Chapter 6 Flashcards

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republic

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a form of government oil which power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders

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patricians

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wealthy land owners who held the most power

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plebeians

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the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population

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tribunes

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protected the plebeians from unfair unfair patricians officials

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consuls

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People who commanded the army and directed government

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6
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senate

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Aristocratic branch of Romes government

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dictator

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leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army

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legions

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Organized units made of Roman soldiers

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Punic War

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The war between Rome and Carthage

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Hannibal

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Military strategist/ the Carthaginian general

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Civil War

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a conflict between groups of the same country

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Julius Caesar

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Military strategist etc.

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13
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Triumvirate

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a group of three rulers

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14
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Augustus

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“exalted one” The first emperor of Rome

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15
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Pax Romana

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The era of peace when Augustus was Emperor

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Jesus

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A Jew raised in the village of Nazareth who began his public ministry at the age of 30

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Apostles

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12 men who are thought to have written some of the Gospels; followers of Jesus

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Paul

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Influence Christianity’s development by spreading and interpreting Jesus’ teaching

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Diaspora

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the dispersal of the Jews

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Constantine

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a leader who prayed for help during a battle and when he received it, ended the persecution of Christians

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bishop

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also a priest who supervised several local churches

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Peter

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An apostle who traveled to Rome from Jerusalem and became their first bishop

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Pope

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the father or head of the church

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Inflation

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a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a raise in prices

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mercenaries
foreign soldiers who fought, were paid little, and felt little sense of loyalty to the empire
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Diocletian
a strong willed army leader who became the new emperor
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Constantinople
city founded as the second capital of the Byzantine Empire
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Attila
leader of the Huns who put pressure on both of the Roman Empire's halves durning the 5th century
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Greco-Roman Culture
A mix of Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic culture
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Pompeii
A Roman town and dated from as early as the second century BC
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Virgil
a poet who wrote the most famous wrote of Latin literature
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Tacitus
A Roman historian who presented the facts accurately. He wrote about the good and the bad of imperial Rome
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Aqueducts
singed by Roman engineers to bring water into the cities and towns