History words🌺 Flashcards

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Senate

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Group of old wise man who advised the king and made laws in the republic

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Etruscan

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the etruscans were people who lived close to rome

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Republic

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form of government without a king

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consul

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head of senate in the republic had the right to command armies

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Dictater

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temporary return of a single ruler with all the powers of a king but just for a short time

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patricians

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ruling class in rome

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Plebeians

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non-patrician people of rome

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Plebeian assembly

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assembly of only plebeians made laws and elected 10 people tribunes

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People tribunes

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Officials that was elected by the plebeians assembly to Protect normal people had veto powers

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chartige

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rival city of Rome located in modern day Tunisia had a big empire

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veto

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literally means i forbid still the ord used for the right to stop a law or desicion

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Punic wars

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wars between Rome and Carthage romes called chartage punicians

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hannibal

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chartage army leader in the second Punic war

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Optimates

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politicans who looked after the upperclass

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populares

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politicans who tried to help the plebeians

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civil wars

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series of political and military conflicts between optimates and populares

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Pater familias

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head of a roman family

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patronage system

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higher placed families would help their connections and lower placed families did what they could to support their patrons

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Gaius marius

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Roman general who was not a patrician became consul 7 times and reformed the roman army

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Germanic tribes

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tribes from Germany that envied Rome the wealth and fertile lands of Gaul

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triumph

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A procession through Rome with the general dressed as king and featuring The spoils of war

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princeps senatus

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first senater spoke first in senate one of augus’ powers

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Julius ceasar

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femous roman general who conncuerd gaul killed because people thought he wanted to be king

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ceaser

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Title used by august and later roman emperors to dicribe their position we call it a emperor as it is a monarch but not a king

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Romanisation
to become more like the romans
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cult
a small sub-religion or a different of a religion
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Gladiaters
trained slaves that fought each other in the arena
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batavian rebellion
revolt against Rome by the batavians 9lived in the modern day netherlands)
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denarii
most common silver coin Rome used
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pax romana
roman peace
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The happenings from first to last
-rome is founded -Start of the republic -Second Punic war -Marius elected as consul for second time -death of Julius ceasar -start of the empire -Jesus dies on the cross -Constantinople is founded -Christianity becomes the state religion -fall of Rome and the western roman empire