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Who were the three groups that inhabited the region where Rome was
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Latins Grekks Etruscans
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Who were the Latins
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farmers shepherd and wanderes around italy
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Who were the greeks
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Roman through trade, and they taught cultivation of grapes and olives. Romans also adapted their gods
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Who were the Etruscans
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Roman adapted their alphabet and architecture and rituals. metalworkes, in Northern Italy, engineers
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What is a republic
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goverment that powere rests with citizens who can vote leaders
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who are the patricians
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aristocratic landowners who held most power in govt positions
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who are the plebeians
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farmers artisans, and merchants
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Who tdo Patricians have power
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inherit power and satus from ancestry
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What did tribunes do
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protected the rights of Plebians from unfair acts
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What were the twelve tables
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wiritten law by 10 officials, they were open for inperpretation for the patricians. They were written on tablets and hung in forum
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What ideas do the twelve tables establish
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free citizens have right to the protection of law,
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What are consuls
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2 officials that command they ary and direct the govt they have the right to veto
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Who controls the senate patricians or plebeians
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patricians
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what does the senate do
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legislative and administrative functions, influence over foreign and domestic policy
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What was the centuriate assembly
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soldiers that appoint consuls and made laws. less power than senate
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who controled the tribal assembly
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plebians
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What did the tribal assembly do
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elect tribunes, made laws for common ppeople
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What are legions
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military units
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What their economy based on
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Agriculture and trade
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How did augustus stabalize rome
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glorify buldings, civic service,
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What their a written law on selection of ruler
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no that cause a civil war
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Who was the last emperor
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Maruc Aurelius
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How were the conquered treated
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some were citizens other slaves
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Did rome intefore w/ allies
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no if they sent trrops, and didn't intefere w/ treaties
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What are the Punic wars
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wars with Carthage
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In the 1st punic war wahat occours
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the defeat carthage and take the city of sicily
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2nd punic war
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hannibal who is for carthage goes around spain, france, and the alps and surpises the Romans and reek hell
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3rd punic war
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carthage is finally destroyed and becomes a provice
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Who is the roman hannibal
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Scipio
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What is the difference between greek and roman sculputre
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roman have realitic portaits and greeks have idea
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What is bas relief
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images project from flat background in a sculputre
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whas are mosaics
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designs made of small pieces of stone glass and tile
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What are frescoes
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large murals painted on wet plaster
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What philosophy had the most influence
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stoicism
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____ valued what
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virtue duty moderation, endurance
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What did virgil write
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aeneid
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What did ovid write
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light witty poetry
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what did Livy write
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history of rome since 9 bc
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What did tacitus write
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accurately presnted facts and wrote about lack of morality
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Roman System of Law
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1. All person had the right to equal treatment
2. innocent until proven guilty 3. Proof from accuster not the ccused 4. punish for acts not thoughts 5. law unfair could be set aside |
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what influce the rules
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stoicism
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what language was spoken
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latin
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What are romance languages
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languages that have the origin in the language of rome, Latin this languages are Spanish, Portugues, Freens, Romanian
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What new engineering allowed the collosseum to be built
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arch
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What are Justinians 3 main accomplishments
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Recovering Land, building imperial city, and the Justinian code that is used for 900 years later
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The absolute powere of emperors included
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head of state and church
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What is the Justinian Code
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code of 5000 laws Roman laws
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What is the definition of cod
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general system of law
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what is the importance of the Justinian code
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decided legal questions throughout the byzanine life marriage slavery, propery, inheritance, crimes
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What is the Hagia Sophia
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Justinian crowning glory. A beautiful church
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what was the main street in constantinoples
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mese
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what stadium's name signifies horse race
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hippodrome
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What is the Nika Rebellion
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Rebellion when rebels are in the Hippodrom and they proclaim a new empereor but Belisarious breaks in and shuts it down
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Who is Theodora
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justinians wife and rallied him to stay after the nika rebellion
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what did the plague do to the empire
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destroyed a huge population and left empire exposed to enemies
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how does the byzantines fir try to prop up the emp ire
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bribes, diplomacy, political marriages,
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What does emperor heraclius do
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reorganizes the empire into military lines, The provinces become themes or military districts
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Why does the church split
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icons and differnt views
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who are Cyrl and Methodius
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they invent the alphabet for slavic languages to shey could read the bible
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What are some land problems
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damage by hannibal, slaves, increase taxes, reused land, wars
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Who are the Gracchus brothers
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they attempted to help R omes poor. They wanted to limit latifundas, and give land to the poor
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Civil war broke out over these to peop
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gaius marius and lucium cornelius sulla. Sulla
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What does Julius Ceasar do
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expands senate, create civil service, colonies for those who cant pay, increased the pay for soldiers
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What was Augustas original name
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octavius
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what does augustus mean
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exalted in
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What did diocletian do
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divided the empire
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What are the immediate reases for the fall of the roman empire
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pressure from huns, invation by germanic tribes and huns, sack of rome, conquest by invaders
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What are some of the contributing factors for Economy that led to the Fall of the Roman Empire
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Poor harvests- farmland loss by worfare, overworked soil looses fertility,
Distruption of trade hostile tribes and pirates No mor war plunder- no more expansion gold and silver drain- lots of luxutry goods for the rich, and no new sources inflation- more money that has less weight crushing tax burden- mounting expenced for military gap between rich a poor- high taxes and the use of slaves |
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who is nero
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the empire falls under him
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Suteonius
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gossip writer
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5 emperors
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agustus
tiberius caligula claudius nero |
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2nd triumvirate
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octavian, lepidus, marc antony
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1st triumvirate
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crassus, pmpey, julias cesaer
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Proleterian
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poor person live in a city
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tribunes
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elected reps that proteces pelbeians rights
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