar- months Religion- Christianity Aqueducts
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Aqueducts
Concrete structures designed to bring water from mountains to cites