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36 Cards in this Set
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government of elected officials
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republic
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people have say in the government
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democracy
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wealthy class of nobles in Rome
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patricians
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government ran by small groups of rich family members
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monarchy
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authoritarian totalitarian military regime
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dictatorship
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a citizen of ancient Rome who was not an aristocrat
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plebeian
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legislative
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made laws (seated at Forum)
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elect executives
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assembly of Centuries
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300 patricians/outweighed Assembly/lifetime appointment
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Senate
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2 consuls who ran the Republic
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executive
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architecture that allowed the citizens to operate
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infrastructure
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right to forbid a law or bill
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veto
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451 B.C./ all free citizens had the right to the laws protection
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Twelve Tables
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Plebeians refused to fight/they were majorit tax payers
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494 B.C.
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lower court of plebeians
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tribunes
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body of plebeians who elected the tribunes
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Assembly of Tribes
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a victory that comes at a great cost
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Pyrrhic Victory
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Greece and Carthage
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enemies of Rome
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(Punici) threatened to take the Stright of Messina
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Carthaginians
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Carthage controlled, but had to pay an indemnity (money for damage done)
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First Punic War
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the method the Romans are known for using during battle
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Divide and conquer
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5500 men
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legion
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soldier in a legion
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legionanaire
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80 men
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century
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otherwise known as Augustus/rebuilt Rome/emperor during Pax Romana
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Octavian
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Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero
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Julio-Claudian Emperors
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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Pius, and Marcus Aurelius
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Good Emerors
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head of each of the 54 provinces
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governers
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religion of Rome to begin with
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pagean
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first Christian Emperor of Rome
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Constantine
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all religious groups free to worship
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Edict of Milan
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made Rome's religion Christian
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Theodosius
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Emperor during the decline of Rome who bankruted the treasury for personal gain
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Commodus
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Diocletian's division into East and West
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Split of Roman Empire
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Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, Franks, Angles, and Saxons
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Germanic Groups
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young German soldier who seized Rome and became king of Italy
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Odoacer
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