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15 Cards in this Set
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Give the significance of 509 BC
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last Etruscan was expelled from Rome
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What does SPQR stand for?
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Senate and People of Rome
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Who fought the Punic Wars, and what was their outcome?
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Rome and Carthage; the destruction of Carthage
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What philosophy began to replace Stoicism after the death of Marcus Aurelius?
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Christianity
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When did the practice of separating events as BC or AD begin?
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6th Century AD
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When do most scholars now believe the birth of Jesus Christ to have occurred?
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Between 8 and 4 BC
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What's the significance of AD 70?
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The Romans destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem
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What occurred during the reign of Constantine?
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Christianity was recognized as the state religion on AD 337
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Where were the Empire's centers of sarcophagi production?
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Rome, Athens, Asia Minor
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By what time had Roman theatre "virtually disappeared as an art form"?
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by the end of the Roman Empire (300 AD)
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What musical instrument is mentioned as being popular at the Roman Colosseum?
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water organ
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What led to the banning of organs from Christian churches?
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it provided background music for the infamous feeding of Christians to the lions
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Why were Roman temples smaller than Greek temples
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Roman worship was mostly a private matter
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The Romans style emerged in what centuries
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1st-4th centuries AD
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How many people would the Colossium seat
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50,000
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