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rome Flashcards

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praetorianguard

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No good system for selecting empires guard (emporars private army)chose new emporar

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constatine

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moved capital 850mi east to city of byzantium renamed new rome. later called constatinople today known as istanbul turkey
rome= capital of west empire
constatnople empire of east empire

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germanic tribes

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emperors in Rome threatened by invading Germanic tribes
1 tribe looted andattacked rome-lost empire + went to dif kingdoms
east continued for 100 years was referred to as byzantine empire

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greeks

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rome art influenced and got ideas from greeks so its refreed to as”greco-roman art”
Michelango was great artist

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Byzantium/new rome/
Constantinople/
Istanbul Turkey

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Constantine moved capital 850mi east to city of Byzantium renamed new Rome. later called Constantinople today known as Istanbul turkey
Rome= capital of west empire
Constantinople empire of east empire

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rome

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the capital city of Italy, situated in the western part of the country

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why rome fell:
weakening borders

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borders are hard to defend, 300 ce germanicc tribes pressing hard on western borders of empire

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why rome fell:political instability

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rome didnt know how to get differnt emporars peacefully,rivals fought eachother for controll, praetorian guard chose empire

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why rome fell:social problems

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social problems problem plagued empire:growing corruption, decline in spirit of citizenship- rise in crime+cities +roads unsafe

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why rome fell: economic

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fiance huge armys»citizens had to pay heavy taxes, poverty, trade suffered-weakened, unemployment=serious

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philosophy» stoicism

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upper class romans believed in stoicism-this believed that intelligance ruled nature+ a persons soul was spark of living intelligance, only good thing in life-have good charcter-had vertues such as controll and courage, stoicis famous for suffering scilently and bearing pain

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examples of roman art=

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architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work.

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examples of roman language=

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French, Spanish, Italian-also latin they spoke and they had 23 letters

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examples of roman writing=

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called latin alphebet, latin is influential on english, had many prefixes, latin proverbs are still in use

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examples of architecture and engineering

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roads, bridges, tunnels, or their impressive aqueducts

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examples of roman Philosophy, citizenship,law:

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most important idea Stoicism and the natural law.ost popular philosphy is stocism. The U.S. Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution are based on some Roman ideas, such as court room.

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philosophy

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the study of wisdom,knowlwdge, and the nature of reality

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mosaics

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a picture made up ofsmall pieces of tile,glass,colored stone

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frescos

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a form of mural painting in which earth pigments are painted directly on fresh, wet, lime plaster.

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greco roman art

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greeks influenced roman art and when they both are so alike and unique they named it greco roman

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busts

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a sculpted portrait of the head and shoulders of a person from ancient Rome

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cameo

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carved decoration showing a portrait or scene

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murals

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a painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall,very popular

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statues/sculpture

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a three-dimensional representation usually of a person, animal, or mythical being that is produced by sculpturing, modeling, or casting

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colmns

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held up ceilings, great decoration

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arch

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a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

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vault

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an arch used for a ceiling or to support a ceiling or roof

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dome

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A vault in a shape of a half circle that rests on a circular wall

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aquedects

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pipe or raised channel built to carry waterover long distances

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latin prefixes

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a partor word placed at beginning:example dictate,produse,eject

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