The Creation of Rome CH 6 Flashcards

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Second Triumvirate

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Octavion, Antony, and Lepidus

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Proscription

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Public identification and official condemnation of declared enemies of the state.
Proscription eliminates political enemies and replenishes the Treasury.

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3
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Senatorial resistance had been definitively crushed at

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Philippi

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The decisive confrontation of the Final Battle in the war of the Roman Republic:

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Battle of Actium

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“Princeps” or “first man” a term from the republic meaning the:

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Most distinguished senator

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6
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Augustus fundamentally transformed Rome’s political system into a:

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Monarchy

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7
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Augustus’s true source of power:

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Controlled the state’s treasury and loyalty of the army.

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Augustus military reforms:

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  1. He professionalized the army.
  2. Guaranteed soldiers pay and retirement benefits.
  3. He created the Praetorian guard.
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9
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Augustus’s contributions to Roman life: (same answer for all)
- Distributed grain
- Gladiatorial shows
- Prevent the citizenry from protesting and rioting

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Bread and circuses

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10
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Establishes the first ________________ in western civilization.

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Fire department

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11
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The goal:

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Was stability and order not political freedom.

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12
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Pax Romana

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(The Roman Peace)

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13
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The Julio-Claudians (5)

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  1. Augustus
  2. Tiberius
  3. Caligula
  4. Claudias
  5. Nero
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14
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Insane tyrant:

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Caligula

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15
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One legacy from ____________ was the precedent he established by bribing the Praetorian guard to back him as the new Emperor.

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Claudias

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16
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He had his mother killed in 59:

17
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In 60 Nero ________________________________ scandalizing the Roman elite.

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Performed as a musician in public,

18
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Victory showed the elite and the army wished to continue the Principate:

19
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The worship of the Emperor as a living god and making sacrifices for his households welfare:

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Imperial cults

20
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First emperor to succeed his biological father:

21
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The Five Good Emperors:

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  1. Nerva
  2. Trajan
  3. Hadrian
  4. Antoninus Pius
  5. Marcus Aurelius
22
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Period known as:

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The Golden Age

23
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The greatest military expansion in Roman history, and attained its maximum territorial extent:

24
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Believed the financial strain to be incurred in keeping on a policy of conquests was something the Roman Empire could not afford:

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His reign was the most peaceful in the entire history of the Principate:
Antoninus Pius
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Was the last of the Five Good Emperors, and acquired the reputation of a philosopher king within his lifetime:
Marcus Aurelius
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Messiah:
(Anointed One)
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The world is ruled by evil powers that would one day be crushed by the Messiah, God's chosen agent after which the righteous would be rewarded and the evil punished:
Apocalypticism
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______________ 66-70 ___________________Christianity began to separate from Judaism.
1. The Zediot Revolt 2. And the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple
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Christians consider the _____________________ to be the cornerstone of their faith and the most important even in history.
Resurrection of Jesus
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Reasons for Roman persecution:
1. Christians denial of the gods would invoke. 2. Their wrath of the empire. 3. Christians were cannibals and sexually promiscuous.
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The biggest argument of the early church was the issue of the:
Trinity
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Doctrine states that the Apostles had appointed the first bishops as their successor, giving these officals the authority that Jesus had originally given to the Apostles.
Apostolic Succession
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Sacraments of the Church:
1. Baptism 2. Reconciliation 3. Holy Eucharist 4. Marriage 5. Anointing the Sick