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25 Cards in this Set
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From what did the romans inherit their culture? |
GREECE |
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What is the most famous Etruscan Sculpture? |
Capitoline She-Wolf |
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Who were Romulus & Remus? |
Babies/Infants added to Captioline She-Wolf in the Renaissance Period |
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Differences between Patricians and Plebians |
Patricians= aristocrats serving as priests, lawyers etc. Plebians= poorer/ working class. tilled land, trades people, laborers. |
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During the Punic Wars who was Rome's Enemy? |
Carthigians |
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Octavian Renamed himself as? What did His name mean? |
Augustus The Revered One |
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What was the function of aquaducts? |
bring water from distant sources into their cities and towns, supplying public baths, latrines, fountains and private households |
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Greek Statues focused on deities and idealized heroes, What did Roman Sculptures Focus on? |
Individual people, particularly political figures |
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What does Pax Romana Mean? |
The Roman Peace |
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Who divided the empire into 4 portions? |
DIOCLETIAN |
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Who moved the seat of power from Rome to Byzantium? |
Constantine |
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What was Byzantium eventually changed to? |
Constantinople |
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What is the name of the volcano that engulfed Pompeii? |
Vesuvias |
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Augustus said, "I found Rome a city of Bring and,_____"? |
and I left it a city of Marble |
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Why were there a large number of amphitheaters built throughout the Roman Empire? |
It was official policy that the state should provide entertainment for the public |
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What does Pantheon mean? |
All the gods |
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Why did the stature of Marcus Aurelius Survive? |
mistaken for a portrait of Constantine |
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Who was the first Christian Emperor? |
Constantine |
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Capitoline She-Wolf |
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Colosseum |
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Pantheon |
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Augustus |
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Marcus Aurelius |
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constantine |
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arch of constantine |
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