Rome Flashcards
(21 cards)
Who was Rome’s competitor for the Mediterranean? (3 Punic Wars)
Carthage
1st triumvirate?
Julius Ceasar, Pompey, Crassus
How did 1st triumvirate end?
Assassination of Julius Ceasar. (last general standing)
2nd triumvirate?
Octavian, Mark Antony, Marcus Lepidus
How did 2nd Triumvirate end?
Lepidus expelled,Mark (suicide), Octavian-> Augustus Caesar.
Augustus Caesar rule
1st emp, Jesus is born,
Tiberias rule
2nd emp, Jesus died,
Caligula rule
nasty dude, killed with his family by is own army.
Claudius
4th ruler, Expelled Jews from Rome->effects the church, Builds aqueducts, poisoned by wifey.
Nero
5th ruler,left Jews back in,
Domitian
6th ruler, brutal to Christian, exiles John to patmos,
Marcus Aurelius
7th ruler, last of the good 5 emperors, reigned during Antonine plague, wrote a lot, death leads to end of Pax Romana.
Diocletian
8th ruler, split rome;west and east, second capital being Constantinople, last one that persecuted christians,
Constantine
9th ruler, made Edict of Milan(Christianity is Legal). Saw a vision of Jesus and converted,
Theodosius
10th ruler, made Christianity the official religion of Rome.
Christianity made the official religion of Rome was good or bad?
Was bad because Christianity does not mix with Politics. Leads to corruption.
Senator
Means old, senile
Ambidextrous
equal use of 2 hands
Amphitheatre
2 theaters face 2 face
Barbarian
comes from uknown language “bar,bar,bar,bar” definition of word gibberish.
Pax Romana
means the peace of Rome. This 200 year time period was one of relative peace and stability in the empire
