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Barbarian

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Is an outsider, foreigner

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Forum

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Where the senate met

Like a city hall

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What types of religions were found in the Roman Empire?

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Christianity
Judaism
Polytheistic

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Who was the last emperor of Pax Romana?

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Marcus Aurelius

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What was the Pax Romana? How long did it last?

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Golden age

180 AD

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Role of praetorian guard?

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Protect the emperor

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Roman city Pompeii

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Covered in volcanic ash

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Who inhabited the Italian Peninsula?

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Phoenicians
Etruscans
Romans
Greek

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Republic

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Representative government

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Consul

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Rulers of the Rome

-2, elected by the senate

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Patrician

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A landowning member of the upper class

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Plebeian

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Bulk of the population- lower class like farmers and merchants

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12 tables

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Provided political and social rights for the plebeians

-1st roman law code- list of rights that can not be revoked

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Appian Way

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Road that was built over 2,000 years ago… East cost of Rome

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Aqueduct

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Transports water

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Senate represents?

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Patrician

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Tribal assembly represents?

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The plebeians

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How long did it take to build the roman colosseum?

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10 years

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Circus Maximus?

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Chariot races

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Punic wars

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Control over the eastern Mediterranean

1st: Charthage (Hamilcar) attacks Rome, but loses
2nd: Hannibal attacks Rome through the alps and gets to Italy, but invasion fails
3rd: Rome smashes and destroyed Charthage

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Tiberius Gracchus

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Senator; he thought the poor should be given grain and small plots of land
He was able to get the plebeians to be able to join the army and war

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Pompey and Julius Caeser?

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Pompey is east
Julius was west
Roman generals who won battles

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Why did government change from republic to dictatorship?

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Roman generals took over the senate and became figureheads

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What reforms did the Gracchus bothers pursue?

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Land reform

Plebeian reform

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3 most successful roman generals

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Julius Ceaser
Marcus Crassus
Gauis Pompey

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Meaning of the phrase “crossing the rubicon”??

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The point of no return

Julius Ceaser crossed the river to take over Rome

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What historical event happened on March 15, 44 BCE?

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Julius Ceaser was assassinated( stabbed in the back)

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First roman imperator?

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Octavian Augustus

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Where did Christianity begin?

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Jerusalem

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What do historians mean by the Pax Romana?

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150 years of peace and property

Under roman dictators

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5 barbarian invaders that threatened. The Emile during fourth and fifth centuries?

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Saxons 
Franks 
vandals 
Visigoths-western 
Ostrogoth/ goth- eastern
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Constantine

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Converted to Christianity and moved the Capitol of the empire

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Attila

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Leader of the Huns

People would pay tribute so they wouldn’t be attacked by the Huns

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“The second Rome”

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Constantinople (Istanbul)

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Byzantine empire

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Eastern Roman Empire

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What territorial changes occurred under Justinian?

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Byzantine empire lost control of Asia Minor and eastern Mediterranean

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Justinian

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Justinians code
Legitimate law- sovereignty
State is more important than an individual

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Legacy of Rome

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Republic gov.
Roman law 
Latin language 
Roman Catholic Church 
City planning 
Romanesque architectural style
Roman engineering- aqueducts, sewage systems, fans, cement, and arch
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Torah

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The first 6 books of the testament

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Old Testament

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Hebrew bible (600-700BC)

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Gospels

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The story of Jesus life

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New Testament

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After Jesus

Christian bible

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What happened at masda?

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The Romans defeated the Jewish rebels

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Nero

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Roman emperor
Slowly became insane and had many innocent people killed and the senate tried to arrest him but before they could he commuted suicide

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Hadrian

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Roman emperor
He gave money to the state and individuals
He brought peace

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Diocletian

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Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire

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Constantine??

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First CHRISTIAN roman emperor

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Charlemagne

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King of the franks in 768CE and a holy roman emperor

World History Quiz 9/12 (3 decks)

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