Roman History Flashcards by Sharon Boyd | Brainscape

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First Triumvirate

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Julius Ceasar, Crassus and Pompey

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Assassinated in 44 BC, only a month after being declared dictator for life

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Julius Ceasar

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Defeated by Augustus in 31 BC, at Battle of Actium

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Antony and Cleopatra

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27 BC - 14 AD (

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Augustus Ceasar (Octavian)

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Emperor 14-37AD

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Augustus’ Stepson - Tiberius

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Emperor 37 - 41 AD

Rumor he made his horse a member of the Senate

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Caligula

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Emperor 41-54 AD

Stammering Emperor

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Claudius

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Emperor 54-68 AD

Claudius’ Adopted Son

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Nero

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Emperor 54-68 AD

Column Designer

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Trajan

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Emperor 117-138

Built Wall in Scotland and the Pantheon

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Hadrian

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Emperor 306-337

Built New Capital

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Constantine

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Colosseum AKA

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Flavian Amphitheater

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Used for Chariot Races

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Circus Maximus

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Paleolithic Temple Built By Hadrian

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Pantheon

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River Caesar Crossed

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Rubicon

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64 AD event

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Fire in Rome (Nero Fiddle)

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79 AD Event

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Mt. Vesuvius Eruption

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Roman Priestesses

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Vestal Virgins

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Roman Imperial Guards

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Praetorian Guards

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Roman Tax Collector

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Prefect

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Praetorian Guard Leader

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Publican

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Noble Roman Class

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Patrician

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Roman Commoner

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Plebian

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A Roman Army

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Legion

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Roman Army Leader of 100 Men

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Centurian

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Nero’s Mother

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Agrippina

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Author of Aeneid

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Virgil

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Orator, Statesman and Philospher

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Cicero

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Roman Comic Playwrite

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Plautus

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Rebel Slave Leader

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Spartacus

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Judean Military Governor, 37-4BC

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Herod (The Great)

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Judean Military Governor 26-36 AD

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Pontius Pilot

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Roman Governor of Egypt

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Mohammed Ali

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Roman Naturalist, Wrote of Mt. Vesuvius Eruption

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Pliny the Elder

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Roman Astronomy

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Ptolemy

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Roman Inner Courtyard

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Atrium

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Roman Public Gathering

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Forum

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Roman Ruling Boyd

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Senate

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Roman Road

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Appian Way

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Rome-Carthage Wars

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Punic Wars (3 of them)

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Roman Peace

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Pax Romana

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Cities Vesuvius Buried

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Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Wall in Scotland

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Hadrian’s Wall

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Color of Trim on Roman Togas

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Purple

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Legendary Founders of Rome, 753 BC

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Romulus and Remus

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Roman Name for France

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Gaul

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Roman Name for Ireland

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Hibernia

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Roman Name for Wales

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Cambria

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Roman Name for Scotland

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Caledonia

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Ceasar Month

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July (Julius)

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Augustus Month

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August