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38 Cards in this Set
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Cicero |
A philosopher, a gifted orator, public speaker. |
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Julius Ceasar |
Most powerful general of these generations. |
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Pompey |
One of the most influential men of ruled Rome with Caesar and Crassus. |
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Augustus/Octavian |
Caesar's adopted son Octavian. Soon took the name Augustus who started the Roman Empire. |
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Currency |
money. |
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Galen |
One great doctor in the empire was Galen who lived in the AD 100s. |
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Roman coins |
Gold and Silver coins made especially for trade Nearly everyone accepted Roman coins, which helped trade grow even more. |
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Pax Romana |
Roman peace for 200 years. |
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Ovid Virgil |
Ovid wrote poems about Roman mythology Virgil wrote an epic poem about the founding of Rome in a poem called Aeneid. |
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Aqueduct |
A raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities. |
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Romance Languages |
Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. |
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Civil law |
A legal system based on a written code of laws. |
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Marc Antony Cleopatra |
Marc Antony was Caesar's former assistant. Cleopatra was Marc Antony's wife.
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Roman Achievements |
Government, Engineering, Architecture, Philosophy. |
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March 15th
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Ides of March- 23 Senators stab Julius Caesar to death. |
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Roman Gods/Greek Gods |
Jupiter = Zeus Poseidon = Neptune Hermes = Mercury Ares = Mars Demeter = Ceres Artemis = Diana Aphrodite = Venus Hera = Juno Athena = Minerva |
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Chirstianity |
A religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth that developed in Judea at the beginning of the first century AD. |
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Bible |
The Holy book of Christianity. |
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Resurrection |
Jesus's rise from the dead. |
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Paul of Tarsus |
The most important figure in the spread of Christianity after Jesus's death. |
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Last Supper |
The final meal that Jesus and his Apostles shared before Jesus was arrested. |
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Messiah |
God's anointed one. |
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Jesus of Nazareth |
The man many people believe was the Jewish Messiah. |
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Crucifixion |
A type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross. |
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Disciples/Apostles |
12 disciples whom Jesus chose to receive special training. |
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Constantine
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An emperor in the early 300s who became Christian and allowed all practice of Christianity. |
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Constantinople |
The new capital in the east after Constantine reunited the Roman Empire. |
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Pantheons |
Temples built to honor all the gods . |
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Diocletian |
Emperor in the late 200s. Convinced that empire was too big for one person to rule, so he divided the Roman empire and ruled the eastern half. |
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Corruption |
The decay of people's values. |
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Byzantine Empire |
The society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire. |
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Factors that made Rome fall are... |
-Raids from other countries (Huns, Goths, Visigoths) -Food -Disease -Taxes |
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Attila |
A fearsome Hun leader who raided Roman territory in the east. |
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Justinian |
Emperor who ruled from 527-565 reuniting the old Roman Empire. |
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Theodora |
Justinian's smart and powerful wife, who convinced Justinian to stay and fight the raiders. |
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Hagia Sophia |
The Church of Hagia Sophia |
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"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble." |
Augustus |
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"Veni, Vedi, Vici" |
"I came, I saw, I conquered" Julius Caesar |
