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31 Cards in this Set
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Founding of Rome (Traditional Date)
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753 B.C.
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Roman Republic
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509-31 B.C.
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Early Republic
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509-133 B.C.
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Late Republic
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133-31 B.C.
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Roman Empire
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31 B.C.-A.D. 476
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Pax Romana
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31 B.C.-A.D. 180
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Decline and Fall
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A.D. 180-476
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Rome & West Alienated from Empire
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A.D. 476
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Patronage based on...
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Birth, Money, Offices, Military Commands, Age, Dignity
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Consuls
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Annual Magistrates, preside in the assembly
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Censor
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Irregular Magistrate, highest possible position: assigned social class & taxes
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Dictator
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1 man w/ all Imperium for period of 6 months or duration of crisis (whichever was shorter)
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Senatus (Senate)
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Council of Elders as Advisors to Magistrates & Assemblies, Under Republic Makes No Laws
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3 Assemblies
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Made Up of All Male Citizens, Several weighted toward wealthy, votes shifted
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Council of the Plebs
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Early on had NO power, Steam valve
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2 Signs of Struggle of the Orders
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1. 12 Tables of Law
2. Tribunes of Plebs |
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Conquest of Empire
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1. Italy
2. Western Mediterranean 3. Eastern Mediterranean |
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2 Cities Razed in 146 B.C.
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Carthage & Corinth
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Conquest of West...
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Punic Wars, brought on contact w/ East
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2nd Punic War
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Hannibalic War: Destruction of Italian penninsula, destruction of farms, farming, & smallholder; Richer getting richer through booty & land-acquisition; poor moving into cities
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Trends in this Period
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Rights-->Plebs; Conquest-->Empire; Rich get richer; Decline of Soldier-Farmer (loss of land to rich); Farmer-->Cities as Crowds want bread & circuses
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Epic Story
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Vigil's "Aeneid"
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History Writer
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Livy
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Mores (sing.=mos), maiorum
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Ways of Anchients
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Pietas
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Duty; Religious piety closely related to duty to father/fathers/Rome
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Gravitas
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Seriousness, gravity
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Dignitas
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Dignity, but more like a pretty, prickly pride
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Auctoritas
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Authority, Influence; based on: birth, money, offices held, military commands, dignity & pride, age
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What destroys Roman group orientation & sense of duty
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Late Republic introducing Greek Individualism & Self Concern
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Two Hills on Tiber River
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Palatine Hill (Palaces)
Capitoline Hill (Hill of the Skull; Religious Center) |
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Imperium
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Power to Scourge and Execute (Fasces)
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