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history exam Flashcards

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republic

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government where ruler is not king or queen but elected by the people

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Pax Romana

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era of peace and safety in the Roman Empire; roads built (50,000 miles worth)

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Virgil

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great Roman writer who wrote the “Aeneid”

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patricians

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wealthy landowners who made up Rome’s upper class

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plebeians

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Rome’s middle class; merchants

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consuls

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top government officials

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Senate

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most important law making body; group of 300 men who served for life

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“Rule of Law”

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laws should be applied to everyone equally and everyone should be treated equally

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Punic Wars

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Carthage wanted Sicily but Rome eventually after a lot of fighting overpowered them

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Cicero

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Rome’s greatest public speaker

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Caligula

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crazy emperor who appointed his horse as consul

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Nero

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“fiddled while Rome burned”

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Colosseum

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Rome’s most famous building; amphitheater

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Cincinnatus

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farmer who was found in a field and offered emperor; fights and was victorious; stepped down after a couple of days

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Octavian

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later known as Augustus; one of Rome’s greatest emperor

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Latifundia

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large farming estates

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aqueducts

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human-made channels for carrying water

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dictator

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someone with complete control who only rules in crisis

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Hannibal

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general in Carthage’s army who started 2nd Punic War

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legend of how Rome was found?

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there were two brothers names Romulus and Remus. they were found by a wolf and raised by a sheep herder. they started to build a city and Romulus built a wall. Remus made fun of his wall so Romulus killed him, finished the wall and the city, then names it after himself.

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forum

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marketplace; public square

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Pantheon

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temple built to worship the Roman gods and goddesses

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paterfamilias

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father of the family and head of the household

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Spartacus

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gladiator who led revolt with slaves and was victorious at first but eventually failed

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inflation

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money loses value

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Constantine

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made capital Constantinople and made Christianity legal

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FALL OF ROME

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476 AD

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Justinian

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Byzantine emperor who gave women rights; appointed Belisarius as general to make Rome more naturally beautiful

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Theodora

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Justinian’s wife who influenced his ruling a lot

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Belisarius

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Justinian’s appointed general to make Rome naturally beautiful again

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mosaics

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artwork made of tile, stone, or glass

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martyr

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willing to die than give up beliefs

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excommunication

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kicked out of church forever

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schism

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separation

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persecute

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to mistreat someone for any difference

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icons

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Christian religious image or picture

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catacombs

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early Christian underground burial sites

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Edict of Milan

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law passed that gave religious freedom to all people

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what did icons do?

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created the dispute between Byzantine and Greek Orthodox churches

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pope

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bishop who becomes more powerful until complete leader of RCC

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Augustine

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influential writings; one if the most important church fathers in the West

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Basil

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bishop who made a list of rules for monks and nuns to follow; list became known as Basilian Rule and was the model of Greek Orthodox religious life

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Benedict

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wrote different set of rules called Benedictine Rule.

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Patrick

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brought Christianity to Ireland

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Schism between RCC and Greek Orthodox Churches

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how church was to be run
Pope claimed head of all Christian churches but Byzantines believed patriarch of Constantinople and other bishops were equal
pope and patriarch will excommunicate each other and begin another schism

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