Chapter 5 People

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Latins, Etruscans, Livy, Senate, centuriate assembly, council assembly, council of the plebs, tribune of the plebs, Twelve Tables, Law of Nations, Hannibal, Crassus, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Antony, Augustus, Nero, Pax Romana, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Spartacus, Jesus, Simon Peter, Paul, Constantine, Theodisius the Great, Diocletian, Constantine, Huns, Visigoths, Vandals, Romulus Augustus

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People

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Latins

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Indo-European peoples who lived in Latium

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Etruscans

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Peoples in the early times in Rome who strongly influenced its cultures

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Livy

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Writer who provided a number of stories to teach Romans the virtues that had made Rome great

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Senate

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a select group of about three hundred patricians who served for life to advise gov. officials, and later make laws

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centuriate assembly

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elected the chief officials, such as consuls and praetors, and passed laws

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council assembly

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council of the plebs

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warriors of Rome along with a council that became popular, outdoing the centuriate assembly

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tribune of the plebs

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were given the power to protect the plebeians, and where eventually permitted to become consuls

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twelve tables

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Rome's first code of laws which was too simple and was eventually developed

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Law of Nations

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a body of law identified with natural law, or universal law based on reason

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Hannibal

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"the greatest of the Carthaginian generals" who began the Second Punic War

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Crassus

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"the richest man in Rome" who competed for power

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Pompey

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a military hero in a Spanish war who competed for control of Rome

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Julius Caesar

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a military commander in Spain who was also a Roman power

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Octavian

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Caesar's heir and grandnephew

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Antony

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Caesar's ally involved in the Second Triumvirate

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Augustus

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"the revered one" a Roman emperor who gave some power back to the Senate

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Nero

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a corrupt emperor who, through his bad governing caused revolts and committed suicide after being abandoned by guards

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Pax Romana

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a period of "Roman Peace" caused by good rulers

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Virgil

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the most distinguished poet of the Augustan Age

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Horace

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a sophisticated writer who enjoyed pointing out the "follies and vices of his age" through Satires

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Livy

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a Historian who wrote the History of Rome

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Spartacus

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a gladiator who led the most famous slave revolt in Italy

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Jesus

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God in the flesh. The transcendent one in the Roman time period.

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Simon Peter

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a Jewish fisherman who followed Jesus during Jesus' life time and became the leader of the apostles

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Paul

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an apostle of Jesus who taught the gospel doctrine

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Constantine

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the first Christian emperor who proclaimed the official tolerance of Christianity

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Theodisius the Great

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the official through whom Christianity became the official religion of the Romans

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Diocletian & Constantine

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through their rules the empire was changed into the Late Roman Empire, which included a new gov. structure, a rigid economic and social system and the new state religion- Christianity

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Huns

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A Germanic tribe who came from Asia, moved into eastern Europe and put pressure on the Germanic Visigoths

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Visigoths

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moved into Rome as allies but soon caused a crushing revolt and sacked Rome

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Vandals

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sacked Rome after flooding Spain and Africa

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Romulus Augustus

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roman emperor who was deposed by the Germanic head of the army