The Roman Empire Flashcards

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representative elected by the people serve the people’s best interests

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head of the government bureaucracy a law court emperor held the title of Prineps Sentaus could appoint new senators summon and preside over Senate discussions propose legislation. 300 Senators chosen for life by the Consuls assigned duties to magistrates Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) SPQR → The Senate and People of Rome state banquets, foreign affairs, declare martial law 287 BCE no longer required the Senate's approval for bills to become laws

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Only Centuriate Assembly could elect Consuls, Praetors and Censors, declare war, ratify the results of a census power to pass ordinary laws, rarely did so 5th century BCE mainly used to elect Consuls and praetors skewed in favour of the wealthy

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A non-military civilian assembly

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Invasion of Germanic Tribes Rome was sacked by the Visigoths, a wandering nation of Germanic peoples from the northeast lead by Alaric they sack Rome in 410 BCE after they failed to pay for assistance he had provided during a famine first attacked in 408 AD after Western Roman Emperor murdered the Germanic general, Stilicho along with family and families of many other Germanic people in the empire

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corruption and bad government lead to inflation starvation disease excessive taxation last few centuries of the Roman Empire were presided over by some of the most corrupt and inept emperors in the history of Rome Commodus (177-192 CE) Diocletian (284 - 305 CE) Constantine (306 - 337 CE) Theodosius (379 - 395 CE) by 3rd century, army controls who becomes emperor of 26 emps during this time, 1 died naturally Emp begins to hire German and Persian mercenaries military no longer loyal to Rome

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Diocletian divides empire in half in 293 BCE (East and West) Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium (Constantinople)

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A Thracian gladiator who was the leader in the Gladiatorial War (73–71 BCE) against Rome led bandit raids, and was caught and sold as a slave 70 fellow gladiators he escaped a gladiatorial training school at Capua in 73 Defeated two Roman forces in succession, the rebels overran most of southern Italy defeated the two consuls

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wrote the Aeneid epic poem tells tale of Aeneas escaping from Trojan war and arriving in Italy

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wrote about benefits of peace and Augustus’s rule (Propaganda)

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wrote Metamorphoses (poems about Roman myths and legends) affair with augustus daughter exiled

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only females could be charged with this if convicted, lost 50% of dowry and ⅓ of property both were exiled if husband knew about wife’s affair, and did not prosecute or divorce his wife, he would be exiled

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males could have relations with male or female slaves male or female foreigners prostitutes registered with Aediles a female barmaid or actress

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Senators could not marry their children, any freed person or an actor or actress Freeborn men could not marry actresses, prostitutes, or females convicted of adultery Girls could not be publicly engaged until they were 10 years old and after engagement had to marry within 2 years of engagement Women had to marry 1 year after their husband’s death in front of 7 witnesses Men had to tell their wives they wanted a divorce in front of seven witnesses If you were married and had no children, you would lose ½ of your inheritance to the state

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basic education unless married, could manage their own business and financial affairs, own, inherit and dispose of property women with three children (and freedwomen with four) became legally independent

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old form of marriage father sells daughter to husband

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wife was placed under legal control of the husband

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the wife remained under legal control of her father

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just had to say "im divorcing you" infront of seven witnesses

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got married 15-20 illegal below 10