Roman People Flashcards

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The Gracchi

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Patrician senators who wanted to give land to the poor+senators who disagreed murdered them

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Claudius

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Governed the government effectively+extended the empire to Britain

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Sulla

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Was a general who started a civil war+Marius and Sulla got in a fight on who would be the general to fight in west Asia

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Julius Caesar

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Found a loyal army in Gaul & successful at organizing areas to conquer+declared himself dictator for life so the senators killed him

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Octavian/Augustus

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Started Roman peace

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Caligula

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Murdered his enemies+spent money recklessly

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Constantine

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1st Roman Empire to prefers Christianity

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Trajan

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Conquered new lands & was the biggest empire

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Marius

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Consul+army was devoted to him+took jobless men from Rome into war

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Jesus

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Son of God+central figure of Christianity

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Aurelius

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Improved roman law+wrote philosophy+spent a great amount of time trying to stop invaders from the east & west

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Diocletian

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Split Rome in 2

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Nero

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Spent to much money+neglected the government+killed many people

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Paul

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Persecute Christians until he had a vision of Jesus talking to him

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