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32 Cards in this Set
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Pax Romana
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27 B.C.E-192 C.E.
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Second triumvirate
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43-33 BCE legitimized by the senate
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Marc Antony
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strong general challenge senate death 31 BCE w/Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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died 31 BCE marks the end of the last macedonian Kingdom ending the hellenistic age which begun w/Alexander the great.
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Octavian/Augustus
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Ceasars grandnephew/adopted son 27BCE becomes princeps. Marks begining of the Roman Empire, princep controls army and admin. of empire senate given limited ctr. died 14 CE
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Lepidus
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retired 36 BCE- Julius Caesar's loyal governor and general
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challenges to the principate
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69-193CE
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Tiberius
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14-37CE-Augustus's stepson
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Caligula
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37-41CE-assasinated
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Claudius
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41-54CE
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Nero
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54-68CE killed lots of family
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Vespasian
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69-81CE- great leader won the throne-Roman colloceum
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Titus/domitian
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81-96CE-idiot son of vespasian,
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Five good emperors
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96-180CE
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Nerva
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(96-98CE)
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Hadrian
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(117-138CE)
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Marcus Aurelius
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161-180CE
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Commodus
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180-192- idiot son of Marcus Aurelias
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Crisis and transformation
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military power struggles 192-400CE
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Septimius serverus
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193-211CE-partnership btw. senate and emperor
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Caracalla
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211-217-murdered
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Elagabalus
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218-222CE-murdered
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Alexander
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222-235CE-murdered
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Barrack-room Emperors
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235-285CE
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Reforms of Diocletian
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285-305CE-lord-org.gov.into tetrarchy-he ruled east, maximian-west ("Augusti")
-sep military&Civil offices -moved troops deep inside empire -recruited many Germans -froze prices/wages/jobs to stop inflation -raised taxes to expand army |
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Constantine
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306-337CE-constantinople second capital from Byzantium
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Jewish sects
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-Saducees-priestly families
-Pharisees-emphasized jewish purity laws did not comp. w/hellinized world -Zealots-urged political revolt against Roman rule -Essenes- avoided probs. w/helinistic world |
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Jesus
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born during the reign of Augustus(4BCE-29BCE)
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70CE
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Jerusalem destroyed by Titus leaving only the pharisees who made peace w/Romans
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Theodosius
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(379-395CE) christianity as official religion of the Roman empire
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Council of Nicea
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resolve Arius's dispute over the nature of christ.
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Nicean creed
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Christ always existed
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