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18 Cards in this Set
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Imperium |
power to command |
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3 Periods of Rome |
Monarchy, Republic, Principate/Dominate |
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Roman Monarchy |
753-509 BC - king and body of elders (patres) ----->beginning of Roman senate |
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Republic |
509-30 BC 3 Elements: 1) Assemblies of people - make laws thru voting - elected magistrates - declare war/make peace - condemn Roman citizens accused of crimes 2) Magistrate - administered the government 3) Senate - advised the magistrates |
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Populus Romanus |
sovereign roman people |
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SPQR |
Senatus Populusque Romanus
The Senate and the People of Rome |
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Principate and Dominate |
30 BC - 476 AD
The rule of the Roman Emperors
One man controlled the govt, laws, military, and finance
much freedom was lost |
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Romulus |
First king of Rome |
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mos maiorum |
ancestral custom |
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dignitas |
status and the esteem of ones peers |
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auctoritas |
quality of being important and influential |
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virtus |
manly courage (quality of soldier/statesman) |
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rostra |
the speakers platform in the forum |
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nobilitas |
the nobility
highly exclusive group within the senatorial aristocracy |
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novus homo |
new man
newcomer from an equestrian family who enters the senate
ex. Cicero - also elected to consulship |
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Magistrates |
elected by the people
annual tenure (except consul [18 mo])
collegial responsibility (shared power)
power to veto
no salary |
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conusl |
part of magistrates
2 at a time, elected annually by centuriate assembly
complete executive and military imperium
commander-in-chief of army |
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praetor |
increase from 1 to 8 as the Roman empire acquired more overseas provinces
elected annually by centuriate assembly
possessed imperium but were subordinate to the consuls
responsible for administration of justice in Rome
governed provinces
power to command armies |
