Ancient Rome Flashcards
(23 cards)
Monarchy
Government
Royal family
Republic
Govenment
Elects a president
Patrician
An aristocrat
Something the best of his kind
Plebiam
Commoner
Senator
Senate member
Makes laws
Tribune
Protects peoples interests
Chosen by commoners
Like a cop
Caeser
A tittle
Used by emperors
Legion
Army men
In thousands
Carthage
City in Tunisia
Rivalled rome
Pax romana
Peace
Between nationalities
Gladiator
Men
Trained to fight men and animals
Coleseum
A building
Gladiators fighting, market events
Aqueduct
an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley.
Byzantium
1.
of or relating to Byzantium, the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church.
of an ornate artistic and architectural style that developed in the Byzantine Empire and spread especially to Italy and Russia. The art is generally rich and stylized (as in religious icons) and the architecture typified by many-domed, highly decorated churches
Huns
A member of an invaders
From asia
Constantine
Roman emperor
Latin
A common language
A lot of it led to english
Goth
Invaders attracted to the goods of rome, germanic
Barbarian
Anyone who isn’t roman
Odoacer
First king
Roman achievements or influences
1) innocent until proven guilty
2) wrote down civil code
3) huge dome structors
Reasons for the rise of the empire
1) influenced by greeks
2) population grew
3) good farm lands
Reasons for the fall of empire
1)intelligent leaders
