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28 Cards in this Set
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Patricians |
Nobles |
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Plebians |
Free citizens |
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Equites |
Plebians who became who became very wealthy. Pushed for more power. |
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Senate |
Controlled the money. Decided where it was spent. Set up foreign policy. Most powrful |
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Assembly of Centuries |
Wealthy men, rich farmers. Elected people to serve in government jobs. Declare war and peace. Chooses dictator. |
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Assembly of Tribes |
Tribes sent representatives to the government. Legislative body. Elects the tribunes. |
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Consuls |
Main people running the government. Army commanders. |
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Praetors |
The judges.determine if laws are acceptable |
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Censors |
Keep track of citizens for taxes and who belongs to the tribes |
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Dictator |
All power but only for 6 months |
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Tribunes |
Plebians who represent the people elected by the assembly of Tribes. Veto any magistrates. |
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Veto power |
It means I forbid. And they can veto any law they want |
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Twelve Tables |
All the written laws of Rome |
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The role of family |
Huge famikies. Taught morals, values, and religion. Had slaves unless they were really poor. Dad's had absolute power. |
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Religion |
Father's conducted religious ceremonies. Animism is the believe the world around is full of spirits |
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Education |
Aimed at good habits, citizenship, obedient to elders. Dad's taught most important things. Mom's taught how to read and write. |
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Military |
Every make was expected to go in military. Fought without pay and had to provide own weapon. 4500-6000 pwople. Couldn't be in office unless served 10 years |
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Hannibal |
Takes over for his dad when he dies. |
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First punic war |
Hannilcar started and he lost to the Romans |
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Second punic war |
Scipio has a plan to be hannibal. Hannibal won every battle and lost the war |
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Third punic war |
Wiped cathrage right off the map. Some people from cathrage became slaves |
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Government |
Had to adjust to ruling an empire. Provide military to protect all of them. Decide if eyre going to be Roman |
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Provinces |
Tax them and set up governments in provinces and chooses Roman to be governor |
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Agriculture |
Increase land more farming. Farming goes down on Italian peninsula. Lots of farmers gave up on farming and moved to the cities |
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Commerce |
A lot more trade start businesslike factories |
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Social change |
More wealth more people |
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Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus |
Beothers. Both senators. Both wanted to help the poor and ended up getting killed by the people |
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Marius & Sulla |
Marius is a plebian and wants his legion to be the most loyal and he pays them by letting them steal whatever they want from conquering a country. Also promised them land. Sulla is a patrician and convinces the Romans 5hatvtheyre threatened by the outliers and gets himself the dictator.vmarius didn't like sulla being the dictator so he takes his army and chases him out of Rome. 7 years later he comes back with an army of his own and he wins a battle he started. |