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52 Cards in this Set
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Who founded Rome?
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- Romulus and Remus
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Who were the Etruscans?
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- the ones the Romans are borrowing cultural from
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What is the purpose of the Roman senate?
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- provided advice
- the Republic provides advice to the Senate |
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Who were the Patricians?
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- the elite
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Who were the Plebeians?
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- the common people
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What was the struggle of the Patricians and Plebeians?
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- Plebeian assembly can make law and policy in Rome
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What was the patron-client system?
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- mutual obligations between two people in a society/
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Who could be clients?
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- anybody
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Who were the consuls?
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- 2 rulers of Rome who held the highest political position in government
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Who was able to serve as a Tribune? What can they do?
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- the Plebeians
- veto the Senate |
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What was the Plebeian Assembly?
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- the group of Plebeians that could make laws
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What was the Plebiscites?
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- policies that carry the form of law, the people's law
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Who were the major participants of the Punic Wars?
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- Rome against Carthage
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What was the impact of the Punic Wars? What happens to the poor people and what do they do? Who gets all the land?
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- loose their land and head to Rome
- poor people |
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________ - carthagain general and wins the Battle of Cannae
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- Hannibal
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Who were Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus? What is significant?
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- tribunes in Rome that were violently killed.
- rise of political violence in Rome |
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What was Gaius Marius's claim to fame?
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- client armies
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Who was Pompey and what did he go after?
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- he was the model of the decline of the republic
- he went after his personal interest |
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Who is apart of the 1st Triumvirate?
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- Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Crassus (richest man in Rome)
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Why does Julius Caesar get assassinated?
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- because people believe he is abusing his power and acting like a king
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Who is apart of the 2nd Triumvirate?
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- Octavian, Marc Anthony, and Lepidus
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Who is Caesar Augustus?
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- Octavian, Augustus was his title
- defeats Marc Antony and becomes first emperor |
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Who takes on the title of princeps?
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- Augustus
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What does princeps mean and why does it keep Augustus from being assassinated?
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- means first citizen
- provides him a safety net by disguising himself |
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What is Augustus's rule called? Why does he succeed?
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- principate
- everyone turns into his clients |
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Who is the Praetorian Guard?
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- the emperors body guard
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What is the Pax Romana?
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- it means Roman Peace
- because it lead to the spread of culture, Christianity, and and trade |
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What was Vespasian's claim to fame?
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- imperial cults as a means to gain people's support
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What did the 5 good emperors do?
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- peaceful and stable succession, respecting the Senate, spread Roman culture, stopped the expansion
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Who are Pharisees?
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- Jewish religious leaders of the first century
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Who were the Essenes?
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- Jewish monks, first communists, wrote the dead sea scrolls, devoted themselves wholly to God.
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What were the zealots claim to fame?
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- revolt against Rome
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What did Jesus of Nazereth teach?
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- reinterprets the Law of Moses, keeping the Spirit of the law, having a pure heart, the kingdom of God, not doing what the pharisees, essenes, or zealots are doing
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Why did the Romans execute Jesus?
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- out of fear, Jesus attempting to overthrow Rome
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What are some basic Christian doctrines?
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- justification by faith, Christ fully God and fully man, salvation through Christ, sanctification (to be made Holy), grace, virgin birth
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What was the importance of Paul of Tarsus?
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- he spread Christianity by preaching the doctrine to the Jews and Gentiles
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What is a martyr?
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- one who dies for Christ and their Christian faith
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What was the problems of the third century crisis?
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- barbarian problems, economic problems of debasing the currency, succession problems, and labor issues of no slaves
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What does Diocletian attempt to do?
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- He attempts to solve the problems of the third century crisis
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What is the title that Diocletian takes on and what does it mean?
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- Dominus - Lord and Master
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What is Diocletian's claim to fame?
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- Tetrarchy - divides the empire into 4 parts
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Why does Diocletian persecute Christians in the Great Persecution?
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- not worshiping Roman gods and gods causing trouble because of this
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What was Constantine's claim to fame?
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- the edict of Milan
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What was Theodosius I's claim to fame?
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- making Christianity the official religion
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After Christianity, what new tasks do the bishops take?
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- partner with emperors in local rules, ordaining pastors, insure orthodoxy
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How does the church ensure Orthodoxy?
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- bishop meetings at church counsels, creeds, St. Jerome translates Bible from Greek to Latin
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What was Gnosticism's main heresy?
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- Jesus isn't divine. Came to bring secret knowledge on how to achieve salvation.
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What was Arianism's main heresy?
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- God created Jesus so he isn't equal with God.
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Who is St. Jerome?
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- he translates the Bible from Greek into Latin
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Why are people turning to Monasticism?
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- to become martyrs. the new way to live a pure spiritual life.
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What is pushing Barbarian migrations into Roman territory?
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- the Huns
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Who is Theoderic?
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- A barbarian king of Rome who doesn't act like a barbarian. He keeps the Senate and the Roman culture.
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