Rome

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Ancestors of the Romans. Settled along the Tiber River

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Latins

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Brothers who supposedly founded Rome. Said to be sons of a Latin woman and the war god Mars

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Romulus and Remus

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Ruled much of central Italy including Rome.

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Etruscans

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Form of government where people choose their officials

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Republic

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Members of the landholding upper class

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Patricians

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Ruler who has complete control over a government

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Dictator

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Admired as a model dictator. Organized an army, led the Romans to victory over attacking the enemy

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Cincinnatus

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Farmers, merchants, and artisans who made up most of the population were citizens but had little influence

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Plebeians

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Laws of Rome inscribed on 12 tablets, Set up in the forum, romes marketplace

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Laws of the twelve tables

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Elected officials that protected their interests

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Tribunes

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Blocking of laws that tribunes felt were harmful to plebeians

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Veto

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Roman god that ruled over the sky and the other gods

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Jupiter

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Roman God of war

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Mars

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Basic military unit. Includes 5,000 men

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Legion

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The three wars fought against Carthage

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Punic War

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Carthaginian general that led his army on an epic march across the Pyrenees, through France, and over the alps into Italy

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Hannibal

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700 year old city

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Carthage

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Establishing control over foreign lands and peoples

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Imperialism

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Huge farming estates bought by wealthy families

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Latifundia

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Plebeian brothers who were among the first to attempt reform

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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

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Ambitious military commander who dominated Roman Politics with Pompey

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Julius Caesar

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Brilliant general who along with Caesar dominated Roman politics

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Pompey

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Caesars Chief general who hunted down Caesar’s killer with Octavian

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Mark Antony

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Caesars grandnephew hunted down Caesar’s killer

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Octavian

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Queen who was the ally of Mark Antony

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Cleopatra

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Title given to the triumphant Octavian meaning exalted one

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Augustus

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Population count

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Census

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Early emperor considered insane and evil

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Caligula

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Early emperor considered insane and evil. Prosecuted Christians and was blamed for setting fire that destroyed much of Rome

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Nero

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Codified Roman Law, making it the same for all provinces

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Hadrian

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Read philosophy while on military campaigns, was close to being Plato’s ideal of a philosopher king

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Marcus Aurelius

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200 year span that began with Augustus and ended with Marcus Aurelius

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Pax Romana

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The road that tarde caravans traveled on bringing silk and other goods from china

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Silk Road

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Romes largest racecourse

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Circus Maximus

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Many were slaves who had been trained to fight. In an arena they battled one another. If they do well could win freedom if not they were killed

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Gladiator

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Emperor who set out to restore

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Diocletian

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Rapid rise of prices

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Inflation

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Talented general who gained the throne in 312 AD. Continued diocletians reforms

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Constantine

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Centuries old city where the capital Constantinople was set. Located near Black Sea

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Byzantium

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Capital set up in Byzantium

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Constantinople

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Nomadic people migrating from Central Asia toward Eastern Europe

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Huns

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Germanic people who sought safety by crossing into Roman Terriotry

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Visigoths

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Invaders that took over Spain and North Africa before sacking Rome

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Vandals

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Hun leader that embarked on a savage campaign of conquest across much of Europe

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Attila

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Foreign soldiers serving for pay, to defend its borders. Hired by Rome

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Mercenaries

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Rome absorbed ideas from Greek colonists in southern Italy

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Greco-Roman Civilization

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Epic poem Virgil wrote that showed romes past was as heroic as that of Greece

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Aeneid

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Wrote the Aeneid

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Virgil

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Make fun of

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Satirize

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Historian that sought to arouse patriotic feeling and restore traditional Roman Virtues by recalling images of Romes heroic past

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Livy

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Hellenistic philosophy that stressed the importance of duty and acceptance of one’s fate

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Stoicism

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Pictures made from chips or colored stone

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Mosaics

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Temple that honored all the Roman gods

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Pantheon

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Public arena that stood 12 to 15 stories high and could hold as many as 50,000 spectators

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Colosseum

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The application of science and mathematics to develop structures and machines

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Engineering

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Bridge like stone structures that carried water from the hills into Roman cities

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Aqueducts

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Astronomer-mathematician that proposed a theory that the earth was the center of the universe

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Ptolemy

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Greek doctor that advanced the frontiers of medical science by insisting on experiments to prove a conclusion

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Galen

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Roman Scientist, compiled volumes on geography, zoology, botany, and other topics, all based on other peoples works

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Pliny the elder

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System of law that applied to its citizens

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Civil Law

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System of law that applied to all people under Roman rule, both citizens and non-citizens

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Law of nations

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Not willing to live under Roman Rule

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Zealots

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Anointed king sent by God

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Messiah

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seen as a threat to Rome because he taught Christianity

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Jesus

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Book that talks about Jesus and his life and the time surrounding his life

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Christian Bible

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12 disciples or close followers of Jesus to help his mission

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Apostles

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Jew from Asia Minor that began the wider spread of new faith helping Christianity take root across the Roman world

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Paul

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People who suffer or die for their beliefs

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Martyrs

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Emperor that issued the edict of Milan

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Constantine

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Granted freedom of worship to all citizens of the Roman Empire

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Edict of Milan

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Emperor that made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and repressed the practice of other faiths

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Theodosius

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People who conduct worship services

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Clergy

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Highest ranking church officials

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Bishops

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Bishops of cities that gained higher authority

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Patriarchs

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Father of the church

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Pope

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Beliefs said to be contrary to official church teachings

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Heresies

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Best known Christian theologian, bishop of Hippo in North Africa

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Augustine