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Why was the roman empire significant?

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Because it was the biggest empire
(took over most of western europe not like alexander and the east side)

rome started as a single city and then conquered this whole place

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The city of rome

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remained the core of the empire
near the tiger river
there was a fortification wall built
there were 7 main hills

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what as the palatine

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the home of the wealthy palaces

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what was the capitol?

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the home of the capital line museum

religion temple of jupiter

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why was the wall built?

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bc of the unsuccessful battle with the gauls

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who did the romans believe founded rome

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Romulus

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How many kings did the romans believe there were?

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7

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Order of succession in the roman empire

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romulus founding-the monarchy
the republic-elected magestrates
the roman imperial period

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what is significant about the roman imperial period?

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the end of it marks the year the last roman emperor was ruling the city of rome

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What is early roman religon and its misconception?

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misconception-that romans just copied the greek gods

they had their own religon before conatact with the greeks

romans saw spirts in everything
and they didnt have myths like the greeks until much after

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nuimina

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spirits

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penates

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gods of the store cupboard

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pax deorum

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peace of the gods

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do ut des

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i give so that you may give

reciprocal polythism ritual for the gods

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syncretism

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the assimilation of greek gods into roman words

romans used plants other than uranus and earth

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zeus

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jupiter

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hera

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juno

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poseidon

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neptune

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hestia

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vesta
minor in greek culture but major in roman

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athena

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minerva
widsom of war

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ares

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mars

god of war

romans saw him as less violent vs greeks saw him as the violence in war

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The worship of mars

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much more prominent in roman religion than ares in greek

fathe rto romulus
campus martius the field of mars

oddities of mars worship
-the october horse (equus october)
-salii (jumping priests)

march named after him

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The roman empire (roman repubilic)

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-the cities

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order of the roman timeline

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iron age
the monarchy
the republic
the principate
the dominate

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What does romulus mean
little roman man
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romans believed they were descedencts of who?
the trojans
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early rome according to the romans
aeneas: son of anchises and venus (escaped torjans) romulus and remus the rons of rhea silvia and mars romulus as the first king of rome 509 bce repubulic
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early rome archeological records
small bronze age finds evidence of nucleation in teh 10th century mid 7th century when we start to se eproto city -emergence of an elite -draining and paving of the forum first permant housses in city centres
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what was a roman forum equivelent to?
greek agora city centre
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what were the cultural influences on iron age italy
etruscans phonetians-carthage greeks-colonzing massalia
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the etruscans
colonized italy native people of muscany non roman language is an isolate non-indo european adapted from the phoenicians and greeks
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etruscan temples
models for later roman temples major difference from greeks -columns only in the centre -one entrance -multiple gods
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evidence for the kings
-romulus prob a myth the lapis niger regia and the republic
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what is the lapis niger
rex=king a black rock were an inscription with rules
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what is the regia
earliest identified structure re built w new floorplan
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evidence for kings during the republic
shrine for mars and ops consiva (wealth) overseen by rex sacrorum king of sacred things
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What is the roman republic known for?
being the royal period
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The roman republic government
4 groups -consuls -senate -people -SPQR
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consults
2 elected anually, cheif magistrate like prime minister head of gov
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senate
300 members in early/mid-republic highest wealth class (not a democray) can be former magistrates
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people
weath class centuriate assembly and others peiple with more money get more votes
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SPQR
senatus populuque romanus senate and the people roman municipal gov still uses
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history of the roman republic
founding of the romaning republic break down of norms (populus started to leader single people leadign) assasination of julius caesar- he was named dicator for life conspirator vs trimuvir the tiumbirs vs each other defeat of marc antony by octavian octavian remaed augustus
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how was caeser and octavian related
great nephew and picks up where his uncle left off
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what was the roman forum like before
it was widely neglected
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parts of a roman forum
basilicas temples curia rostra
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basilicas
liek stoas multipurpose building
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temples
of concord and vesta
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who were the vestal virgins
women who were to keep the fire going bc god of fireplace they had looks of authority but also less
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curia
senate house where senate would meet it was rebuilt the year julius died so he wasnt killed there
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rosta
speakers platform where the speaker adresses the public
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early roman coins
earliest was really big and thick 300BCE had the denarius system with gold aureus silver-denarius coper and copper alloy-sesterius (big), dupondiusm, as-lowest form
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something unique about roman coins
hey didnt allow living people ont he coins for a lomg time but then they began puting family members and stuff to send a polictal message
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coin with dagger and helmet
when slaves recived freedom the freedom hat
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aligator coin
when they captured egypt
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republican portraiture: verism
shows have they didnt copy greek art had a wart and all style honest depiction age showed power serious stoacic
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julius caesear
dictoatr for life assasinated march 15, 44 BCE first living roman to have their portrait on coins
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aqueducts
artifically made channels to direct water for the city of rome gradient channel on a slight slant how signifcant they were and how the popn declined when the aquaducts became out of use
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researchers have assumed that the key to the ancient concrete’s durability was based on one ingredient
pozzolanic material such as volcanic ash from the area of Pozzuoli, on the Bay of Naples new ingerdiient white chunks, often referred to as “lime clasts,” originate from lime, another key component of the ancient concrete mix
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what did the lime cast do?
new study suggests that these tiny lime clasts gave the concrete a previously unrecognized self-healing capability.
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highly reactive paste-like material, in a process known as
slaking
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Studying samples of this ancient concrete, he and his team determined that the white inclusions were, indeed, made out of various forms of calcium carbonate.
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Hot mixing was
the key to the super-durable nature of roman concrete
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which river is rome near
tiber river
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early roman history divided into two periods
latin kings and etruscan kings
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where was the earlier known settlement
palatine hill- roman fourm
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three components of roman infastructure
Three key components of this infrastructure were roads, the establishment of army camps, and the foundation of new towns, or colonies.
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cosa
territory conquered from the Etruscan city of Vulci, strategically placed to block Etruscan access to the sea fertile farmland arx was the citadel towns highpoint arx had its own set of fortification walls - principle shrine of the twon
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stone cut styles
Well-known patterns of facings include (1) opus incertum, small stones of irregular shape; (2) opus reticulatum, small stones cut with a square face, placed in a diamond pattern; and (3) opus testaceum, a facing of bricks or tiles
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basilica
the basilica provided space for lawyers, judges, and other officials involved in city and legal affairs
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relihous buildings in the forum
Religious buildings in the forum included three major temples to the deities Vesta, Saturn, and Castor,
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