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35 Cards in this Set
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Monarchy |
753-509 BCE |
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Republic |
509-27 BCE |
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Pricipate (empire) |
27 BCE - 476 CE |
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legendary foundation of rome |
753 BCE |
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expulsion of the kings, foundation of the republic |
509 BCE |
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second punic war |
218-201 BCE |
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Tribunal of Tiberius Gracchus |
133 BCE |
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Sulla marched on Rome for the first time |
88 BCE |
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Caesar crossed the Rubicon |
49 BCE |
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Tribus |
dividion used as a constituant for voting units |
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Curia |
most ancient division of Roman people |
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Republican parties |
Optimates = conservative, traditional olgarchy Populares = political leaders of late republic who worked through the people to challenge the monopoly of political offices by the optimates |
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socail classes |
senators knights plebs |
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curiate assembly |
earliest form of roman assembly |
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centuriate assembly |
193 total centuries 18 equestrians 170 infantry |
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iuniores |
ages 17-45 |
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seniores |
ages 45-60 |
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plebian assembly |
elected plebian tribues and plebian aediles |
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tribal assembly |
elected magistrates and enacted laws and held minor trials most important for law passing |
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senate |
300 men exluded from state contracts and ownership of large ships (owned land, max 400,000 sesterces) could only recommend laws to the assemblys |
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questor |
treasurers (20) |
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aediles |
public games and works (2 plebs and 2 curule) |
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plebian tribunes |
had veto (10) sat in senate meetings |
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praetors |
judges (8) |
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consul |
cheif legislative and military officials (2) |
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censors |
controlled the population census (2) |
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dictator |
senate asks consuls to appoint a dictator, absolute power for 6 months. 2nd in command called master of horse |
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procunsuls and propraetors |
imperium was extended past the 1 year term of office |
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cursus honorum |
run of office from quaestor to praetor to consul. |
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pontifex maximus |
cheif priest at rome. elected for life |
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nomina |
extended family name ____ **** ____ |
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praenomina |
first name **** ____ ____ |
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cognomina |
distiguishes branches of the family ____ ____ **** |
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Agnomina |
honorary titles ____ ____ ____ **** |
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women names |
feminine of their father's |
