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Patricians

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Senate. These were the wealthy land owners. They controlled outside of the city of Rome.

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Plebs

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People council. Kind of like a city council. They controlled the city. In the begining they went to the Patricians for help but in the end they were self sufficent and did not ask for their help.

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Military organization (Centuries, Manuples, Legions)

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Century 100 armed men, Maniples 3 centures, legions gouprs of maniples

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Roman military concepts

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Individual cowardice was death, They had a realistic view of their possibility of failure and would have 3 plans if the army was forced to retreat.

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Punic Wars

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With the Phoenecians and was fought by Hannibal

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Hannibal

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The man who lead the Phoenicans in the Punic wars against Rome

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Roman expansion in itally

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People they conquored were seen as allies rather than slaves. They were tolerant.

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Status of women in rome

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Lots of men were at wa so women had lots of power and contole. they hd econ power, They could divorce and retain property. `

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Cicero

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classic republican. ask not what your country can do, ballanced budg

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Downfall of the Republic

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Tradition and laws brokem (counsuls were re-elcted, plebs did not listen to senate)
2 paries emeraged to proect the republic (optimates or consertives and poplars or power to the people)

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Julius Caesar

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Defeated Pompey, Conquest of egypt (married Cleopatra), he was a popular (power to the people)

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Murrder of Caesar

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Died march 15, stabbed by 20 senators,

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Mark Anthony

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Joined Octavian aesar’s hair against the conspirators, the win, then fight over who should rule, then fight a war

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Caesar Augustus

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Octavian, nephew of Julus but he was kind of adpoted. He set up the Augustine code (standard laws) tode system ,post system, standard currency, impoved harbors, military, made a plan for succession

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Tiberius

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Never popular. He is the one who gave up his wife to rule

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Caligualr

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Went insane. Killed all of his family. Made soilders collect sea shells, stoke people’s wives. CRAXY! Killed by guards.

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Claudius

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Good ruler. He had a stutter. his wife killed him

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Nero

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Started good but went crazy and killed him mom. Assumed the throne after Claudisu.

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ROman golden age

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Rome was largest city, prosperity throught trade.

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Diocletian

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Emperor who divided the Empire for stability. Invented Tetrarchy

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Tetrarchy

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Divided the Empire into the east and teh west. There was a emperor for each and a vice emperor

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Constantine

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Fought in wars to decide emperor, he had a vision of a burning christian symbol and so he always favroed christians. He convereted on his deathbed

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Edict of Milan

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Constantine, Legalized Christianity

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Post constantinian

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All emperors except one were Christian. Christinaity hurt the popularity of the army so more mercenaries were usd instead

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End of Roman dominance

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Barbarian invasions

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Barbarians invade

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Vandals (from instaly and noth africa), then the Goths who captures Rome

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Theodric the Goth

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Arain Christian,Held things together, Dark ages and choes begin after his death

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Roman Engineering Strenghts

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Arches and concrete

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Triumphal arches

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Commeorated victories, Momoritals to important people, Done for artistic not engineering value

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Roman Roads

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Gird patter, all roads lead to rome, used for military and commerce, 53,00 milkes of road, multi-layered thick, rutted trough extensive use

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Roman cities

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Contained forum, theater, curcus, temple, and commercial venter.

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Roman cities support facilites

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Sewers, insdie bathrooms, and baths

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Circus Maximus

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Used for Chariot races, largest ports edifice ever erecte. Seated over 200,000

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Parthanon

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temple to all the gods. Burrial for ancaint and modern heroes

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Pompeii

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Casts of people trapped in volcanic ash. It was largly a torist attraction.

