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Rome Part 2 Flashcards

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What were the two things that men in politics claimed to be in order to gain support

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The voice of the poor
And
Champion of the reform

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Who were the two brothers who tried to bring reforms but were killed along with their followers by the wealthy nobles who didn’t want to lose their land and control in 133 BC

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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

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Year of the first civil war

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83 BC

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Second civil war dates

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Between 49 and 45 BC

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First triumvirate members and their positions

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Pompey-successful military general
Julius Caesar-“man of the people”
Crassus- who brought the cash

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What year was Caesar elected consul

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49 BC

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Caesar appointed self dictator in

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48Bc

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Caesar killed in

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March 15 44 BC

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A second triumvirate

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Mark Antony -former consul and friend of Julius Caesar
Octavian- grand nephew and adopted son of Caesar only 18 when Caesar died
Lepidus- another Roman general

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Octavians name in bible, what is he known as

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Caesar Augustus

Undisputed master of the Roman Empire

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The five titles Octavian gave himself

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Princeps 
Caesar
Imperator 
Pontifex Maximus 
Augustus
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Pax Romana

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Roman peace that lasted 200 yrs (30BC to AD 180)

Peace prosperity commerce law and order generally prevailed

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Four major things Octavian did for the empire

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Organized a permanent pro army
Established an official bureaucracy to manage affairs of the empire
Administered Roman law in courts throughout the empire
Started a massive building program( stadiums, walls, baths, temples, roads, aqueducts)

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Dates of the Claudian emperors

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AD 14-68

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Who were the claudian emperors

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Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero

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What ruler reigned during the time of Jesus’s ministry death and resurrection

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Tiberius

17
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Why was tiberius unpopular

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He tried to curtail the circuses

18
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What emperor was insane who appointed his favorite horse to Senate

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Caligula

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Who was poisoned by his wife so his son could become emperor

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Claudius

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Which emperor was mentally deranged and morally depraved, he had his mother, brother, and wife killed. And blamed the fire in 64 AD on Christians and peter and pail were martyred

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Nero

21
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Who were the Flavian emperors

When did they rule

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Vespasian, Titus, Domitian

AD 69-96

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Who were the five good emperors and why were they “good”

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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonio’s Pius, and Marcus Aurelius

They were well liked by romans bc if their devotion to civic duties

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When did the five good emperors rule

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AD 96-180

24
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What are the “termites” that’s ate away at the inside of the empire so when there were battles on the outside borders the empire fell

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The coin currency was ruined
The taxes were raised to intolerable levels
The central govt could no longer maintain law and order

25
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Who embarked on trying to eliminate Christianity with the most fierce and savage of all persecutions

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Diocletian in 303-311 AD

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Who proclaimed the duct of Milan and legalized Christianity and have rights for all religions

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Constantine

27
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I in what year did the empire permanently divide

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AD 395

28
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What group invaded Italy and sacked Rome for the first time in 800 yrs

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The Visigoths

29
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What group of people ravaged North Africa

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The vandals

30
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What two groups invaded Britain

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The angles and the Saxon’s

31
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Who led barbarians on the scourge of god in AD 451 and destroyed everything in their path

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Atila the Hun

32
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What were the two things Rome left behind

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Latin and laws

33
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What’s Rome’s most lasting contribution to western civilization

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Law

34
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What were the three parts of the Justinian code

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Single sovereignty
Universality
Equity

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Single sovereignty

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Law is derived from a single central source

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Universality

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Laws reflect the nature of man

37
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Equity

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Law must be flexible enough to fit a wide variety of cases

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