Rome Main Flashcards
Etruscan influence
Arch, Cuniculus
Slave fights, chariot races
Greek influence
Architecture
Alphabet was adopted and changed by Etruscans, then the Romans borrowed and changed that alphabet
Greco-Roman age
Greeks valued stories about gods, Romans valued rituals
INFO CARD
Patricians were the higher social class, and the Plebians were the lower class. When the Plebians rebeled, they earned more rights in Rome
Punic wars
Against Carthage. Through three major wars, Rome gained control of North Africa, most of Spain, and Sicily. This gave them trading rights over the entire Mediterranean.
Julius Caesar
He became dictator for life by defeating Pompey, a general just like Caesar. He was doing good for Rome, but was murdered by the Senate because they didn’t want a dictator.
Octavian/Augustus
He was a great emperor that did many different things. He is wampum for the Pax Romana and improving Roman. Boundaries and education
Cincinnatus
The Senate made him dictator for defending the city from an attack. He willingly gave up power after. He was a farmer.
Constantine
He changed the future of Rome by moving the capital 850 miles to Byzantium. He named it New Rome. This made Rome the capital of the Western Empire, and Byzantium the capital of the Eastern Empire. This lead to Rome’s downfall.
Romulus and Remus
A princess gave birth to them. Their uncle was worried about them gaining power, and told his men to drown them. Luckily, a she-wolf rescued them and cared for them. At the spot they were rescued, they made a village (Rome). Romulus killed his brother, so he was king.
Daily life
People should live by a set of laws
Houses had paterfamilias
The poor depended on fast food thermopolias
Education depended on your family’s social status
Wealthy Romans had a lot of leisure because slaves did their work
Poor Romans were often slaves in the farmland of the rich
Rome’s influence on us
Greco-Roman
Architecture
Latin
Stoicism
Hannibal
A very smart general from Carthage
Cato
A senator in Rome that wanted Carthage destroyed for good
Spartacus
A slave that led a famous revolt in 73 B.C.E that failed
