Roman People Flashcards
The Gracchi
Patrician senators who wanted to give land to the poor+senators who disagreed murdered them
Claudius
Governed the government effectively+extended the empire to Britain
Sulla
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
Julius Caesar
Found a loyal army in Gaul & successful at organizing areas to conquer+declared himself dictator for life so the senators killed him
Octavian/Augustus
Started Roman peace
Caligula
Murdered his enemies+spent money recklessly
Constantine
1st Roman Empire to prefers Christianity
Trajan
Conquered new lands & was the biggest empire
Marius
Consul+army was devoted to him+took jobless men from Rome into war
Jesus
Son of God+central figure of Christianity
Aurelius
Improved roman law+wrote philosophy+spent a great amount of time trying to stop invaders from the east & west
Diocletian
Split Rome in 2
Nero
Spent to much money+neglected the government+killed many people
Paul
Persecute Christians until he had a vision of Jesus talking to him