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24 Cards in this Set
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Rome is along what river and come in conflict w/who.?
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tiber river, Greek colonies as they expanded because breece had colonies in tialy and the penninsual
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consul
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highest office (come up w/ polocies and "sell" them)
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For expansion one needs...
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army, neautralize/ capitulate other powers
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S.P.Q.R.
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Senate and Peope of Rome
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Rome and greece have __ gods
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12 gods, they are the same but just with different names
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senate
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has most power (make laws), governing body, take rome from village to empire
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spears
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the points broke off when they hit an object
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Senate makes choices based on...
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political system
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Why does Pyrr. want to help?
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because if rome conquers colonies they conquer the trade (he doesn't want that), also it was the reciprocal help thing
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dominating historical force
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ideological, which gave drive for republic, other forces: religion, econocic, military, and technological
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subdivisions of army
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main unit/legions-6000 men/sub legion-1000 men/century-100 men (these men were the easiest to maneuver, they had a centurian to manuver them to wherever he saw danger)
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Pyrric victory came from where?
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Pyrrhus, this victory means that the cost outweighs the benifits
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gladius
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sword about 1.5 ft. long; the romans carried a shield as wide as body and tool the sword and shoved it up under the opponent's shield
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Pyrrhus couldn't go to help Greek c.s. because...
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the cost was toomuch for benifites because his enimeis of the fragmented city states (of Alex.) were gonna try to go and fight Pyrr. and he needed his mane for that battle
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conquest fo italian peninsula
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samnites (samnians) were warlike tribe, proud, skilled; the romans had to neutralize these tribes; samn. put up___
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Creek city states(c.s.) ask who for help?
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Pyrrhus king of mace. and Epparis
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patricians
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aristocrats, and the people who created the rules
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Rome got ideas for their culture from....
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Greek culture, "Captive Greece took Rome captive"
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Roman army made up of....
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Plebeians, the army was well trained, well equiped, and desciplined (this was the core of the army, romans were organizational geniuses
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264 bc. rome is in control of...
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Italy and got rid of Pyrrhus
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Plebeians
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commoners, lower class
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Rome offered to Latins and some Italians....
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citizenship, protection, and construction of roads (about 6ft deep, 10 ft wide, stone, sand, pebbles, desnse sand, and then fitted smooth rock w. mortar, raised in middle w/ butters on the side for rain.)
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290 bc
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Rome became leading state in italy
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how many mi. of paved road?
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60,000
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