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Classical Age: Roman Empire
Roman Empire
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History
9th Grade
05/22/2011

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Latins
Definition
1st Romans
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Etrusan/Etruria
Definition
native to northern Italy
produced many emperor
Term
republic
Definition
representative government
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patricians
Definition
class of rich people
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plebeians
Definition
class of poor people
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Twelve Tables
Definition
written law
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tribunes
Definition
can veto laws
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consuls
Definition
monarchy branch
two officials
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senate
Definition
aristocratic branch
300 members
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dictator
Definition
used only in times of great need
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gravitas
Definition
Roman arete
honor
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Cincinnatus
Definition
man called to be emperor for 3 months
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legions
Definition
organization of army
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Carthage
Definition
northern Africa
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Punic War
Definition
Rome vs Carthage
(Rome wins)
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Hannibal
Definition
Carthage general during Punic Wars
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Numidia
Definition
neighbor of Carthage
raided during third Punic War
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Dalmatia
Definition
eastern coast of Italian peninsula
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Scipio
Definition
Roman general in Punic Wars
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Zama
Definition
battle where Hannibal got defeated
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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Definition
tried to reform but were met by violent death
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Julius Caesar
Definition
emperor with reforms
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triumvirate
Definition
3 people ruling
Term
Celts
Definition
in Britain, Spain, and Gaul
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Gaul
Definition
France
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Gaul
Definition
France
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Pompey
Definition
general of Caesar trumvirate
deafeat by Caesar
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Mark Antony
Definition
part of Augustus's trumvirate
ran away to Egypt
met Cleopatra
defeated by Caesar
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Octavian/Augustus
Definition
ruled during Pax Romana
Term
Cleopatra
Definition
tried to help Mark Anthony defeat Augustus but failed
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Actium
Definition
naval battle where Cleopatra got defeated
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Pax Romana
Definition
Roman Peace
no civil wars
Term
Trajan
Definition
good emperor
extended empire east
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Hadrian
Definition
good emperor
reorganized beaurcracy
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arcus Aurelius
Definition
good emperor
brought Romans to economc height
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Constantine
Definition
first Roman emperor to accept Christianity
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Edict of Milan
Definition
no persucution of Christians
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Nicene Creed
Council of Nicaea
Definition
basic Christian laws written down
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Diocletian
Definition
divided Roman empire east and west
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Diocletian
Definition
divided Roman empire east and west
Term
Byzantium
Constantinople
Definition
western Roman empire's capital
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Germanic people
Definition
nomads that flee the Huns and overran Rome
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Huns
Definition
Mongol nomads who invade Germanic people and invade Roman empire (Western)
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Attila
Definition
king of Huns
Term
Greco-Roman culture
Definition
Greek and Roman culture
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mosaics
Definition
art made from little pieces of other things
Term
Pompeii
Definition
city that got buried under volcanic ash
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Virgil
Definition
"Aeneid" poet
Term
Aeneid
Definition
Roman Odyssey
Term
Western Civilisations
Definition
influenced by Greco-Roman civilisations
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Livy
Definition
wrote national myth of Rome
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Tacitus
Definition
wrote history of Rome with accurate facts
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Romance languages
Definition
languages of today influenced by Latin
ex: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian
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aqueducts
Definition
structures that delivered water from nearby rivers to cities
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