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Quiz 2 (Modules 6-10) Flashcards

1
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Latifundia

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huge farm plantations

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2
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____ bought farms from ____ ____

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rich, poor soldiers

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3
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What did the Licinian-Sextian Law of 367 BCE limit

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Any one Roman from owning more than 320 acres of land

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4
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What did the Patrician governors set out to govern

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The new provinces

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5
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How many years did Patrician Governors serve

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1

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6
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T/F the patrician governors were corrupt

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True

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7
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What were the 3 fortunes Patrician Governors tries to amass while in office

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Bribe the jury, hire the best lawyers, retired on after the trial

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8
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What was seen as “dirty work” to the Patrician Governors

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collecting taxes for Rome from their province

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9
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What is a Publicani

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A tax collector

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10
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What were the two violently competing factions in Rome’s politics

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Populars and Optimates

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What were the Populars and who did they seek support from

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Those of the people, look for support from popular assembly, Plebeians, and the mob

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12
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What were the Optimates and who did they look to support from

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Those of the best men, support from Patricians and Senate

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13
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What political position did Tiberius Gracchus hold

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Plebeian Tribune

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14
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What did Tiberius Gracchus want to buy from who and make into what

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Larger Latifundias from the Patricians and Senators and to make them into smaller ager publicus farms

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15
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Who did Tiberius Gracchus sell/rent farms to

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Former farmer-soldiers

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16
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What law did Tiberius Gracchus propose to revise

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Licinian-Sextian law

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17
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Who opposed revisions to Licinian-Sextian law

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Patricians and Senators

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18
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What did Tiberius Gracchus do that was illegal

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Ran for second consecutive term to save his life and legislation

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19
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Who killed Tiberius Gracchus

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Senate and Pontifex Maximus get “The Mob” to murder him

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20
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What happens after Tiberius Gracchus dies

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Checks and Balances in the law start to fail and violence becomes the way to solve political challenges

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21
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Who is Gaius Gracchus related to

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younger brother Tiberius

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22
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What did Gaius Gracchus re-enact

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Brother’s land reform legislation among other reforms

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23
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What did the Senate fear Gaius Gracchus was trying to do

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create the powerbase of a Tyrant

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24
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Who is Gaius Marius (3) and what government positions did he have (2)

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Equestrian (Populares), military man, Tribune and then Consul

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25
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Gaius Marius is from a _____-_____ family AKA “_____ ____”

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non-Consular family AKA Novus Homo

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26
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What were the Marian reforms (4)

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Remodels army, full-time pro army, additional pay from looting, reorganizes the Roman legions to be more flexible

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27
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What did Gaius Marius do to Rome’s Italian allies

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Allies wanted more rights so he put down their threat to Rome

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28
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How many times did Gaius Marius make Consul in 20 years, was this constitutional?

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7 times, no

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29
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Who became Rome’s first great “warlord”

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Gaius Marius

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30
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What did Lucius Cornelilus Sulla call himself, what did this mean?

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Felix, lucky/fortunate one

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31
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Who was Lucius Cornelius Sulla (3)

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Patrician, colleague of Marius, soldier

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32
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What was King Mithridates of Pontus the ruler of

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Rich kingdom on the Black sea

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33
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King Mithridates of Pontus was an ______ and ______ king

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Aggressive and expansionist

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34
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How many Italians did King Mithridates kill in 1 day

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80,000

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35
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What is the Rostra in the Roman Forum

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raised platform where citizens and politicians could make public speeches and where citizens came to hear news

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36
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What did Marius’ men post on the Rostra in the Roman Forum

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Lists of his enemies

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37
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What were Sulla’s friends declared as and what happened to them (3)

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Outlaws, property confiscated, could be killed on sight for reward

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38
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What was set on the Rostra as a warning to others

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Sulla’s friends’ heads

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39
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Triumvirate

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Rule of 3 men, political alliance of the 3 most powerful men in Rome to bring stability

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40
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Who was the wealthiest man in Rome and how did he make his fortune

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Crassus, real estate

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41
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Who is Known as the fireman of Rome

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Crassus

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42
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Who was given the title “magnus” and what did this mean

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Pompey, great

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43
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What was Pompey called earlier in life

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Adulescens carnifex (butcher boy)

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44
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Was Julius Caesar popular or unpopular with the people

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Popular

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45
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What did Caesar want to run for

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Consul

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46
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What started the civil war between Caesar and the Senate/Pompey

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They refused him becoming a consul so he crosses the Rubicon River with his army

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47
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What does Alea Iacta est mean

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The die is cast

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48
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Who defeated who in the battle of Pharsalus

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Caesar defeats Pompey’s armies

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49
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What did King Ptolemy present to Caesar and what was Caesar’s reaction

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Pompey’s head, Caesar was horrified because Pompey was a Roman and friend and his victory was robbed

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50
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Who are the two leaders in the Egyptian civil war

