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40 Cards in this Set
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Plebian
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common
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Tribune
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Plebian representative
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Princeps
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First citizen
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Pontifex Maximus
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High Priest
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Pax Romana
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Roman Peace
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Orbis Terrarum
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Circle of Lands
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Optimus Maximus
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Best and Greatest
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Perishaya
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Separated ones
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Essenes
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Pious ones
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Diaspora
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Dispersion
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Hellenism supplied its conquered lands with new culture and philosophies.
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True
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Rome was designed as a Republic from the start.
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False
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Rome developed into a monarchy after the failure of the Republic.
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False
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After the Punic wars, Rome acquired Sicily, North Africa and Spain.
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True
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Caesar was named dictator for life by the senate in 49 B.C.
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False
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The death of Antony opened the door for Octavian to be declared Emperor.
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True
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During and after the reign of Augustus, a period of peace and prosperity occurred in the Roman civilization lasting for 400 years.
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False
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The Roman understanding of virtue was highly influenced by the hellenistic view.
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True
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Greece adopted its pagan religious practices from the Romans.
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False
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Prisoners of war provided to largest source of slaves for the empire.
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True
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Free slaves could gain citizenship in Rome.
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True
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The history of the Jews began with the convenant God made with Abraham.
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True
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The Sadducees dominated the Sanhedrin during the time of Jesus.
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True
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The Sadducees considered the Pentateuch to be inferior to the words of the prophets.
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False
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The disapora began with the Assyrian exile
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True
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What two languages did Jese most likely speak?
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Hebrew and Aramaic
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The Roman world at the time was dominated by the languages of...
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Greek and Latin
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__________ the Great conquered most of the knwn world of the fourth century BC.
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Alexander
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Rome ws founded by two brothers. What were their names?
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Romulus and Remus
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In 27 BC, under what title from the senate did Octavius rule under?
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dictator
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What cult was a fraternal organization open only to men that cultivated virtues important in the life of a soldier?
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The Mithraic cult
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Who was Moses' successor under the Jewish people?
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Joshua
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Under which two kings did the Jewish kingdom reach its zenith?
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David and Solomon
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After Solomon's death, the kingdo was divided into two parts: ______ and _________.
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Israel and Judah
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__________was a very influential philosophical school of thought in both Greece and Rome.
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Stoicism
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The ___________ were a group of Jews that withdrew from the world into the desert in order to live a life of prayer and aseticism.
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Essenes
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The two main groups of Jewish religious leaders at the time of Jesus were the...
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Sudducees and the Pharisees
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Who led the Jew out of captivity?
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Moses
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The Chief Roman god was the sky god named___________.
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Jupiter
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The triumvirate of rulers set up by Augustus' son was composed of...
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Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus
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