FINAL HIS 1001 Flashcards

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Romulus & Remus

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Are sent down a river to evade death as babies ,then adopted by a she wolf who had just lost her children and she then proceeds to raise them.As they get older they are then reunited with humans they end up deplacing their uncle reensate their grandfather.Romulus kills his brother remus. Romulus the first king of rome

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Feral

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Term for raised wild

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Etrusacnas

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A group north to the romans much larger group then romans ( one of their members becomes king)

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Tarquin “the proud”

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Last etrusacan king His son rapes a roman noble women in which the people become to infrutited by this act that they rose up they kicked out the king aand kicked out kingship all together replacing it with the republic(rule of the people)

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Legion

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Group of 5,000 soldiers and fought in closed formation

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Punic wars (264-146)

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pit rome against carthage divided into 3 wars

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HANNIBAL

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military figure was sent to be sentenced in rome for rebbelling agasint them he refused and started war instead defeating half the roman saoildwrs

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Pater Familias

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The patroarch of any given roman family (meaning father of the family)

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Mos Maiorum

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The religious code of the ancient romans ( way of the ancestors)

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Vestal Virgin

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They were the preistes of the goddess of vesta given to the temple very important for sacricfces. Could retire at 37

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Pontifex Maximus

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The high priest of rome in charge of all the other priest first war fought over sicily

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*Latifundia -

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Roman rural estates ( plantations) the slaves were farmers worked from sun up till sun down and at night after sundown they are locked up. Lead very difficult lives
Vilicus/ Vilivia - Overseer of the slaves ( usually a slave themselves) Not uncommon for them to earn their freedom .

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Augures

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Priest dedicated to a specific type of divination ( was to get answers from the spirit world through flights of birds)

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Men for Sacred Action

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These men help in the temperial of jupiter a library scared librarians ( filled with sivilin books written out answers to prophecy

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Fetials-

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were in charge of declaring peace and war

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Pontifices

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were regular preist in charge of sacrifices

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**Militia

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professional skilled army

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Pilum

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A weapon during roman era long spread weapon aim to kill and get rid of enemeys

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Gladius

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Weapon for the army hands have to be quick wait attack holding glaidus from iberia and spain

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Carthage

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The people who got into war with rome

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**Navy

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soldiers who fight at sea

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Cannae

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Major battle of the second punic war fought with hannibal making them win the war

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Marius-

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roman general and states men one of the most important leaders in the roman reopulbic

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Marius mules

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their roman army

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Sulla

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lead his army against rome himself

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Princeps

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When a ruler is in control of everything but with out its people knowing