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chapter 10-11 Rome Flashcards

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Aeneas

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great Trojan hero who came to Italy and became a prominent ruler

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the Aeneid

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an epic poem about Aenaes’ story

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Virgil

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wrote the Aeneid

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Romulus and Remus

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raised by wolves; romulus killed Remus; Romulus built rome and named it after himself

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republic

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a type of government in which people elect leaders to govern them

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dictators

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rulers with almost absolute power

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Cincinnatus

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one of Rome’s famous dictators who defeated enemies and returned to his farm

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plebeians

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common people

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patricians

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nobles

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Etruscans

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lived in Italy before Rome was founded; last three kings of Rome were Etruscan

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tripartite

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a government with three parts

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magistrates

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officials

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consuls

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the 2 most powerful magistrates in Rome

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Roman Senate

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a council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city’s leaders

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Assemblies

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both patricians and plebeians; primary job to elect the magistrates

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Tribunes

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elected officials elected by the plebeians

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veto

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prohibit

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Latin

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the Romans’ language

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checks and balances

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methods to balance power

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Forum

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Rome’s public meeting place

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Law of the 12 tables

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Rome’s first written law code; produced on 12 bronze tables, or tablets

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Palatine hill

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where Rome’s richest people lived

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Capitoline Hill

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where Rome’s grandest temples stood

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legions

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groups of up to 6000 soldiers

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centuries

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groups of 100 soldiers

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punic wars

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a series of wars against carthage, a city in northern Africa

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Hannibal

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brilliant general; war elephants; defeated at Zama

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Tiberius and Gracchus

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brothers who addressed Rome’s problems but were killed

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Gaius Marius

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a consul who encouraged poor people to join the army

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Lucius Cornelius Sulla

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came into conflict with Marius and after causing civil war, defeated Marius and named himself dictator

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Spartacus

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a former gladiator who led a slave revolt but was killed in battle

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Cicero

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philosopher and speaker who argued to limit the generals power and restore checks and balances

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Julius Caesar

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great general who ruled with Pompey and Crassus then killed Pompey when he wanted power for himself and made himself dictator for life; was killed on Ides of March

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Pompey

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ruled with Caesar and Crassus but wanted power for himself then Caesar killed him

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Crassus

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ruled with Caesar and Pompey until partnership ended

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Rubicon River

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the boundary between Gaul and Italy

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Marc Antony

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Caesar’s assistant; took control with Octavian after Caesar’s death; married octavian’s sister then divorced her and married Cleopatra then committed suicide

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Octavian

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took control with Marc Antony; stated civil war after Marc divorced his sister; became Rome’s sole ruler and Senate gave him name Augustus which means revered one

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Pax Romana

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Roman peace

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aqueduct

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a raised channel used to carry water form mountains into cities

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Romance languages

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Italian, French, Romanian, Portugese, Spanish

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Civic Law

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a legal system based on a written code of laws

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Diocletian

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divided empire and ruled east half

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Attila

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Hun leader

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corruption

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decay of people’s values

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Justinian

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an emperor who organized the laws into a new legal system called Justinians code

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Theodora

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Justinians wife who convinced him to stay and fight an uprising which he did and won

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Byzantine Empire

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the society that developed in the eastern Roman empire

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