Chapter 6 Flashcards
rights of women in Rome
Women slowly gained more rights and were able to own property and later even run their own businesses
The Senate
Made laws to control government
and Originally made up of 300 patricians
who are the Consuls
Two patricians nominated yearly by the Senate
role of the consuls
Supervised business of government and command armies
dictator
a ruler that had complete control of the senate
who are tribunes
Plebeian officials who would veto laws that were harmful to plebeians
how many punic wars
3
who was the punic war fought between
Fought between Rome and Carthage
Roman imperialism over who
Mediterranean world
What did Diocletian do to the Roman Empire
split the empire in two to help maintain it
what are reforms
reforms helped revive the economy, but they couldn’t stop the long-term decline of Rome
pax romana
The 200 years between Augustus and Marcus Aurelius Roman rule brought peace, unity, order, and prosperity.
bread and circuses
Used as a method to keep poor citizens happy
reforms decline
internal problems and attacks from the outside eventually led to Rome’s decline
The four big causes that led to the fall of the Roman Empire
Military, Political, Economic, and Social causes
