History 3 Flashcards

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Roman peace

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Pax Romana

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2
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First citizen

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Princeps

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3
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Roman peace and prosperity was under his rule

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Octavian

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4
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Became known a Caesar Augustus-1st Roman ruler to be called emperor-wanted to restore the republic and shared power with the senate

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Octavian

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5
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Agriculture- trade and material wealth peaked- currency was made

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Economic prosperity

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6
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Supplied water to Roman cities

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Aqueducts

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7
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True happiness- free mind of fear and free body of pain

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Epicurean

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8
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Highest good comes from the pursuit of virtues

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Stoicism

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9
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Focused on beauty, art, and philosophy

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Greeks

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10
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Focused on usefulness, law, and politics

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Romans

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11
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Romans learned much from them- modeled literature after their examples

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Greeks

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12
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Great orator and political figure of the republic in Rome

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Cicero

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13
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Homer of Rome- greatest Roman poet- wrote Aeneid

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Virgil

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14
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Poet of the Augustan age

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Horace

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15
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Metamorphoses- 200 myths of the ancient world

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Ovid

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16
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Wrote ancient history of Rome

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Livys

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17
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Wrote bitter satires on Rome’s social problems

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Juvenal

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18
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Historian who longed for republic- annals of germania

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Tacitus

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19
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Dominant language of Rome

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Latin

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20
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Most famous Greek writer in the Roman Empire

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Plutarch

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21
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Medical writer

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Galen

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22
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Astronomer and mathematician- geocentric theory

23
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Earth centered universe

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Geocentric theory

24
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Chariot races

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Crocus Maximus

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Most famous example of Rome’s architectural achievement
Colosseum
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Epicureanism- on the nature of things
Lucretius
27
Philosopher- tutor of Nero
Seneca
28
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
29
Worship centers for exhaled Jews
Synagogues
30
Old Testament translation from Hebrew to Greek
Septuagint
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Anointed one
Jesus the Christ
32
Roman governor
Pontus Pilate
33
Roman emperor
Tiberius
34
The spread of the gospel was aided by these two things
Jewish persecution and Apostle Paul
35
First Christian martyr
Stephen
36
First missionary to the gentiles
Paul
37
Romans deemed Christians as
Social misfits to haters of humanity
38
Led first official Christian persecution
Nero
39
Led largest and most widespread Christian persecution
Diocletian
40
Made Christianity legal
Edict of Milan
41
Legalized Christianity
Constantine
42
Made Christianity Rome’s official religion
Theodosius I
43
Affirmed the deity of the Trinity
Council of Nicaea
44
Withdraw to monasteries and denied physical comforts
Monasticism
45
Reasons for decline of Rome
Political disorder, economic troubles, and moral decay
46
Germanic tribes who didn’t share Greek or Roman culture
Barbarians
47
Fierce eastern tribe
Huns
48
Hun tribe who settled in east Rome
Visigoths
49
Romans were defeated and the empower was killed
Battle of Adrianople
50
Plundered Rome with the Visgoths in 410
Alaric
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Hun leader who invaded Rome
Attila
52
Raided and pillaged Rome- term still used today
Vandals
53
Date of the fall of the Roman Empire- when a non Roman was placed on the throne
476 AD
54
Chose co empower for west while ruling in the east
Diocletian