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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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The Second Triumvirate

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Lepidus, Mark Antony, Octavian

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Proscription

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Public identification and official condemnation of declared enemies of the state. Proscription eliminates political enemies and replenish the Treasury.

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Senatorial resistance had been definitively crushed

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Battle of Philippi

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The decisive confrontation of the final battle in the war of the Roman Republic. Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra.

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Battle of Actium

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“Princeps” or “first man” a term from the republic meaning:

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Most distinguished senator

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6
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Augustus fundamentally transformed Rome’s political system into a

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Monarchy

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Augustus’s true source of power

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  • controlled the state’s treasury
  • loyalty of the Army
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Augustus’s military reforms

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  • he professionalized the army
  • guaranteed soldiers pay and retirement benefits
  • he created the Praetorian guard
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Augustus’s contributions to Roman life. Establishes the first ________ in western civilization

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Fire department

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Distributed grain, gladiatorial shows, prevent the citizenry from protesting and rioting

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Bread and circuses

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11
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Of the Principate the goal

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Was stability and order not political freedom

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12
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Pax Romana

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The Roman Peace

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The Julio-Claudians

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  • Augustus
  • Tiberius
  • Caligula
  • Claudius
  • Nero
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14
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Insane tyrant

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Caligula

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15
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One legacy from ________ was the precedent he established by bribing the Praetorian guard to back him as the new Emperor

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Claudius

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16
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He had his mother killed in 59

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Nero

17
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In 60 Nero ____________ scandalizing the Roman elite

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Performed as a musician in public

18
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Victory showed the elite and the army wished to continue the Principate

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Vespasian

19
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The worship of the Emperor as a living god and making sacrifices for his households welfare

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Imperial Cult

20
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First emperor to succeed his biological father

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Titus

21
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The five good emperors

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  • Nerva
  • Trajan
  • Hadrian
  • Antoninus Pius
  • Marcus Aurelius
22
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Period known as

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The Golden Age

23
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The greatest military expansion in Roman history, attain its maximum territorial extent

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Trajan

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Believed the financial strain to be incurred in keeping on a policy of conquests was something the Roman Empire could not afford

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Hadrian

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His reign was the most peaceful in the entire history of the Principate

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Antoninus Pius

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The last of the five good emperors, acquired the reputation of a philosopher kind within his lifetime

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Marcus Aurelius

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Messiah

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Anointed one

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The world is ruled by evil powers that would one day be crushed by the Messiah, God’s chosen agent after which the righteous would be rewarded and the evil punished

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Apocalypticism

29
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66-70 Christianity began to separate from Judaism

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the Zealot Revolt and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple

30
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Christians consider the ________ to be the cornerstone of their faith and the most important event in history

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Resurrection of Jesus

31
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Reasons for Roman persecution (of Christians as individuals)

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  • Christian’s denial of the gods would invoke their wrath on the empire
  • Christians were cannibals and sexually promiscuous
32
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The biggest argument of the early church was the issue of the

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Trinity

33
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Doctrine states that the Apostles had appointed the first bishops as their successor, giving these officials the authority that Jesus had originally given to the Apostles

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Apostolic Succession

34
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Sacraments of the Church

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  • Baptism
  • Reconciliation
  • Holy Eucharist
  • Marriage
  • Anointing of the sick

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