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King Ptolemy and Cleopatra

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51
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Caesar was viewed as… (3)

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Arrogant, heavy-handed, power hungry

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52
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What were the Honestioers, what is drawn from this

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more honourable upper class, Senators

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53
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What were the humiliores

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the lower class

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54
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Your gentes (clan) can provide your ____ for ____ ____

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Pedigree, political office

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55
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What are the Senatorials, how many

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governing body of Republican Rome, 300

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56
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What were the nobiles (3)

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Nobility, patrician, senatorial class

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57
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Equites (Equestrians)

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richest class of Plebeians

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58
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What does Novus Homo mean

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new man

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59
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Cives

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Citizens

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60
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Full Roman citizen’s rights (7)

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Vote/hold office, marry other citizens and make a will, commerce, trial before urban praetor, appeal criminal case, wear toga, bear 3 names

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61
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How are the 3 names formatted

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given/clan/family

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62
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Ius Latii

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Latin (partial) citizenship

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63
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What was the incentives for Latins to gain Roman citizenship (6)

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no vote, limited political/legal rights, must serve in military, hard to marry into Roman family, Roman woman would lose her status if married a non-roman, could do business in Rome

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64
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Peregrines

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Non-Romans, non-Latins

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65
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What did Peregrines lack

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All rights of Roman citizens

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66
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T/F Peregrines could marry non-citizens

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True

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67
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What is the patron-client system

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Social inferior (client) attaches self to a social superior (patron) for legal and political protection

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68
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What is the Patronus/Patron required to do

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Provide support and protection to his clients

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69
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What are clients expected to do

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Meet at Patron’s house each morning and offer him the salutatio

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70
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What is Salutatio

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client’s morning greeting to patron

71
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What is a sportula and who gives it

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Little basket (money or food) given by patron to client

72
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What is servus, what is it a symbol of (3)

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Slave, manpower, status, wealth

73
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Vernae

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Slaves born on the master’s estate

74
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What is the “best” slave job

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Domestic/household

75
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What were the worst slave jobs

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Agriculture and mine

76
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Ergastula

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Prison barracks where escaped slaves were locked up

77
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What does a tag with TMQF or “tene me quia fugio” mean

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Hold me, because I run away

78
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Who was a leader in the 3rd Servile war

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Spartacus

79
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Contubernium, what was it a term for

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Cohabitation with a fellow slave, term for slave common law marriage

80
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Manumission

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setting a slave free

81
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3 reasons for manumission

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long/exceptional service, saving master’s life, exchange for peculium (buying freedom)

82
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3 methods for manumission

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by the rod, testament, informal

83
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freed slave become ___ of ____ ____

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client, former master

84
Q

libertus

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freedperson/ex-slave

85
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T/F libertus children cannot move up the political ranks

A

False

86
Q

collegia

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burial/social clubs

87
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What did the family paedagogus do

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Escorted, tutored, and disciplined children in wealthier families

88
Q

Athens was the world’s first ____

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university

89
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Ludus

A

school

90
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School day was from ___ to _____

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dawn, mid afternoon

91
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numen

A

divine power

92
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Pontifex Maximus

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chief priest

93
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what does the Pontifex Maximus do (3)

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oversees religious orthodoxy, chooses priests, Vest Virgins

94
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Vestal Virgins (3)

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sworn to chastity, guardians of the numen of the house and womanly virtues

95
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Augur

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priests who examine movements of star, bird flights, other natural phenomena to see the will of the gods

96
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Haruspex

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Priests who examine entrails of sacrificial animals to see the will of the gods

97
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Suovetaurilia

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sacrifice of pig, sheep, and bull

98
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God of Potrunus was god of what

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Harbors and ports

99
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Lares

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gods of field and property

100
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Penates

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Gods of closets and cupboards

101
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Official periods of mourning: parents/children over 6, children under 6, husband or wife, close blood relative

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parents/children: 1 years, children under 6: 1 month, husband/wife: 10 months, close blood relative: 8 months

102
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Columbarium

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underground chamber with niches carved into the walls to hold urns

103
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Family mausoleum

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Roman catacombs

104
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Collegium

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social club for poor and ex-slaves/freedpersons which provides funerals and banquets for members

105
Q

Why were Epicureans banned from Rome

A

shunned for their immoral pleasures

106
Q

What is the universe made up of according to the atomic theory of Democritus

A

Atoms and Void

107
Q

According to the atomic theory of Democritus, atoms are… (4)

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Eternal, indestructible, always there, invisible

108
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What happens to Atoms upon death of person

A

Break apart and form something new

109
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Romans believed that you shouldn’t fear death because

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you will be reborn

110
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What was the most popular philosophy among Romans

A

Stoicism

111
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What did Stoicism believed about emotions (2)

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Irrational and harmful

112
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What did Stoicism believed about nature

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Live in harmony with nature

113
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Stoics believed in a _______ of ___

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Brotherhood, man

114
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What did Marcus Aurelius write

