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15 Cards in this Set
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troops enlisted from the subject peoples of the roman empire to supplement the regular legions composed of roman citizens
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auxillaries
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free tenant farmers who worked as sharecroppers on the large estates of the roman empire
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coloni
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the chief executives officers of the roman republic
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consuls
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an official granted unlimited power to run the state for a short time during an emergency
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dictator
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the military unit that served as the personal bodyguard of the roman emperors
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praetorian guard
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the five emperors who ruled from 96 to 180 a period of peace and prosperity for the roman empire
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good emperors
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the right to command
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imperium
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large landed estates in the roman empire
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latifundia
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rule by a few
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oligarchy
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a doctrine that equates god with the universe and all that is in it
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pantheism
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the dominant male in a roman family whose powers over his wife and children were theoretically unlimited, though they were sometimes circumvented in practice
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paterfamilias
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great landowners who became the ruling class in the roman republic
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patricians
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a rectangular formation of tightly massed infantry soldiers
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phalanx
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the class of roman citizens who included nonpatrician landowners, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers in the roman republic
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plebians
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the form of government established by augustus for the roman empire
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principate
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