Roman History Final

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Carthaginian Peace

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the peace that was obtained after the Punic Wars were fought

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crow

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used to help board Roman ships

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Battle of Actium

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engagement between the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony

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Agrippa Postumus

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son of Marcus Agrippa

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Antonines

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two successive emperors known for their skilled leadership (Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius)

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Appius Claudius

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decemvir of the Roman Republic, increased lictor size from 12 to 120

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Battle of Cannae

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second punic war near Cannae

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Battle of Pharsalus

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forces fought under Gaius Julius Caesar (Populares) and Pompeius Magnus (Optimates)

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Battle of Zama

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Roman victory where Scipio defeated Hannibal and the Carthaginians

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Britannicus

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son of Claudius helf brother of Nero, killed by Nero

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Burrus

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Praetorian prefect, advisor to Nero

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Camillus

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Roman soldier and statesman of patrician descent

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Catiline

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aristocrat who turned demogogue unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the republic when Cicero was consul

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Cato the Younger

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tried to preserve the Roman Republic against power seekers like Julius Caesar

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Cincinnatus

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gained fame for his selfless devotion to the empire and giving up power when the crisis was over

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Corbulo

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Roman general who restored Roman control over Armenia

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Coriolanus

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a legendary Roman general

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Decemvirate

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ten men chosen to write the code of law defining the principles of Roman adminisration

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Marcus Brutus

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killed Julius Caesar

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Marius

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elected consul seven times, reorganized the army

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Octavia

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sister of the Augustus (Octavian)

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Pater familias

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highest rank in the Roman family, usually a male figure

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Piso

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Senator, made a conspiracy to remove Nero from the throne

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Pliny the Elder

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ancient author, naturalist, and natural philosopher

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Pompey

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Optimate, he was a distinguished military and political leader

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Praetorian Guard

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household troops of the Roman emperors; also acted as bodyguards for Roman generals.

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Scipio

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defeated Hannibal at Carthage

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Seneca

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one of Nero's tutors

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Sextus Tarquinius

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raped Lucretia, wife of Collatinus

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Sulla

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Roman general and dictator, evil, proscribed mad niggas

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Temple of Janus

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built by Numa, when it was closed Rome was at peace

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Tribunate

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Plebian magistrate position

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12 Tables

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ancient legislation that was the foundation of the Roman law and constitution

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Verginius

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Roman commander of upper Germany, consul under Nero

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Antonius Pius

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Roman emperor, 4th of 5 good emperors and a member of the Aurelii

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Arius

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Christian bishop, teachings were considered heretical

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Cleander

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Roman freedman, sold offices to the highest bidder

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Constantine's Dream

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visited by an angel who shows him a cross and tells him to lead his men to battle with it

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Delators

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denouncer, informers or legal assassins of Commodus

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Diocletian

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acclaimed emperor of the army, secured Roman borders and purged it of threats to his power

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Donatus

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responsible for the Donatist heresy, invalid election of a traitor, refused to abide by their rule

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Ebionites

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Jewish christian sect that lvied around Judea and Palestine

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Edict of Milan

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letter that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman empire

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Faustina

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roman emperess and wife of Antonius Pius

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Galileans

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fanatical sect, fiercly resented the taxation of Romans

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Gnostics

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teaching that humans are divine souls trapped in a material world created by an imperfect god

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Hadrian's wall

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stone and turf fortification built by Rome across the width of modern-day England

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Labarum

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military standard that displayed he 1st two greek letters of the word Christ

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Lactantius

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official professor of Rhetoric in Nicomedia

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Logos

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the divine or incarnate reason in Jesus Christ

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Maternus

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Christian writer and astrologer, lived during Constantines reign

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Olaus Rudbeck

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Swedish scientist and writer

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Nicomedia

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made the eastern capital city of the Roman empire in 286 by Diocletian

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Origen

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early Christian scholar, theologian, and one of the most distinguished fathers of the Christian Church

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Perennis

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prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard

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Philo

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Hellenistic Jewish philosopher, used allegory to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy and Judaism

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Sadducees

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Jewish sect, possibly a political party

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sect

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small religious or political group broken off from a larger group

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Nation

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cultural and social community

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Spectabiles

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middle class of the senate, consisted of proconsuls, vicars, and military governors of the provinces

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Symmachus

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author of one of the Greek versions of the old testament

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Temple of Serapis

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Pagan temple to the god Serapis, wasnt destroyed at first because it was believed the sky would fall and the Nile would flood

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Tertullian

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prolific author of early Christianity, notable Christian apologist

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Theodosius

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Roman emperor, reunited east and west areas of the empire, made Christianity the official state religion

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Titus

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disciple and companion of Paul the apostle