Rome Flashcards

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Republic

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Form of government I which people choose officials

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Patricians

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Members of landholding upper class men

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Consuls

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Nominated people who supervised gov. and command the armies

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Dictator

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Ruler that has complete control over gov.

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5
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Plebeians

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People who made up most of pop, farmers, merchants, etc

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Tribunes

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People who could help block veto for plebeians

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7
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Veto

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Laws harmful to plebeians

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8
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Imperialism

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Establishing control over foreign lands and people t

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Legion

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Military unit that had about 5,000 men

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10
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Latifundia

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Huge wealthy estates

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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

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Brothers who tried to help poor farmers around 133 BC

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12
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Julius caesar

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58 BC did 9 years of fighting and concord Gaul, started a civil war and became king

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Augustus (exalted one)

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(Much like a king) Ordered Census, and made a gov. That functioned for 200 years

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96 ad to 180 ad, empire benighted from many good rulers. Who was one, and what did he do???

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Hadrian, and he coded roman law and had his men build a wall against britain

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Virgil

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Perot who wrote Aeneid, trying to show how Rome’s past was as great as Greece’s

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16
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Satirize

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The word for how poets would make fun of Rome

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17
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A picture made of little chips of colored stone or glass

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Mosaic

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18
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Engineering

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Application of science and mathematics to build useful structures

19
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Bridges that carried water to city’s

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Aqueducts

20
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Who thought the earth was the center of the universe

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Ptolemy

21
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Apostles

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Person sent forth

22
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Paul

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Man who had vision of Christ and started christianity as its own religion

23
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Constantine

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King who allowed everyone to worshiped whoever they wished

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Clergy

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Group of people who conducted Christian services

25
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What order do these go in?

Patriarch, bishop, pope

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Bishop, patriarch, pope

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Heresies

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People who believe half of religion

27
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Greatest early church scholar

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Augustine

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Diocletian

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Empower who sought to restore order in 248.

Divided land in 2, ruled better half while someone ruled other half.

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Inflation

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(Diocletian used it) fixed prices

30
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Constantinople

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Name of city after it was renamed by Constantine

31
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Huns

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Warriors from Asia

32
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Etruscans

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Some of the first settlers

33
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The Punic wars

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The three wars against Carthage

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Adeile

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Oversaw care of city, distribution of grain, public games

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Cato

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A senator, who ended every speech with “Carthage must be destroyed”

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Pax Romana

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Roman peace, lasted 200 years

37
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Judas

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Apostle who betrayed christ

38
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Equestrian

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Ranking right below senators, they’re the calvary

39
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Centurion

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Professional officers who commanded part of the army, up to 80 men

40
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Senator

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Someone who was part of the senate

41
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Imperator

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Means emperor

42
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Cicero

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Philosopher, who encouraged Latin

43
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The Aeneid

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Written by Virgil, is the story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy and became the ancestor of all Romans