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What was at the core of Roman beliefs?

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That it was thier destiny to rule to known world

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What were the 2 significant Italian mountain ranges of Rome?

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The Alps and the Apennine Mountains

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What was the significance of the Alps?

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It provided them a formidable protective barrier from their enemies outside

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What was the significance of the Apennine Mountains?

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It caused internal communications to be difficult, because of how hard it was to penetrate

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What was the significance of the Location of the Alps to Rome?

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It cut off the Peninsula from the rest of Europe

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What is a Peninsula?

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A piece of land almost entirely surrounded by water, or projecting out of the mainland into a body of water

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What is the land of Rome called as geographically?

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A Peninsula

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What was the significance of the Location of the Apennine Mountains to Rome?

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It went straight through the Peninsula

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What was the significance of Sicily and Egypt to Rome?

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Rome relied heavily for their grain to be imported from Sicily and Egypt

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What caused Rome to rely even more on Sicily and Egypt for grain?

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Their urban population was expanding

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Who was the first Roman ruler of Egypt?

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Octavian

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What nation was the Granary of the Roman Empire?

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Egypt

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Where did most of Rome’s grain come from?

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Egypt

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What were the 4 most important geographical features that played important parts in the rise of Rome?

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  1. Relatively mild climate
  2. General agricultural Prosperity
  3. Seclusion from the rest of Europe
  4. The central position in the Mediterranean Sea
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What allowed archaeologists to learn about the Etruscans?

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Their tombs

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How did the Etruscans make their tombs?

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They made their tombs to resemble the houses of the living. There would be pictures of their daily life drawn on the walls.

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At the height of Etruscan culture, what other cultures competed with the Etruscans in the Mediterranean?

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The Greek city-states and the Carthaginians

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What is the story of the Roman Empire?

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The 2 brothers, Romulus and Remus, fought over who had the authority to found the city. Romulus was favored, but Remus was angry and so challenged him and was killed as a result

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With what did Rome have it’s origins in?

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It had its origins in bloodshed

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Who was Lucretia?

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Virtuous aristocratic woman who was ##### by the Etruscan prince, and so committed suicide. Roblox chat filter sorray

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What was significant about the r*** of Lucretia?

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roblox chat filter oops. The people got angry and rebelled, expelling the now-last king of Etruscan and ending Etruscan rule of Rome.

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What was significant about the Roman capture of Veii?

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It caused the military power of the Etruscans to collapse and marked the end of Etruscans prevelance

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What happened to the remaining Etruscans after the end of Etruscan prevelance?

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They were eventually absorbed into the new Republic of Rome.

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What things did the Etruscans bring to the Romans?

