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31 Cards in this Set
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Alexander the great
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defeats king darius 3 of persia
didn't lose a battle in 30 years ppl thought of him as god conquered more than 70 cities |
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Annales Maximi
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written down events of the year- ancient rome
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12 tables
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451/450 bc 1st time in roman history law written down
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lex canuleia
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plebs and patricians can intermarry now
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leges liciniae/ sextiae
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consul is at least one pleb now
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consul
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praetor
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judge 2
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aediles
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4 market, games
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queastor
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20 10 years in army then responsible for taxation and treasury
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tribunes of the plebs
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10 supervise elections
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devotio
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religious sacrifice for good of rome in battle- gave inspiration
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decimation
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if rome defeated, every 10th soldier publicly humiliated, stoned
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1st punic war
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264-241
mamertines siezed greek city syracuse, asked both rome and carthage for help, carthage came first, rome worrie syracuse to close for comfort so they illegaly started war, interfered with trade routes carthage wings in a few navy battles but rome wins overall and takes sicily. peace treaty |
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2nd punic war
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218-201
rome helps mercenaries revolt against carthage, they win and they take sardinia and corsica. Ebro treaty hannibal (carthaginian leader) versus skippio affrikanus (roman) they dont' have a big enough military so hannibal loses takes place in northern italy |
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3rd punic war
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149-146
peace treaty carthage to pay rome for 50 years, come up with money too soon, rome scared, cato convinces them to destroy carthage and they do in 146 bc, same year as corinth |
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1st macedonian war
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215-205
king phillip V vs. rome rome won |
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2nd macedonian war
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romans help greece defeat maceconians, give them power, leave, come back defeat macedonians again and give them land and leave again
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3rd macedonian war
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romans back to defeat macedonia again, divide it into 4 republics and leave
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4th macedonian war
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149-146
romans destroy corinth, same year as destruction of carthage |
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C. Marius
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consul for 5 consecutive years
1st time in roman history took power from sulla, flees rome, comes back becomes consul again and dies, cilla takes over, dies, carbo takes over |
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1st roman civil war
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carbo vs. sulla, sulla wins
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Sulla
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after win, becomes dictator and introduces proscriptions
shifts power to senate from assembly optimate adds 300 senators (friends of his) and dies |
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1st triumverant
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Caesar-wants consulship and to keep his military control
Pompey- wants land for his soldiers Crassus- wants tax reforms |
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how it starts bet pompey and caesar
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caesar- goes to france -8 years experienced army
pompey stays in rome as consul, sends legate (deputy) to spain for him (first time ever done) caesar not to come back until disbanned army, he sayd you first, pompey refuses, caesar comes back, pompey flees, caesars servants kill him |
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after caesar takes over
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wants to become dictator for like 10 years or life, is killed by bruts/brutus and cassius on march 15 44bc
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beginning of octavian
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becomes son in law of caesar, gets army by giving power to senate, fights antony in gaul and wins, scares senate so they give power to brutus
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2nd triumverant
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introduced proscriptions
Antony-gaul Octavian- had to do dirty work Lepidus-africa antony falls in love with cleo, octavian uses against him- foreign, defeats them after 2 battles and they commit suicide |
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after death of antony
end of civil war beginning of Augustus |
gives back power, gets it back and 90% of armies
names him emperor augustus and gives him shield with four virtues: justice, piety, courage and clemency |
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3 cases of how powerful augustus was
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1-nephew marcellus aedile at 18
2-gallus in egypt-pressure, kills himself 3-gets triumph from one of his legates victories |
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augustus gets sick, gives back his power again, what happens?
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he gets proconsul, trib power for life, place in senate
writes res gestae( doesn't include proscriptions) |
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things that augustus accomplished b/c of increased pressure and feelings of responsibility from being only one in charge
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fire brigade
police force grain supply aqueducts many statues of him buildings $$$$$$ |
