History Flashcards

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Founding of Rome

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21 April 753 BC

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2
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Roman Monarchy (year range)

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753 BC - 509 BC

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3
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Seven Kings of Rome (names)

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Romulus
Numa Pompilius
Tullus Hostilius
Ancus Marcius 
Tarquinus Priscus (I)
Servius Tullius
Tarquinus Superbus (II)
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4
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Laws of the Twelve Tables established

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450 BC

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5
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Sacking of Rome by the Gauls

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390 BC

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6
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Rome conquers last part of Italy

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290 BC

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7
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First Punic War

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264 BC - 241 BC

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8
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Doors of the Temple of Janus closed (year and meaning)

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235 BC, first time Rome was at peace with all nations

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9
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Second Punic War

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218 BC - 201 BC

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10
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Hannibal crosses the alps

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218 BC

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11
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Lex Oppia (year and definition)

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215 BC - 195 BC

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12
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Third Punic War

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149 BC - 146 BC

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13
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Razing of Carthage

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146 BC

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14
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Land reforms initiated by Tiberius Gracchus

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133 BC

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15
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Social War (year and definition)

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90 BC - 88 BC, Italian civil war ending with granting of Roman citizenship to all Italians

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16
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Sulla marched on Rome

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88 BC

17
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Slave revolt led by Spartacus (year and who put it down)

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73 BC - 71 BC, Pompey and Crassus

18
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First Triumvirate (year and names)

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60 BC - 54 BC

Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar

19
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Caesar’s conquest of Gaul and Britain

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51 BC and 54 BC

20
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Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

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10 January 49 BC

21
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Caesar’s Assassination

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15 March 44 BC

22
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Second Triumvirate (year and names)

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43 BC - 33 BC

Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus

23
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Julio-Claudian period (year and starting incident)

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27 BC - 68 AD

January 27, Octavian takes title of Augustus

24
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Crucifixion of Jesus

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30 AD

25
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Great Fire of Rome

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64 AD

26
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Flavia period

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69 AD - 96 AD

27
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Vesuvius eruption

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24 August 79 AD

28
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Colosseum inaugurated

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80 AD

29
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Hadrian’s Wall started

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122 AD

30
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Aurelian Wall to defend against invaders

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270 AD

31
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Diocletian divides empire into east and west

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293 AD

32
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Constantine’s conversion (year and location)

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312 AD

Milvian Bridge

33
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Edict of Milan (year and meaning)

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February 313 AD

freedom of worship for Christians

34
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Theodosius bans pagan religion and closes temples

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391 AD

35
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Sacking of Rome by the Visigoths

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24 August 410 AD

36
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Justinian’s Digest of Laws published

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533 AD

37
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End of the Byzantine Empire (year and cause)

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1453 AD

Ottoman Turk invasion (Istanbul not Constantinople)