Ancient Rome Flashcards

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All non-patrician of Rome

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Plebeians

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2
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A system of government in which the head of the state is not monarch

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Republic

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3
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The myth by which ancient Romans explained their origins

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Romulus and Remus

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4
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Rome origins

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There were twin boys abandoned by their family and were raised by a wolf. The twins decided to establish a town where the wolf had found them.Romulus killed his brother in an argument and became the founder and the first ruler of Rome.

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5
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Name of the Roman king of the gods

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Jupiter

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6
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A powerful North Africa naval and trading city from the third century

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Carthage

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7
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The name of the plain in Italy where the Romans originated

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Latium

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The name of the people that lived to the north of Latium,who controlled Rome before the roman rebelled

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Etruscans

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9
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The name of the Carthaginians general who rode an elephant into battle against the Roman in the 2nd Punic war

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Hannibal

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10
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True or false the Roman conquered the Britain but never Scotland

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True

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11
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Goods or property taken from a defeated enemy after a battle

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Loot

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12
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Members of aristocratic families that founded the Republic of Rome

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Patricians

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13
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Why did Romans see Christianity as a threat

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Because Christians refused to worship the emperor, only their own God

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14
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What is an aqueduct

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A structure built to carry water over a valley or waterway.

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15
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What were some of the countries which used to be a part of Rome.

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France, Turkey Spain, Belgium, England, Morocco

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16
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The fall of the Roman Empire

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I think the declining health would have contributed the most of the fall of Roman Empires. Declining health would make the quality of the soldiers. The soldiers would have easily die in battle making defeats in wars.