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  • Numerals
  • a fondness for blood sport
  • a belief in Hades and the underwold gods
  • augury
  • excessive superstition
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What did the Romans adopt from the Etrsucans?
Some elements of their political affairs
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When was the supposed date Romulus established Rome?
April 21, 752 B.C
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How did people count the date back then?
They would like just count down from however many years until Christ was born - though they didn't know what was gonna happen when they reached 0 yet.
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How did the Etruscans make their amries?
Uniquely, rather than conscripting peasants, they had a well-trained elite force that consisted usually only of the aristocrats
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What did the Romans think of thier Armies?
They believed it was a civic duty to serve in the military so everyone was required to join the army
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What was Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of?
A statue with a head of bronze, chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet of partly of iron and partly of clay
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What did the *Gold Head* of the statue represent in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?
Babylon
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What did the *Silver Arms* of the statue represent in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?
Persia and the Medes
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What did the *Bronze Belly and Theighs* of the statue represent in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?
Greece
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What did the *Iron Legs* of the statue represent in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?
Rome
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What did the *Half- Clay Half-Iron Feet* of the statue represent in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?
We don’t exactly know for certainty, but there are good guesses
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What happened to the Statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?
A rock struck the statue and destroyed it
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What did the *Rock* represent in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream?
The Kingdom of Heaven / The Church
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What *kind* of Kingdom was the Rock in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream?
**One that would endure *forever!*** A kingdom that would never be destroyed or left to another people. It will crush all the kingdoms of the dream.
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What was the significance of the River of Po in Rome?
It is the border between Italy and the Northern Nations
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What was the significance of the River of Tiber in Rome?
It links Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea
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What was the significance of the location of Rome?
It was in the direct center of Italy where the trade routes were. Surrounded by a ring of hills making defence easier.
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Who were the Etruscans?
They were **Sophisticated people inhabiting North-central Italy prior to Roman dominance
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Who was Livy?
Roman historian who wrote the history of Rome
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What did the Roman Historian Livy write?
Ab Urbe Condita
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What does “*Ad Urbe Condita*” mean?
‘From the Founding of the City’
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What did they use to decide between Romulus and Remus who would rule Rome?
Augury
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Who was L. Tarquinius Priscans?
The first Etruscan King of Rome
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Who was Servius Tullius?
Second Etruscan king of Rome
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What did King Servius Tullius do?
He **underwent a Program of Urban Renewal of Rome**
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What was Servius Tullius *called* by the Romans?
The **“Last Benevolant King of Rome”**
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Who was Sextus?
Son of Etruscan King Tarquin the Proud
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Who was Tarquinius Superbus?
Reasearch. . .
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What was the significance of the Battle of Cumae?
Research. . .
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What illustrated the savagery of ancient Rome?
The Colosseum
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*When* was the Colosseum built?
70 A.D
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Who were the Patricians?
The overbearing, **land-owning aristocracy**, rich
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Who were the Plebians?
The **often landless poor**
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What was the Social Conflict between the Patricians and Plebeians?
The **Struggle of Orders**
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How did the Romans try to solve the Struggle of Orders?
With the establishment of the Concilium Pleibis
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What were Plebiscita’s?
**Decrees passed by the Concilium Plebiscite** that had the force of law
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What was one of the most notable achievements of the Early Roman Republic?
The development of Roman Law
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What were the 3 Kinds of Laws developed in the Early Roman Empire?
1. Ius Civil / Civil Law 2. Ius Naturale / Natural Law 3. Iuse Gentium / Laws of People
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What were the 4 Spirits of the law?
- Protect property - Protect life and reputation of citizens - Redress wrongs - Give satisfaction to victims
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What did the Early Rome have to develop as they came in contact with foreigners?
Laws
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What were the purpose of the Ius Gentium (Gentile Laws)?
To deal with disputes between Romans and foreigners and between foreigners under Roman rule.
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What did they resort to to make the Ius Gentilium?
The law of **equity, that which is right and just to all parties**
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What was Natural Law?
A universal law that could be applied to all societies
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What is Father in Latin?
Pater
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What is Mother in Latin?
Mater
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Who was the most important family member?
The Father
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What kind of society was Rome?
A patriarchal society
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When did the father loose his power over his family?
**When he died.** He had complete rule over his son no matter who he was. It was like a mini kingdom
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What does the Bible has to say on Universal Law?
“They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.” (Romans 2:5). God judged the whole generation of Noah, though they had no Bible. It would have been unfair of God to judge them if they didn’t know right vs. wrong. So there must have been a universal law they knew by heart, things they knew were wrong (and then did themselves). C.S Lewis says this: “
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What are some things the father could do to his son?
Imprison him, send him to work in the fields, or even put him into death
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What did the Romans dislike in the early Republic?
Luxury
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What were the 4 key virtues they admired in the Early Roman Republic?
1. Pietas 2. Fides 3. Religio 4. Ingravitas
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What was the virtue of ‘Pietas’?
Respect for established authority
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What was the virtue of ‘Fides’?
Doing your responsibilities
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What was the virtue of ‘Religio’?
The commons beliefs that bind men togeather
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What was the virtue of ‘Ingravitas’?
Sober seriousness that marks a man
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What were all the virtues of the Early Roman Empire related to?
Discipline and discipline
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What was the Latin word for ‘Luxury’?
Luxus
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What changed, in regards to virtue, later in the Republic?
Their view of luxury and excess
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What became the main goal later in the Republic?
Impressing people
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What was Conspicuous Consumption?
Great consumption of luxuries to enhance one’s prestige

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