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History of Civ 101
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10/17/2016

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Princeps
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one title of Octavian
"first citizen"
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Caesar
Definition
one title of Octavian

heir of distinguished Roman family
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Imperator
Definition
one title of Octavian
"emperor"
commander-in-chief of Rome's legions
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Pontifex Maximus
Definition
one title of Octavian
"supreme pontiff"
head of Roman priests
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Caesar Augustus
Definition
Bible name for Octavian
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Jesus's birth (in Belehem Judaea)
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most significant event in Octavian's reign
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Pax Romana
Definition
200 years of peace and prosperity
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30 BC-AD 180
Definition
dates of the time of peace for Rome
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Claudian emperors
Definition
series of rulers who succeeded Octavian
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Tiberius
Definition
ruled Rome during Jesus's earthly ministry, death, resurrection, and ascention
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Caligula
Definition
Roman emperor who was insane and was murdered by own bodyguards
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Claudius
Definition
ruled during time in which Britain was made a Roman province
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Nero
Definition
began 1st great outbreak of persecution against New Testament church
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Bespasian, Titus, and Domitian
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called the Flavian emperors
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AD 70
Definition
when Roman ruler Titus captured Jerusalem
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Mt. Vesuvius
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volcano that became suddenly active and destroyed 3 cities
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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
Definition
Group of consecutive good emperors
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Hadrian's wall
Definition
stone fortification built to protect the Roman Empire's northern frontier
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Meditations
Definition
written by Stoic philosopher and emperor Marcus
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"Barracks emperors"
Definition
rival generals placed on Rome's throne by warring armies
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Diocletian
Definition
Roman ruler who instituted various reforms to keep Rome from crumbling
became emperor ("Augustus") of Eastern Rome
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Maximian
Definition
emperor ("Augustus") of Western Rome
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Constantine
Definition
supposedly saw a vision of the cross with the inscription "In Hoc Signo, Vinces"
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Edict of Milan
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established in AD 313

proclaimed equal rights for all religions
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Council of Nicaea
Definition
called Christian leaders to create institutional unity in the Church
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Byzantium
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aka Constantinople

center of Eastern Roman Empire
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AD 395
Definition
when empire was permanently divided by Theodosius I
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Visigoths
Definition
invaded Italy under Alaric
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Adrianople
Definition
site of one of the worst Roman defeats
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Vandals, Angles, Saxons, Jutes
Definition
groups that invaded parts of the Roman Empire
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Huns
Definition
barbarian invaders led by Attila
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AD 476
Definition
when Roman citizen Odacer dethroned the Roman emperor
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Romulus Augustus
Definition
last Roman emperor
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Latin language, Roman law, republican government
Definition
Rome's greatest contributions to civilization
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vernacular (vulgar) Latin
Definition
everyday speech of Romans
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Romance language(s)
Definition
stemmed from everyday speech of Romans
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medieval Latin
Definition
understood language of European scholars and churchmen
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
Definition
106 BC-AD 14

when Roman writers produced best works
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Cicero
Definition
wrote On the Commonwealth
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Virgil
Definition
greatest poet of the Golden Age

wrote the epic poem Aeneid
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Horace
Definition
wrote the lyric Odes
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Ovid
Definition
wrote Metamorphoses, which transmitted classical Greco-Roman mythology to modern world
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Plutarch
Definition
Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives
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single sovereignty
Definition
principle of Roman Law

notion that all law derives from single central source
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universality
Definition
principle of Roman Law

belief that all men share common human nature
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equity
Definition
principle of Roman Law

principle that laws should be sufficiently flexible to fit large number of particular cases
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Justinian Code
Definition
enshrined Roman law's principles and clarified millennium of Roman legal developments
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Jesus's life, death, and resurrection
Definition
focal point of all world history

happened during rule of Rome
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