A

Stoic philosophy in Meditations

115
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Contubernium

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marital union not recognized by law

116
Q

Betrothal min. age

A

10

117
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What did Roman brides wear on wedding day (5)

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Long white dress, hercules knot, flame red veil and shoes, ornate hair with ribbons, floral headress

118
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Confarreatio

A

Religious wedding

119
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Manus

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husband’s legal control over wife

120
Q

Lucius Livius Andronicus is the father of ____ _____

A

Latin Literature

121
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Quintus Ennius was the father of _____ _____

A

Latin poetry

122
Q

Who was Polybius (3)

A

Greek historian, soldier, political hostage

123
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Who was Titus Maccius Plautus

A

Roman comedic playwright

124
Q

Who was Terence

A

Comedic playwright

125
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Cato was the father of _____ _____

A

Latin Prose

126
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Gaius Lucilius was one of the earliest ______ ______

A

Roman satirists

127
Q

Who wrote De Re Publica and De Legibus

A

Cicero

128
Q

Who is the historian who wrote Jugurthine war, Catiline conspiracy, and the histories

A

Sallust

129
Q

Who were early Rome laws passed by (3)

A

Paterfamilias, King, Consuls

130
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Who were the edicts of magistrates carried out by (2)

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Praetors and Peregrine Praetors

131
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What did the magistrate edicts rely on and provide

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Rely on professional legal experts, provide remedies for new civil matters

132
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What were the 3 edicts of Emperors

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Mandata, Decreta, Rescripta

133
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What is the Mandata

A

administrative instructions to the Emperor’s officials

134
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What is the Decreta

A

judicial decision of the Emperor

135
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What is the Rescripta

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Imperial statement of what Emperor’s decision would be if the facts proved as stated in the petition or request made to him

136
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What is the consilium principis

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emperor’s council or jurists and legal experts

137
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What did jurists begin

A

The study of law

138
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What were the 12 tables

A

Rome’s first written law code

139
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T/F, the Twelve Tables were a complete code of law

A

False, list of definitions of various private rights and procedures

140
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What were all Roman Laws gathered into

A

Corpus Juris Civilis

141
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What was a major influence in modern Western Law

A

Justinian’s code

142
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What were the four parts of the CJC

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The Code, Digest, Institutes, Novels

143
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What is the Digest component of the CJC

A

Contained all decisions made by great Roman jurists

144
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What is the Institutes component of the CJC

A

general textbook used by law students

145
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What is the Novels component of the CJC

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all of the new laws passed by Justinian himself during his reign

146
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What did Cicero say about the law

A

Spirit of law instead of Letter of law, basically what the law means (principles) not just what it says

147
Q

How many days to pay fines

A

30 days

148
Q

What two crimes resulted in public executions

A

Corruption and rebellion

149
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Who were treated better during punishment, rich or poor

A

Rich

150
Q

All cases in Roman law look at what two circumstances

A

Aggravating and mitigating

151
Q

Who were the Police force supplemented by

A

Vigiles (firemen)

152
Q

What type of clock was used in law courts

A

Water clock

153
Q

Julius Caesar assassinated on the _____ of March

A

Ides

154
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How many days were in Caesar’s calendar

A

365 1/4 days

155
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Who was July named after

A

Julius Caesar

156
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Who was August named after

A

Augustus

157
Q

Who were the two leading conspirators in the assassination of Caesar

A

Brutus and Cassius

158
Q

What were the citizen’s reactions to the assassins

A

Did not rise up in support so the assassins had to flee

159
Q

What did Octavian Caesar change his name to (4)

A

Gaius Julius Casar Octavianus

160
Q

What did Octavian and Lepidus create

A

alliance to share power and keep the peace

161
Q

What was the purpose of tha alliance called the Triumvirs for the Restoration of the State (3)

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Bring Caesar’s assassins to justice, avenge his murder, and return Empire to stability

162
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Who does Antony marry

A

Cleopatra

163
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Was the marriage between Antony and Cleopatra legal and why?

A

No, Cleopatra is a foreigner under Roman law

164
Q

Who wins the Battle of Actium

A

Octavian

165
Q

Who flees after the Battle of Actium (2), what do they do after they flee

A

Antony and Cleopatra, commit suicide

166
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What did Octavian do when he gained sole power in Rome

A

Created the appearance of a Republic by giving most of his power back to the Senate through a process of Trial and Error

167
Q

What title did Octavian prefer

A

Princeps (First Citizen)

168
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What did Octavian’s rule become known as

A

Principate

169
Q

What is Pax Romana

A

The Roman Peace (long period of peace and prosperity)

170
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Who aided Octavian

A

3rd wife Livia

171
Q

What are the 4 Pillars of the Principate

A

People, Equestrians, Senate, Army

172
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Who is Julia

A

Only natural child of Caesar to survive and was exiled to a small island for adultery

173
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CLAS 202 (4 decks)

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