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44 Cards in this Set
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Fasces
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Symbol of king - his right to execute and scourge the people.
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Jupiter Optimus Maximus
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Temple located on Capitoline Hill
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Patrician land owners
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Aristos
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Questors Pretoria
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Moral Censors
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Veni Vidi Vici
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"I came I saw I conquered" (Caesar)
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Republic (res publica)
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"public affair" -Rupublican form of govt
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Etruscans
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ancient Italians - Non Indo European (came from Asia Minor)
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Roma et Augustus
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Augustus the revered
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The Roman Legion
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basic unit of roman army -mobile and could fight on open or broken ground
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Carthago delenda est
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Carthage must be destroyed (Cato)
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Messiah Christos
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Christ the Messiah
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Another name for the 2 chief magistrates of Rome
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Consuls
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Gaius Marias
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created new standing roman army from the poor
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Justinian
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Creator of the 12 Tablets
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Who originated gladitorial combat
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Etruscans
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Who originated the building arch & vault
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Etruscans
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Cincinnatus
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Farmer who become dictator for 15 days
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Princeps Civitatus
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First citizen of the state
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The Twelve Tables
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First written codified law of Rome
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Who created Proscription proseribere
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Gaius Marias
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Alphabet of the Etruscans
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Greek alphabet derived from Phoenicians
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father of great Hannibal
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Hamel
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Tiberius Gracchus (older brother)
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Land Bill Reform to give land to the poor
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Punicus
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Latin for Phoenician
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Lucius Cornelius Sula -
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leader of the conservative aristo faction
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Office of dictator
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legitimate office of supreme power during time of crisis
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Emperor Theodosus
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made Christianity the official religion of Roman Empire
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2nd Triumvirate
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Octavian / Mac Antony / Amelio Lepidus
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Crossing the Rubicon
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Point of no returning back
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Concilium plebis
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Popular Assembly (Commoners)
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This assembly predated the Republic
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Popular Assembly (Commoners)
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Proscription proseribere
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public identification and official condemnation of declared enemies of the state
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Octavian Augustus
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revered Roma Augustus
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First Triumvirate
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rule of three men - Pompey, Caesar, Crassus
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Jurisprudentes
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scholars skilled in organizing and interpreting the law
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Cicero
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Senator, Orator, Writer - Concord of the Orders- wanted political peace
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Gaius Gracchus (younger brother)
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sent poor and landless to form colonies in S Italy and Cartage / Africa & Grain regulation
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Plebeians
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simply common roman citizen
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Pax Romana
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the peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire.
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What was the power of the Counsel of Plebes
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They could veto any law impacting Plebes
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Tribunes
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They protect the rights of the Plebians
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Pyrrhic Victory
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victory won at too high a cost
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Latifundia (latus fundus
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Wide Land - vast estates of the rich
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Vae victus!
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Woo to the vanquished Woo to the conquered.
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