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Ptolemy

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Epicycles (earth is the center of the univerese, ) stars move in little circles along big circles. and optics– concept of cone visions, rules of relegation, laws of refraction

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Galen

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Influenced by Huppocrates, defined methods of modern meds. (purpose of organs). Physican to several emperors

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Roman Creative legacy (Language, laws, and values)

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Roman alphabet, romance alngauges, many Rule of law, preotected individuals form one another and the state, organizaion fo gov, art and tech, science

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Difficulties with Early Christainity

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Persecution (frost from Jews, then romans), Major internal problems (dissagreement with leaders)

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Christinity 1 AD

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Changed from a Jewish-Christian church for a gentile church. Diverse beliefs due to lack of offical theology

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Christinaity 2 AD

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Period of no record, prob when the apostasy occurred, loss of righeousnes. Evidence of apostasy, Principally from historical records.

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Christinaity docturnal changes

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Rise of church fathers (tired to interpret doctorine). Imposition of orthodoc position (greek philosophy, war of bishops, emergance of imperial church)

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Post Posolic church

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Apostolic fathers (church father the 2 generations after Apostles, provided sketchy info), church fathers, christina writers up to 500 AD, wrote defenses, shapped orthodoxy

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War amoung bhsiops

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3rd century, war between the scholars and the church priesthood. Preists were in Rome, Scholars in Alexandria

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Gnosticism

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Secret knowlage known only be a few, two aspects of god (loving and harsh) labeled a cult

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Arianism

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Christ was created b the father, Christ and the father are two seperate beings. Very poualr in egypt

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Council of Nicea

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planned by constantine, 300 bishiops came, decided that christ was one with god

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Theodocious

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Made Christianity the state religion, Made catholic church the state church, made heresy against christinity a state crime.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

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council of Nicaea, advocated that chirst was a consubstantial with the father

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Jerome

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Guy who compiled the bible

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Augustine

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city of God, kind of like zion. Written to explain why rome was falling even though it was chirstain.

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St. Anthony

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Hermit life. extremist

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St. Cyril in Syria

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Monasticm, regularly clergy

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Byzantine concept of Rome

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Rome was a city, area, empire, and idea. assocaited with laws and way of life. sim to zion. WIth the fall of the ROman empire we call then Byzantines’ but they thought they were romans. Constantinopal was concidered the new rome

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Theodoric the Goth

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Agreed not to attach the east, provided stability and unity in the west until his death. Adter his death the west collepsed into the dark ages.

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Justinian

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served in the army, best schooling, highly educated, retained agreement with goths until theodrics death. He reunifed rome. West lost again after Justinians reign

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Theodora

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Justinians wife, she was co-empress, she was prostitute.

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Nike Revold

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between the blues and greens over chariot racing. Goverment killd and arrected the leaders.

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Byzantine Paintins

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Characterized by oversized heads, became standard in all ortho cultures

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Hagia Sophia

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Bueaitful christian church built by Justinian, it had a floating dome

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Justinian Code

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Enshrines christian chuch as the offical religion. Upated the Roman’s laws

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Pope Leo IX

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excommunicates the Patriarch of Constantinople . Nature of christ leads to the split in the chuch

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Emperor Leo III

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orered all images to be destroyed

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Hagia Sophia

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Bueaitful christian church built by Justinian, it had a floating dome

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Justinian Code

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Enshrines christian chuch as the offical religion. Upated the Roman’s laws

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Pope Leo IX

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excommunicates the Patriarch of Constantinople . Nature of christ leads to the split in the chuch

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Emperor Leo III

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orered all images to be destroyed

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Islam

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2nd fastest growing religion, Started by Mohammed

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Higera

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When the muslims left for a year. First year of the muslim clander

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Muslim’s return to Mecca

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Destroyed the idols, changed Ka’ba to a mosque. Wats helped spread fath

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5 pillars

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  1. Beleif in Allah and Mohammed as his prophet 2. pray 5 times daily 3. Pray alms of 2.5% income 4. fast during Ramadan 5. Haj or pilgrimage to Mecca one
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Juhad

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suffering or struggle. MUST NOT KILL INNOCET>

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The Qur’an

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Exact words of God in Arabic. Not translated into other languages

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Hadith

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Commentery on scripture

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Abbasid Dynasty

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GOlden age of islam, from Bagdad

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Ottoman Turks

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Fulled Islamic power vacuums. from turky

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Scheherazade

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1001 Arabian Nights

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