Unit 8 Study Guide Flashcards
Dictator
Someone who has all the power
constitution
Written set of laws
republic
gov. that uses representatives to make laws and decisions, has a constitution to protect the people
patrician
Upper-Class, wealthy citizens
plebeian
Everyone else that was free
The Twelve Tables
First roman laws put into writing
The Senate
lawmaking body made up of 300 patricians with a life term(controlled money and taxes)
The Tribune of the Plebs
Lawmaking body of ten plebian members with a life term
Julius Caesar
The first dictator of Rome and brilliant military general
First Triumvirate
the voting pact between 2 consuls (Pompey and Crassus) and Julius Caesar
Caesar Augustus
Also known as Octavian, Julius’ grandnephew, Brilliant military general
Second Triumvirate
Military dictatorship b/w himself, Mark Antony, and Lepidus
Pax Romana
A game like Diplopy- set in Rome- generals against generals
Praetorian Guard
an elite unit of bodyguards for the emperor
Bread and Circuses
Free entertainment and food to keep the public from revolting
Byzantine Empire
Eastern empire, fall in 1453 CE
Constantinople
An eastern capital called Constantine later renamed Istanbul
Edict of Milan
“Decriminalized” Christianity in 313CE
Christianity
A monotheistic religion that believes that Jesus was a savior sent by God
The Bible
the holy book of Christianity
Constantine
Divided empire into West and East
Describe how the U.S. is democratic and a republic
U.S:
Direct dimeracy
Citizens went and put vote themselves
Rome:
Representative
Written Constitution
Describe the three reasons that the Roman Republic collapsed
Describe how the game Pax Romana represents the downfall of the republic
The game Pax Romana represents the downfall of the republic because we are making and breaking alliances and we are expanding
Describe what it was like to be a gladiator
Gladiator life was rough, and they were treated like slaves, but they had vary good food and healthcare
Explain how wealth and/or social status affected people in the following way: Government
Explain how wealth and/or social status affected people in the following way: Food and drink
Explain how wealth and/or social status affected people in the following way: Women
Explain how wealth and/or social status affected people in the following way: Recreation
Timeline
Roman Republic is established
Twelve Tables makes laws visible
Overexpansion couses shifting alliances + Civil War
Julius Ceaser is stabbed in the back
Octavian(aka augustus) becomes first emperor
The practorian Guard is created
Vespasian builds the Colosseum
Constantine decriminalization Christianity
Rome falls+Constantinaple lives on as seated of Byzantine empire
