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05/10/2022

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Dictator
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Could rule for up to 6 months with complete control over the army and the courts
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Legion
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A unit of Roman soldiers
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Veto
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Means “I forbid,” one consul could refuse to approve the actions of the other consul
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Equites
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A new class that was created, a middle class
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Patricians
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Roman nobles who controlled the government
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Republic
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A form of government in which voters elect officials to run the country
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Inflation
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When the value of money decreases
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Triumvirate
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Rule of 3 people
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Aqueducts
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Bridge-like structures that carried water
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Gladiators
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Slaves who were forced to fight each other or wild animals to the death
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Nero
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He was cruel and persecuted Christians. He bankrupted Rome and it’s believed that he set a fire that destroyed Rome.
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Claudis
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He was intelligent and a renowned scholar who administered wisely. During his rule Rome
conquered Britain
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Caligula
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He was brutal and insane. He appointed his horse as consu
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Why did Rome Fall?
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SOCIAL PROBLEMS:
The growing division between rich and poor resulted in tensions between the social groups
POLITICAL PROBLEMS-Dividing the Empire actually weakened it
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS-he Empire could not control inflation
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Rome’s early settlers included
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Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans
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Roman culture and religion were greatly influenced by
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Greeks and Etruscans
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Early Rome was divided into which two main social classes
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the plebeians and patricians
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The consuls had
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veto power
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The plebians got more of a voice in the Roman government after they
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Refused to serve in the army
and left the city.
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The Punic Wars were fought by Rome against
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Carthage
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Roman General Scipio defeated Hannibal during the
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second punic war
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Who won the Punic Wars?
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Rome
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All of the following were part of the 1st Triumvirate EXCEPT
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Mark Antony
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Julius Cesar gained power by
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gaining the support of his soldiers
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What emperor made Christianity the official religion of Rome
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Theodosius
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Constantine allowed landowners to
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chain their workers and made jobs hereditary to stabilize the
empire
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Rome’s western empire was damaged by
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invaders from the north
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The eastern part of the Roman empire became known as the
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Byzantine Empire
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What year did Rome fall?
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476 AD
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What became the official religion in Rome
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Christianity
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Augustus Caesar did all of the following EXCEPT
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made it legal to chain workers to prevent them from leaving
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Which of the following measures was undertaken by Constantine to stabilize the Empire
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allowed landowners to chain their workers and made jobs hereditary to stabilize the
empire.
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Julius Caesar officially committed treason and started a civil war when he
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crossed the Rubicon river with his troops
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accused important people of treason. he was very unpopular
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Tiberius
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which emperor legalized the practice of Christianity
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Constantine
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