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Western Civilization
Chapter 7 The Roman Empire: A World State
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Undergraduate 1
09/20/2006

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Octavian
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Became Rome's first emperor. He held absolute power without abruptly breaking with a republican past.
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Princeps
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means first citizen
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Augustus
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the semirelgious and revered name given to Octavian
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Principate
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the rule of Augustus and his sucessors
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Pax Romana
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The Roman Peace
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Livia
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The third wife of Augustus
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Juio-Claudian Dynasty
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The first for emperors who succeeded Augustus, who were also related to him either by him or his third wife
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Nero
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a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Was tyrannical and committed suicide
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Vespasian
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Began the Flavian dynasty. He improved discipline and discourage mutiny. He had the Colosseum built.
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Pontius Pilate
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a Roman procurator
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Caligula
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had a golden statue of himself made, but had it taken down when the Jews protested
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Titus
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a son of Vespian. He was ruling when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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Domitian
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a son of Vespasian. Had many leading Romans executed.
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Epictetus
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A Roman Philosopher. born a slave. His ideas greatly influnced Marcus Aurelius. He was concerned with attaining peace of mind.
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Nerva
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he adopted his son and designated as his heir a man with proven ability. He started the adoptive system of rulers.
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Trajan
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the adoptive son of Nerva. During his rule he eased the burden of taxation in the provinces.
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Hadrian
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Strengthened border defenses in Britain and fought the second Hebrew revolt.
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Antoninus Pius
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introduced humane and just reforms. He set limits on the right of masters to torture their slaves. he also established the principle of "not guilty until proven innocent"
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Marcus Aurelius
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both a philosopher and emperor.
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"The Five Good Emperors"
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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
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Commodus
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a misfit and megalomaniac emperor
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Manumission
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the act of freeing a slave
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Cornelia
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mother of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
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Sempronia
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wife of a consul and the mother of Brutus, .
a well-educated Roman woman
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Livia
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wife of Augustus, was often consulted on important government matters
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Virgil
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wrote the Aenied at the request of Augustus who wanted a literary epic. The Aeneid glorifies Rome
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Livy
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Wrote the History of Rome. He glorified Roman virtues.
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Livy
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Wrote the History of Rome. He glorified Roman virtues.
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Horace
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a poet who desired to blend reason and emotion
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Horace
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a poet who desired to blend reason and emotion
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Tacitus
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a historian who denounced Roman emperors and the imperial system.
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Juvenal
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a satirist. He attacked the evils of Roman Society
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Stoicism
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was the principal philosophy of the Pax Romana. Roman stoics saw the universe as governed by reason, and they esteemed the human intellect.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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a student of rhetoric and philosophy and served the emperor Nero. He was a Stoic.
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Ptolemy
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a mathematician, geographer, and astronomer. He wrote the Almagest meaning "the greatest"
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Ptolemaic System
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the earth is the center of the universe
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Galen
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investigated medicien and anatomy
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Jus civile
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the formation of civil law
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Jus gentium
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formation of the law of nations
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Jus naturale
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natural law, of the stoics
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Mystery Cults
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cultuist were certain that hteir particular savior-god would protect them from misfortuen and ensure their soul's immortality
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Cult of Mithras
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it stressed respect for the masculine virtues of bravery and camaraderie . Centered around the god Mithras whose birthday was on December 25
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Neo-Platonism
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Religious yearnings were transformed into a relgious system that transcended reason. Plotinus was the most infulential spokesperson for this belief. He retained elements of Platonic rationalism, and was intriuged by Plasto's otherworldliness. God was called teh One or the Good.
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Diocletian and Constantine
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tried to contain the awesome forces of disintegration. They transformed Rome into a "vast prison".
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Curiales
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City officials
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The Huns
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a nomadic people from central Asia
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Visigoths
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took up arms against the Romans when they were poorly treated by Roman officials
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Attila
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led Huns into Gaul, was defeated
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