Roman History Flashcards by Sharon Boyd

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First Triumvirate

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Julius Ceasar, Crassus and Pompey

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Assassinated in 44 BC, only a month after being declared dictator for life

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Julius Ceasar

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Defeated by Augustus in 31 BC, at Battle of Actium

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Antony and Cleopatra

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27 BC - 14 AD (

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Augustus Ceasar (Octavian)

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Emperor 14-37AD

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Augustus’ Stepson - Tiberius

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Emperor 37 - 41 AD

Rumor he made his horse a member of the Senate

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Caligula

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Emperor 41-54 AD

Stammering Emperor

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Claudius

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Emperor 54-68 AD

Claudius’ Adopted Son

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Nero

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Emperor 54-68 AD

Column Designer

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Trajan

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Emperor 117-138

Built Wall in Scotland and the Pantheon

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Hadrian

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Emperor 306-337

Built New Capital

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Constantine

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Colosseum AKA

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Flavian Amphitheater

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Used for Chariot Races

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Circus Maximus

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Paleolithic Temple Built By Hadrian

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Pantheon

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River Caesar Crossed

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Rubicon

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64 AD event

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Fire in Rome (Nero Fiddle)

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79 AD Event

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Mt. Vesuvius Eruption

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Roman Priestesses

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Vestal Virgins

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Roman Imperial Guards

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Praetorian Guards

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Roman Tax Collector

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Prefect

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Praetorian Guard Leader

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Publican

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Noble Roman Class

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Patrician

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Roman Commoner

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Plebian

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A Roman Army

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Legion

Roman Army Leader of 100 Men

Centurian

Nero's Mother

Agrippina

Author of Aeneid

Virgil

Orator, Statesman and Philospher

Cicero

Roman Comic Playwrite

Plautus

Rebel Slave Leader

Spartacus

Judean Military Governor, 37-4BC

Herod (The Great)

Judean Military Governor 26-36 AD

Pontius Pilot

Roman Governor of Egypt

Mohammed Ali

Roman Naturalist, Wrote of Mt. Vesuvius Eruption

Pliny the Elder

Roman Astronomy

Ptolemy

Roman Inner Courtyard

Atrium

Roman Public Gathering

Forum

Roman Ruling Boyd

Senate

Roman Road

Appian Way

Rome-Carthage Wars

Punic Wars (3 of them)

Roman Peace

Pax Romana

Cities Vesuvius Buried

Pompeii and Herculaneum

Wall in Scotland

Hadrian's Wall

Color of Trim on Roman Togas

Purple

Legendary Founders of Rome, 753 BC

Romulus and Remus

Roman Name for France

Gaul

Roman Name for Ireland

Hibernia

Roman Name for Wales

Cambria

Roman Name for Scotland

Caledonia

Ceasar Month

July (Julius)

Augustus Month

August