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Circus Maximus

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Chariot races

sponsorships and gambling

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Tiberius gracchus

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Leader
Advocated that the poor should be given grain and small plots of land for free (failed)

recruited an army from poor and homeless - professional standing army (succeeded)

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First Punic war

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Carthage attempted to attack Rome but failed

Hamilcar decided and killed in process

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Second Punic war

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Hannibal (hamlicar’s son) decides to attack Rome by going over the Alps and still failed

Hannibal had abandoned his attempt to go and defend Carthage

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Third Punic war

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Rome destroys Carthage kills almost everyone and sold others to slavery

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Who made up the Carthaginian empire

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Phoenicians

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Hannibal

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Hamlicar’s son

Tried to attack Rome by taking a different route

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Julius Caesar

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A military commander 
58 BC completed conquest of Gaul
defied senates order to disband 
defeated Pompey and his supporters 
became dictator of Rome
launched public works to employ jobless and gave land to poor
granted Roman citizenship to people 
Introduced the calendar 
was stabbed to death because his enemies were worried he tried to become king of Rome
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What was the coliseum and how long did it take to build

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It was an entertainment center and took about 10 years
Seated about 50,000 people
Used to ~50 years

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Republic

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Government with elected representatives

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Consul

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Ruler of Rome

Job was to supervise the business of government and to command armies

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Patrician

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Middle-class and up
people who owned land
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Plebeian

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Farmer merchant Etc
owned little or no land
most of population

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12 tables

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Law Code in 450 BC provided political and social rights for plebeians
rights that can’t be taken away
was written down on 12 tablets

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Aqueduct

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A way of transporting water (looks like upside down u’s)

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When was the end of the Roman Republic

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About 49 BC when Julius Caesar marched his army into Rome

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Three most successful Roman Generals’s of the first century and also members of the first triumvirate

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Julius Caesar, Crassus, Pompey

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Who was the first Roman Emperor

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Octavian Augustus

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Pax Romana

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Golden age
No war, peace for ~150 years
Under roman dictators (not democ)
Rome expands

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Where/when did Christianity begin

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Jerusalem - year after Jesus’ death

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St. Paul

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Was the apostle (follower of Jesus after his death) to the Gentiles

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St. Peter

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1st pope

An apostle that traveled to Rome to find converts to Christianity

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Praetorian guard

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Private Army to the Emperor

special troops in army hand-picked to protect the Emperor

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Pompeii

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Buried in volcanic ash

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Disciple vs apostle

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D: follower of Jesus before death
A: after

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Masada

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Where Romans defeated Jewish rebels

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Caligula

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Appointed his horses to senate

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Nero

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Let things fall apart
Insane
Murderous
Committed suicide when senate was going to arrest him

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Marcus Aurelius

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Last Emperor of Rome during Pax Romana

Wasn’t a peaceful time, plague and war

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Diocletian

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Divides Roman Empire in 294 CE

bc of protection, security, and administration (got too big to run)

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Constantine

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Converted to Christianity (312-337)
Renamed capital of empire “Constantinople”
First emperor of Byzantine empire

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What 2 architectural features were developed by Romans

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Arches and domes (invented concrete)

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Forum

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Public place were people would go to express tbemselves

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Barbarian

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An outsider, foreigner, someone who didn’t speak the native language

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What types of religions were found in the Roman Empire?

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Christianity
Judaism
Pagans (polytheistic)

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2 systems of roman law

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Civil law - citizens

Law of nations- applied to everyone, even non citizens

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5 principles of roman law that are in our common law

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Innocent until proven guilty
accused are allowed to face accuser an offer defense against charge
Guilt needed solid evidence to be proven
judges interpreted laws
judges were expected to make their decisions

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Torah

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Most sacred test of Hebrew bible

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Old Testament

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First 6 books of the Torah
First of 2 main divisions of christian bible
Original Hebrew bible
600-700BCE

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Gospels

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First 4 books of the New Testament

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New Testament

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Christian
Includes gospels, letters to christian communities that expressed Jesus’ sacrifice & love for mankind
50-200CE

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5 barbarian invaders that threatened empire during 4/5th centuries

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Visigoth, Ostrogoth, vandals, franks, isaxon

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Attila

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Leader of the Huns

“The scourge of god”

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Huns

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“Biggest baddest” barbarians

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Constsntinople

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“The second Rome”

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Justinian

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Made a law code

1) sovereignty - law is real/legit
2) state > important than individual

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Veto

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“I forbid”

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Assembly of tribes

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Representatives for plebeians

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Assembly of centuries

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Representatives for soldiers

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Senate

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Representatives for patricians

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Cincinnatus

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Model dictator
Led Romans to victory over attacking enemies
Organized armies

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What does it mean to pay tribute

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Pay for protections and to avoid getting invaded

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Charlemagne

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United most of Europe
Long of franks
Pope calls him “holy roman emperor”

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Hadrian

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Gave some of Romes land back to the Parthians

Outlawed killing their slaves

Gave large amounts of money to individuals

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Commodus

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Son of Marcus
Marks decline of empire
Brutal

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Cleopatra

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Female Egypt ruler

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Feudalism

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“Organized anarchy”
A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty and military service

Loyalty->fief

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Centurion

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An officer commanding a roman century (100 years)

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Romance languages

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Romanian 
Italian 
Portuguese 
Galician
Spanish 
French
Etc
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Germanic language

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English
German
Dutch
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian 
Etc
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Censor

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Officer responsible for maintaining the census

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3 basic teachings in Christianity and Judaism

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Believe in one God
Accept 10 commandments
Preach obedience to laws of Moses & defend teachings of Jewish prophets

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