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20 Cards in this Set
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Geography (3) |
ALPS to the North-->protection
peninsula-->limits possibility of naval attack
crossroad for trade |
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Patricians |
landowning noble men |
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Plebians |
other free men |
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Describe the Government |
Representative Republic
-Senate (patrician families) -Assembly (only patricians-->also plebeians) -2 consuls were elected by the Assembly (veto power over Assembly decisions |
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Describe the Law Code |
-Rome developed civil laws to protect the individual's rights (12 Tables of Rome)
-Laws became the international code to all conquered territories
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Social Structure was centered around ___ |
families |
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Social Structure
Who was in charge? |
the oldest men |
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Women's rights? |
Women supervised family business/estate, some rights, could own property but less than men |
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Slavery? |
important (in Greece and Rome) 1/3 of population, from conquered land, could reach freedom |
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First Enemy of Rome |
Carthage (city state of North Africa), Punic Wars |
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Punic Wars |
-Rome invaded Carthage and burnt to the ground -expanded to West Europe and Mediterranean
Rome built road networks, aqueducts, and enlarged the navy to maintain its empire |
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Describe the Collapse of the Roman Republic |
-end of the Punic Wars-->Rome unsettles -landowners use more slaves-->displacement of small farmers-->overcrowding in cities + unemployment -Roman currency deflated -political leaders fought and government power weakened |
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Rise of Empire
First Triumuirate: |
Pompey Crassus Julius Caesar* |
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First of Empire
Second Triumuirate *most power |
Octavius* Mark Anthony Lepidus |
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The Empire (under Augustus)
achievements |
common coinage civil service secure travel for merchants arts lit architecture science and tech |
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The Empire
200 years of peace, stability, and prosperity
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Pax Romana |
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What was Roman Republic religion? |
Paganism |
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Where did Christianity come from? |
Judaism |
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Who persecuted Christians? |
Nero |
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Emperor Constantine made what? |
Edict of Milian |
