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35 Cards in this Set
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Socrates |
Extremely intelligent man that mocked the public people |
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Romulus |
Killed brother for power; 1st Roman King |
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Tarquinnius |
"Model" king; responsible for Roman games; keeps people happy and connected |
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Tarquin |
Establishes the feared "rex"; kills father to assume power; "Rape of Lucretia" |
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Brutus |
Kills Tarquin after "Rape of Lucretia" |
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Cinncinatus |
Ex-consul; voluntarily lays down authority; "model" dictator |
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Rubicon Rule |
No Roman army could ever pass the Rubicon and come into Rome (not enforced) |
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Office of Tribune |
Pats (aristocrats) vs. Plebs (everyone else) Office can pass any law that affects the Plebs |
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Hannibal |
Second Punic War and Battle at Cannae leader; takes army through the Alps |
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Sulla |
Ex-consul; dictator; Proscription Lists; comes up with a blueprint for others to follow |
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Marius |
Faces Sulla; eventually becomes enemy of the state |
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Julius Caesar |
Political/military genius; governs Gaul; faces the Senate with Marc Antony; DICTATOR FOR LIFE; Ides of March declare death |
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Marc Antony |
Faces Octavian for power; romantic interest with Cleopatra; commits suicide and gives power to Octavian |
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Octavian |
Caesar's adopted son; faces Marc Antony for power; gains throne and later becomes Augustus |
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Cleopatra |
Romantically invested in Marc Antony; commits suicide after her husband's suicide |
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Caligula |
"Little Boot"; Nero's uncle; lavished money; stabbed by officers of the Praetorian Guard |
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Nero |
Nephew of Caligula; persecuted Christians; very violent; became enemy of the people and commits suicide |
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Machiavelli |
"The Prince": a guide for future rulers |
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Martin Luther |
Starts the Protestant Reformation |
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Mahmed II |
Conquered Constantinople; "Kayser"; Ottoman Empire ruler |
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Sulieman |
Complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system; longest reigning |
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Prince Henry |
Navigator/movement leader; one of the first to travel open seas; opened up African trade |
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Christopher Columbus |
Discovered "West Indies" |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
Circumnavigated the globe; died before the end of his journey |
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Ides of March |
Julius Caesar's assassination by Brutus |
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Periods of Rome |
Regal, Republic, Empire |
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Dictatorship Power |
When Rome is threatened, the Senate could vote power to one man for 6 months |
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Phallanx Formation |
Rome's military strategy |
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Carthage |
Great naval power; brought in elephants to fight |
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Model for Western Civilization |
Religiously, militarily, philosophically |
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Religion in Greece |
Showed hierarchy and kept order |
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Sparta and Athens |
Military-minded with a professional military |
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Black Plague |
Mostly affected Italy, France and Spain; due to no sanitation, no prevention, and no medicine |
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The Renaissance |
After the Black Death; starts in Italy; advances in arts, sciences, and religion |
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Age of Exploration |
Spain, England, France, and Portugal |
