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Ch.10 Lessons 1,2,3,4,5 Flashcards

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Tiber River

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a river in Italy

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Italian Peninsula

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an arm of land surrounded by the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian, and Adriatic Seas; location of the country of Italy

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Mediterranean Sea

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a large body of water bordered by Europe, Asia, and Africa

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Rome

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a city near the middle of the western coast of Italy

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Tarquin

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Etruscan leader and the last king of ancient Rome

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Junius Brutus

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Ancient Roman leader who, with his supporters, forced the Etruscans out of Rome

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Carthage

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an important Phoenician trading post in North Africa

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Regulus

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Ancient Roman general who was defeated and captured in a war between Rome and Carthage

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Hannibal

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Carthaginian general who launched an invasion of the Romans from Spain by crossing the Alps

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Scipio

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Ancient Roman general who attacked Carthage and forced Hannibal to retreat from Rome

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Julius Caeser

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Ancient Roman general whose murder led to the end of the Roman Republic

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patrician

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a wealthy, powerful citizen of ancient Rome

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plebeian

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a common citizen of ancient Rome

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republic

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a form of government in which citizens have the right to choose their leaders

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representative

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a person elected to represent the people

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Senate

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a governing body in which ancient Roman representatives served

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consul

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in ancient Rome, one of two officials who managed the government and the army

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dictator

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a person who has total control over the people

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tribune

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in ancient Rome, men who were appointed to protect the rights of plebeians

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patriotism

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a sense of pride in one’s country

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ceaser

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an ancient Roman emperor

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Appian Way

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a famous ancient Roman road

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Colosseum

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Augusts

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Ancient Roman emperor whose rule began a long period of prosperity and peace called the Pax Romana

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Caligula

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Cruel ancient Roman emperor who was assassinated by members of his bodygaurd

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Claudius

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Ancient Roman emperor after Caligula who tried to improve conditions in the Empire

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Nero

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Ancient Roman emperor upon whose death civil war broke out

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Marcus Aurelius

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Ancient Roman philosopher, general, and emperor who was perhaps the greatest of Rome’s “Five Good Emperors”

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Seneca

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emperor

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the ruler of an empire

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gladiator

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in ancient Rome, a professional fighter

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Palestine

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A Roman province on the eastern coast on the Mediterranean Sea

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Nazareth

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a city in ancient Palestine and the home of Jesus

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Jesus

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A young Jewish man who taught Palestine and founded Christianity

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Peter

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Disciple of Jesus who helped spread his teachings throughout the Roman Empire

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Paul

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Disciple of Jesus who helped spread his teachings throughout the Roman Empire

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Constantine

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Christian emperor who made Christianity equal to all other regions in Rome

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Theodosius

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Ancient Roman emperor who made Christianity Rome’s official religion

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catacomb

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an underground room used as a burial site

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synagogue

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a Jewish place of worship

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disciple

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one of a small group of people who followed Jesus

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persecute

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to punish

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Christianity

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the monotheistic religion based on the life, teachings, and death of Jesus

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New Testament

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the part of the Christian Bible that contains the Gospels

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Gospels

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In Christianity,

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Apostle

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Messiah

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