vocab Flashcards
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a form of government where all citizens with the right to vote choose their leaders
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republic
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all adult male landowners
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citizens
3
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landholding upper class
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patricians
4
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most of the population
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plebeians
5
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laws inscribed on 12 tablets & placed at the Forum
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twelve tables
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marketplace
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forum
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- Run the government
- Commanders-in Chief
- Propose legislation
- Can veto
- executive
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consul
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- All male citizens
- Patricians
- Pass laws
- Elected all officials expect tribunes
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assembly of centuries
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- All male citizens
- Plebeians
- Pass laws
- Elected tribunes
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assembly of tribes
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- 300 members
- Patricians
- Proposed laws
- Conducted foreign affairs
- Control of treasury (tax)
- Governed when Assemblies not in session
- legislative
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senate
11
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- Head of house/absolute power (patriarchy)
- Demand total respect
- Romans honored strength, discipline/hard work & loyalty
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men
12
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- ran household
- Citizens; no voting/public office
- Could own property & businesses
- Greater freedom & influence than Greeks
- Went out in public
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women
13
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- Education for wealthy
- Girls taught at home; married early
- Poor remained uneducated
- Private, Greek tutors for boys
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children
14
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what was the size of the slave population?
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there was a huge slave population
15
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Africa
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carthage
16
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- leader of carthage
- oath to defeat Rome
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hannibal
17
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Rome defeated Carthage
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First Punic war
18
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- surprise attack from Hannibal
- Hannibal lost 1/3 of his army
- Hannibal won all battles
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Second Punic war
19
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- Rome destroyed Carthage
- Rome won
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Third Punic war
20
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- dictator
- made many reforms
- senate asked him to leave but he refused
- assassinated
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Julius Caesar
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- AKA Octavian
- sole emperor of Rome
- beginning of Pax Romana
- many reforms (civil service)
- Golden Age
- many reforms
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Augustus
22
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Roman peace which lasted for 200 years
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Pax Romana
23
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last great emperor of Pax Romana
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Marcus Aurelius
24
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built wall in England to block invasions
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Hadrian
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what was a cause of the decline of Rome?
empire was too big to control
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divided the empire into eastern & western parts
Diocletian
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- moved roman power eastward by building a new capital at Constantinople
- Granted toleration of Christians through Edict of Milan
constantine
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- barbarians
- threatened the empire of Rome
Germanic invasions
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what was Christianity?
monotheistic
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savior
messiah
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what happened to Jesus?
crucifixion
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wrote 100s of letters explaining Christian beliefs to community
Paul
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who was persecuted?
- poor, slaves, discontented
- someone who believed in Christianity
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die for beliefs
martyrs
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policy of toleration
edict of milan
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head of chruch
pope
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statement of basic beliefs
Niacene Creed
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played a major role in popularizing Greek culture during the 1st century BCE
cicero
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- tried to make reforms
- Asked state to give land & grain to poor -> angered state -> seen as a threat -> executed
Tiberius Gracchus
