History- Chapter 6
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- Jesus
- killed b/c of Pontius Pilate, jewish, spread news about god
- political instablility that brought pax romana to an end
- emperor spend money on themselves, bad emperors (28) that were killed by government, armies busy defending borders
- effects of Pax Romana
- the family had less significance, the economy was less stable, peace, buildings- Circus Maximus, Colosseum, Pantheon, baths, Appian way
- tribunes
- what was the representatives of the plebians called?
- barrack emperors
- name of the emperors that ruled and then were killed right before the fall of the empire
- Ptolemy
- WHo was an Egyptian astronomer that formed the foundation of Roman astronomy
- priest, bishop, archbishop, pope
- what were the levels of christianity
- 2nd Punic War
- In what war did the Carthagians crossed Spain, Gaul and eventually the Alps winning victories, but eventually having to retreat because the Romans attacked Carthage?
- Odoacer
- german soldier, siezed Rome overthrew Augustulus
- Indemnity
- What is a payment for damages (such as the payment the Carthagians had to give to Rome after the 1st Punic War)?
- Franks, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Angles, Saxons, Visigoths, Huns
- name the germanic tribes
- executive branch
- What consisted of 2 patrician for 1 year terms--> consuls?
- latifundia
- what were large estates that were cropped by slaves?
- Franks and Goths
- gained control of gaul
- legislative branch
- What consisted of Assembly of Centuries, Assembly of Tribes and senate (with 300 men) ?
- patriarchs
- what did they call hte bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem?
- Constantine
- who was the emperor who established the edict of milan and let christians practice freely, legal to chain workers, jobs--> hereditary, capital to Byzantium (then renamed)
- Galen
- WHo was a Greek Physician that formed the basis of Roman medical science?
- Patricians
- Who were the latin nobles, they could hold office?
- Brutus and Cassius
- Who killed Caesar?
- Spartacus
- Who was a gladiator who helped 70,000 slaves escape?
- Tarquins
- What is the family held the early generations of Romain Rule, they improved Rome by creating a Forum, draining the seats?
- March 15, 44 BC
- When did Caesar die?
- Cato
- Who was the Roman senator who always finished his speeches with "and carthage must be destroyed)
- plebeians
- Who were commoners of Rome, they had the right to vote, had to pay taxes and served in military?
- Octavian, Marc Antony, Marcus Lepidus
- Who made up the 2nd triumvirate?
- dictator
- Who was a leader whose word was law?
- 3rd Punic War
- What war did the Romans burn down Carthage?
- Augustus
- Who imported grain from Africa, built new roads, began Pax Romana, and stopped proconsuls from exploiting providences?
- chief priest
- What is the pontifex maximus?
- Marius
- Who became a consul after saving Rome from an attack by the Germanic tribes? He built an army out of the unemployed and paid them well.
- Hannibal
- Who was the Carthagian general in the 2nd Punic War?
- legionaries
- What were Roman soldiers that were well disciplined?
- inflation
- a rise in prices corresponding to a decrease in the value of money
- Antony
- Who married Cleopatra?
- Horace
- Who wrote Odes and was a poet?
- Pyrrhic victory
- What is a victory won at a great cost?
- Tiberius Graccus
- WHo proposed limiting the size of the latidunda and distributing the land among the poor?
- martyrs
- these were people who chose to die for their religion
- edict of prices
- a contract that froze wages, set a max. price on goods
- Diocletian
- raised # of legions, traveled empire, divided empire, edict of prices, retired
- aqueduct
- What are artificial channels for carrying water?
- triumvirate
- What is a group of three people ruling together equally?
- Maximian
- the co- emperor that took the western providences while diocletian had the eastern
- Appain way
- What was Rome's 1st major road?
- Christos
- This is the Greek word for messiah
- disciples
- What were followers of god?
- Scipio
- Who was the Roman general that helped win the 2nd Punic War?
- Sulla
- Who drove Marius into exile and became dictator?
- Paul & Peter
- Who were disciples that spread the news of Jesus?
- republic
- What is a community in which the people elect their leaders?
- Punici
- What did the Romans call the Carthaginians?
- Ovid
- Who wrote Metamorphoses?
- Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Pius, Aurelius
- Who were the good emperors?
- coloniae
- What is a permanent military settlement? they were usally linked by a series of roads
- Reasons Germanic tribes moved
- grazing land, Huns, share wealth of Rome, warmer climate
- 1st Punic War
- What was the war fought over the Strait of Messina that in the war Romans snared the Carthagains ships with grappling hooks and defeated them in a hand-to-hand battle?
- Cincinnatus
- who was a roman dictator that left plowing his fields to help Rome then when he was done went back to farming?
- Alaric
- leader of visigoths, lead people into itlay
- Virgil
- Who wrote the Aeneid?
- Crassus, Pompey, Caesar
- Who made up the 1st triumvirate?
- Romulus
- Who was the man that built Rome and killed his brother?
- 476 AD
- date that Rome "fell"
- Bread and Circuses
- What was the promises by eager politicians when Rome was entering poverty?
- Livy
- Who was a historian who glorified early roman history?
- Twelve tables
- What was the written law code given to the Plebians called?
- legions
- What did the Romans replace phalanxes with? (they consisted of 6,000 men divided into groups of 60-120 soldiers)
- Economic Dicline
- war --> no trade, profit reduction, destroyed farmland, inflation, raise soldiers wages, taxes higher
- Augustine
- WHo was a scholar in North Africa that wrote Confessions and the City of God?
- Theodosius
- who made Christianity the official religion of Rome, separates western and eastern empires
- Attila
- leader of huns, gained gaul--> then plauge
- Tiberius, Cladius, Nero and Caligula
- Who were the Julien-Claudian Emperors?
- sect
- Christianity was thought of as a _____, or group within Judaism
- jus gentuim
- What is the law that dealt with noncitizens?
- Etruscans
- What Neolithic people ruled northern Italy, had a Greek alphabet, and often sacrificed POW or slaves to angry gods?
- messiah
- What is a delivier chosen by god?