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44 Cards in this Set
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Geography of Rome
Who settled there and influenced |
peninsula, had mountains but didn't separate the people
Etruscans; got alphabet and Gods |
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Religion of Rome
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animists
had doorway (Janus) household gods (Lares) Vestal virgins, Egypt god- Isis, Zeus- Jupiter, Hera- Juno |
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Rome is remembered for...
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big armies
architecture Great borrowers |
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Federal Principle
(after conquered places) |
no tribute
close places- full citizenship (right to vote) further away- partial citizen, keep their gov, rome govenor oversee, legion protect way out- citizenship down road, protected w/legion |
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kept Loyalness of places
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sended soldiers
treaty- send soliders, keep safe |
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Roman Government was...
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Republic
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Senate
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300 members
Patricians (wealthy land owners) werent paid, served for life made laws, elected consuls |
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Consuls
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two of them
had imperium (absolute power) had veto power, issue edicts |
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Plebians
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poorer people
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What happened during crisis time
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2 consuls elected dictator for 6 mos.
could make decisions quicker |
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Tribunes
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leaders of Plebeians,
no imperium granted vetos block laws bad for Plebes |
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Praetors
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governors of provinces
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Censors
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appointed or got rid of senators,
no trial, had to prove, rarely happened |
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1st Punic War
fought over with whom what happened b/c of it |
Sicily, Carthage
got grain and slaves farmers became unemployed |
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Pax Deocum
Pontiex Pontifex maximus |
contract w/ gods
bridge to gods (priest) leader of state religion |
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two people helped unemploy farmers
how they did it who didn't like them |
Tiberius and Gaius
gave land senators, killed them w/ thugs |
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2nd war
Carthage general, what he did Rome's counteraction |
Hannibal went to Rome w/ war elephants
went and defeated Carhage at own land |
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3rd war
What rome did to Carthage |
burned city to ground
salted land so couldnt grow crops |
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Important Generals after Punic wars
#1 conquered #2 conquered |
Julius Caesar and Pompey
caesar conquered France/Gaul Pompey conquered Canaan |
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Julius Caesar went to .... and did....
became leader-> helped rome how... who killed him |
Egypt, became lovers with Cleopatra, had son (didnt acknowledge him)
became dictator for four years public work projects for unemployed farmers Brutus (friend) |
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Marc Antony and Octavian
did what together got which parts |
went to track down Brutus
Octavian west Marc East |
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-Marc Antony-
loved whom married then divorced |
lovers with Cleo
married Octavians sister then divorced and married Cleo |
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-Octavian-
related to Caesar got people mad at Marc... fought war how... |
grand-nephew of Caesar
will said that would give land to Cleo on water b/c Marc's army stronger than navy |
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Octavian became...
did what for Rome |
Caesar Augustus
built roads Pax Romana- troops patrolled Rome |
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Julio Claudian emperors
their names |
Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero
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-Tiberius-
relations crazy stuff |
step son of Augustus
put people on treason trials and killed them |
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-Caligula-
relations crazy stuff |
nephew of Tiberius
put horse as senator treason- trials then when people paid him he would leave him alone |
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-Claudius-
relations defects but was/did married niece and... |
Caligula's uncle
physical defects and was passed over a scholar, wrote his of Rome married niece killed him |
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-Nero-
relations killed... talent did to Christians |
Claudius step son
killed mother and wife great entertainer after fire- blamed Christians, persectured Peter and Paul |
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Random
Mount Vesuvius buried 2 cities helps archeology |
Pompeii and Herculaneum
promary context- buried, know about bodies and burials |
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Mystery religions
#1 #2 don't know name tolerant of... |
cult of Isis: appealed to women because of equal rights
said they would have good afterlife: appealed to poor people and generals |
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Rome hated Christians because...
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thought they were cannibals
wouldn't worship the emperor (bad thing would happen) |
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guy who had mother convert to Christianity
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Constantine
said it was a okay religion |
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who conquered Canaan
when |
Pompey
63 BC |
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After Rome conquered Canaan they...
let Jews... rebels were... when was revolt |
worship own gods, left them alone
Zealots 66 AD |
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Jesus' life
born, versions of life, |
taught at 30 years old
born 4 BC Gospels, |
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Peter and Paul
Paul- what was he -> then became |
Peter- didn't know Jesus
Paul- persecuted Christians then saw Jesus then helped them |
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sects led by...
Paul was a ... means... killed by... |
women
misogynists means hater of women Nero |
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who made Christian official religion
when... |
Theodosius
395 AD |
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Petra=...
where settled by... traded alot... |
rock
desert in Jordan Edomites became wealthy |
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who moved to Petra and when
came from stole... |
Nabateans in 300 BC
south arabia- bedouins frankencense and mir sold to Petra |
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Rome tried to get Petra in...
made them go away by... |
63 BC
Nabateans paid them |
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Of Petra
style... religion... writing... |
eceltic- many different cultures and styles
Dushares (main god) Al Uzza- goddess depicted as lioness (Isis) Kufic- south Arabian and semitic, wrote lists |
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roman took Petra in...
did (good thing)... did (bad thing) ... |
106 AD
built roads cut off trade and people moved away |
