History Flashcards
Punic wars
-Rome verse Carthage
-2cd Punic War Hannibal destroys portions of Rome
- 3rd punic War Carthage is completely destroyed
- Rome now controls the Mediterranean
Senate
partritians
consuls
Tribune
plebeians = veto power
Solon
- out lawed debt slavery
- freed existing debt slaves
- opened offices to more citizens
- ensured fairness and justice
- citizenship remained limited
Cleisthenes
- set up a council of 500
- chosen by lot from citizens to prepare laws and supervise government, a legislature
- democract was limited ( only rich)
Pericles
he was a military leader who became the leader of athens
he initiated public works
he reformed the constitution
Plato
- did not like democracy
-Student of Socrates/ most famous work was the REPUBLIC
Set fourth his vision of a perfectly governed society.
Philosophy- Kings should rule the people. ( based on ability not wealth) - rejected Athenian democracy
- state should regulate every aspect of citizens lives
Republic
Justinian
roman empire collapsed under german invaders in 400s
the east empire in rome’s power was byzantine empire
reached it’s greatest size between 527- 565
emperor justinian’s
justians code
reformed romans laws/wrote them down in a collection
followed around the world
-guided
Theocracy
Religious rule
laws come from a “ religious book”
Monarchy
- Ruled a king or a queen
- hereditary rule passes from related blood line
Julius Caesar
- He killed a city soldier
- won several battles
- senate worried about his political ambition
- He forced the senate to make him dictator
- reforms the poor
- granted citizenship when he went to see the senate in 44Bc ( Beweare the ides of march)
- program to employ the jobless
- he was stabbed to death
Patricians
a member of the higher class
rich people
landowners
made laws
most powerful
Plebeian
a member of the lower social classes
- Farmers
-traders
-Merchants
- Artisants
Pax Romana
romans peace
peace unity and prosperity in the empire
ideas and knowledges spread freely
trade flowed from Egypt, India, africa and china