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| an indirect (or representative) democracy citizens elect representatives to govern them |
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land-owning noblemen in Rome which made up 10% of the population. |
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| 90% of Roman population- made up of all other freemen and slaves. |
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| 3 branches of government which hold eachother in check and accountable. |
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| in the Roman Republic- the 2 executives or presidential figures- each serving together. |
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| the Roman code of justice providing for innocent until proven guilty, and law based on reason. |
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| Don’t humiliate and enslave the people- encourage the population to become integrated “Good Romans” |
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| Wars between the North African colony of Carthage and Rome- won by Rome |
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Roman victory over Carthage in 202 b.c.- attacked Carthage directly. |
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| accepted title of “Augustus” – revered one- reigned from 27 b.c.e. to 14.c.e |
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| from 31 b.c.e to 180 c.e- over 200 years of peace and prosperity. |
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| The fall of the western half of the Roman Empire- the Germanic invaders took over the empire |
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| Carthaginian general who fought against the Romans brilliantly leading war elephants over the Alps. |
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| long sustained nomadic migrations of German tribes. Would threaten Rome. |
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| Last of the Barracks emperors who divided the Roman empire into two halves. |
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| Rule of 4 in which you had an emperor in Rome and Constantinople along with their deputy ministers. |
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| Roman emperor who moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople |
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| the capital of the Eastern Half of the Roman empire and later capital of the Byzantine Empire. |
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| lived from 0 to 33 a.d. and whom about “1/3 of the world’s population claims to be the Son of God and Redeemer of Mankind”. Founder of Christianity. |
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| the scattering of the Jews- first by the Assyrians and later by the Romans. |
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| Official Toleration of Christianity as declared by Emperor Constantine. |
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| a Catholic Church meeting in which they decided many church issues about theology |
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| The Eastern half of the Roman Empire renamed - would continue until the 1400’s under a new name with its capital of Constantinople. |
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| from 500-800 in Western Europe signified by church scandals, piracy, vandalism, decline of cities and invasions of the Vikings and Magyars. |
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| a combustible liquid used to set afire enemy ships, saved Constantinople in 672 from the Muslim invaders. |
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King of the Francs and later King of the Holy Roman Empire from 800-814 c.e. Great leader who tried to restore the Roman Empire in the west- but it was short lived. |
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