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1
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Other large cities in the east

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Alexandria (Egypt)

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300, 000 inhabitants

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Alexandria (Egypt)

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Important spread in the Roman culture, law, and latin language.

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Roman Cities

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4
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Resemble one another with their temples, markets, amphitheaters, and other public buildings

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Roman cities

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5
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period of considerable prosperity

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Early empire

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6
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resulted in unprecedented levels of trade

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Internal peace

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7
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Merchants from all over the empire came to the chief Italian ports of Puteoli on the Bay of Naples and Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber River

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Fact yan basahin mo

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8
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(Also) Developed during the early empire

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Long distance trade beyond the Roman frontiers

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9
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helped foster growth of this trade

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Economic expansion in both Roman and Chinese Empires

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10
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Built roads chiefly for military and trade use

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Roman and Chinese empires

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11
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pacified bordering territories to reduce bandit threats that posed to traders

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Roman and Chinese empires

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Developed a network of trade routes and brought these 2 empires into commercial contact

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Merchants

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13
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A regular caravan route between West and East

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Silk Road

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14
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Remained the chief pursuit of most people and basis of Roman prosperity

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Agriculture

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15
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Dominated agriculture; especially in southern and central Italy (particularly in Etruria and the Po Valley

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Latifundia

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16
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depended on slaves for raising sheep and cattle

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Large estates

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17
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Traveled to Rome to spread Greek thought and practices

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Greek ambassadors, merchants, and artists

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18
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Where did rich Romans sent their sons/daughters to study?

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Athens

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19
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Who said: “Captive Greece took captive her rude conqueror.”

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Horace (roman poet)

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20
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Golden age of latin literature

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Age of Augustus

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21
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Most distinguished poet of the Augustan age

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Virgil

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22
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Virgil’s master piece; epic poem

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Aeneid

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23
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epic poem clearly intended to rival the work of Homer

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Aeneid

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Largest city/town

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Rome

25
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labored in Roman households

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Greek slaves

26
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Where Aeneas, hero of Troy, settled in

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Latium

27
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his virtues are duty, piety, and faithfulness

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Aeneas

28
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he had fulfilled his mission to establish the Romans in Italy and thereby start Rome on its divine mission to rule the world

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Aeneas

29
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Who expressed that ruling was Rome’s gift

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Virgil

30
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Who did romans depend on for artistic inspiration

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Greeks

31
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Greek art placed in public buildings and ruch people’s houses

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Greek statues

32
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characterized by an intense realism that included even unpleasant physical details

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Romans’ own portrait sculpture

33
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They excelled in architecture

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Romans

34
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What the Romans adapted from Greek architecture

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Colonnades and rectangular structures

35
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Curvilinear forms: arch, vault, & dome were from the

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Romans

36
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first people in antiquity to use concrete on a massive scale

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Romans

37
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capable of seating 50,000 people

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amphitheaters

38
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Rome’s first code of law (designed for a simple farming society)

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Twelve Tables

39
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Romans developed a system of civil laws that applied to all their citizens

true or false

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true

40
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Part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners

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law of nations

41
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set of universal laws based on reason

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natural law

42
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natural law is based on

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Stoicism

43
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this enabled people to establish the standards of justice

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natural law

44
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true or false

a person was regarded as innocent unless proved otherwise

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true

45
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dominant male of the family

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paterfamilias

46
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true or false

Roman males believed that females did not need guardians like Greeks

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false; they do believe in females having body guards

47
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legal minimum age of marriage

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12 [14 is most common]

48
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Cicero’s beloved daughter

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Tullia

49
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most famous uprising in the Italian peninsula led by

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Spartacus

50
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They were much in demand as tutors, musicians, doctors, and artists

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Greek slaves

51
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They would employ Greek slaves to craftspeople or shop assistants

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Roman businessmen

52
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involved 70,000 slaves to revolt against him

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Spartacus

53
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largest population of any city in the empire

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Ancient city of Rome

54
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said: “But nowadays with no vote to sell, their motto is ‘Couldn’t care less’”

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Juvenal (poet)

55
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took place in amphitheaters

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gladiator shows

56
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most famous amphitheater was known as

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The Colosseum

57
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this mountain was thought to be extinct until its eruption in 79 C.E.

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Mt. Vesuvius

58
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This city was quickly buried under volcanic ash

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Pompeii

59
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These communities from the west were submerged beneath a mud flow

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Herculaneum & other communities around the Bay of Naples

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