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41 Cards in this Set
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spread across Europe by the Romans and evolved into the romance languages
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latin
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the first roman emperor to become a christian and moved capital from rome to constantinople
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Constantine
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a greek speaking eastern Roman Empire that centered around Constaninople
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Byzantine Empire
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religion that revolves around the belief of Christ
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Christianity
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long era of Peace that started with Augustus
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Pax Romana
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a rise in the general price of goods when money loses value
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inflation
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invaded the Western Roman Empire and destroyed it
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Germanic tribes
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a code of laws issued by Justinian
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Justinian Code
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a wall built by the Romans to guard the northern boundary of the empire
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Hadrian's Wall
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a group of body gaurds used by Roman emperors
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Praetorian Guard
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emperor who divided the Empire into four parts and had control over all
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Diocletian
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empress who assisted her husband in making decisions and made more rights for women
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Theodora
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king was patriarch chooser and pope chose king; pope appointed Charlgemen as king
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Eastern Orthdox church vs. Roman Catholic church
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the main controversy that caused the split between eastern and western Rome
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icons
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an Egyptian astronmist who sstudied and mapped over 1000 stars
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Ptolemy
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emperors who preceded Commodus and ignored crime and poverty
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Severan Rulers
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the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty who's rule was assoc. with tyranny and death
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Nero
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Roman writer who wrote an epic poem (Aneid) about Aneas
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Virgil
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Roman Historian who wrote a momementual history of Rome
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Livy
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a Germanic general who took control of the Western empire and controlled Rome for 15 years.
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Odacer
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copied and passed down writings of the Ancient Greeks and Romans
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Byzantine writers
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capital of the Byzantine Empire surrounded by water that were crossroads of travel and trade
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Constantinople
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holy book of Christianity
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bible
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key beliefs of Christianity
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1. the trinity
2. god is all powerful 3. God became flesh (Jesus) to save his people 4. If you believe in Jesus you will be saved from sin and death |
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religion of romans
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polytheistic(believed in many gods)
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Judaism religion
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monotheistic (one true god)
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Christianity spread...
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because Jesus' deciples preached
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aqueducts and roads
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brought water to the city
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rights and republic
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law and government
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julius caesar (5 points)
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-was one of the roman generals
-defeated pompeii in a war -as dictator, he made many reforms -senate declared him dictator for life -was stabbed to death by the door of the senate |
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messiah
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a savior that many jews believed had been promised by god
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numeral prefixes in latin (7)
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pent, tri, bi, dect, octo, sext, hex
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roman influence on American architecture
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in Washington DC there are columns
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restored peace and order, built Coloseeum
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Vespasian
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the Roman empire reached its largest size under...
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Trajan
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What unified the Roman empire?
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roman law, roman rule, and shard identity as romans
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the Romans admired and studied what country?
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Greece
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Roman architecture
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arches and domes
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wrote the Aeneid
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Virgil
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wrote satires and odes
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Horace
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long troughs supported by rows of arches
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aqueducts
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