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75 Cards in this Set
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PAX ROMANA
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PERIOD OF PEACE & STABILITY IN ROMAN EMPIRE
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ETRUSCANS
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RULERS OF ROME BEFORE C.509 BC, OVERTHROWN AFTER RAPE OF LUCRETIA
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GOOD EMPERORS
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LAST 5 EMPERORS OF PAX ROMANA BEFORE CORRUPTION & INVASION
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MONARCHY
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RULE BY A SINGLE KING WHOSE POWER IS HEREDITARY
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GERMANICS
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BARBARIANS THAT INVADED ROME FROM NORTH OF DANUBE
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LUCRETIA
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ROMAN PATRICIAN WHOSE RAPE BY SON OF ETRUSCAN KING LED TO FOUNDATION OF ROMAN REPUBLIC
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HUNS
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BARBARIANS THAT INVADED ROME FROM ASIA
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REPUBLIC
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GOVERNMENT WITHOUT A KING, USUALLY RULE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE
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ATTILA
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LEADER OF THE HUNS
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EMPIRE
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STATE THAT EXERCISES RULE OVER NATIONS ETHNICALLY OR POLITICALLY DISTINCT
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BARBARIAN INVASIONS
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4TH-5TH CENTURY INVASIONS THAT WERE THE MAIN CAUSE OF ROMAN EMPIRE'S FALL
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SEPARATION OF POWERS
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SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH RULING POWER IS LIMITED BY DIVIDING ITS FUNCTIONS, CHARACTERISTIC OF ROMAN REPUBLIC
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DANUBE RIVER
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NORTHERN BORDER OF ROMAN EMPIRE; GERMANIC INVASIONS CAME FROM NORTH OF IT
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CONSUL
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE IN ROMAN REPUBLIC
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27 BC
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DATE OF THE BEGINNING OF ROMAN EMPIRE
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DICTATOR
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TEMPORARY RULER DURING EMERGENCIES, IN ROMAN REPUBLIC
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C.27 BC- C.180 AD
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DATE OF THE PAX ROMANA
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SENATE
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PATRICIAN LEGISLATIVE BODY IN ROMAN REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE
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4TH-5TH CENTURIES
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DATE OF THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS OF ROME
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PATRICIANS
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NOBLE LANDOWNERS OF ROME
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5TH CENTURY
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DATE OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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PLEBEIANS
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PROPERTYLESS WORKERS AND SMALL FARMERS OF ROME
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PUNIC WARS
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WARS FOUGHT BY CARTHANGE AND ROME OVER CONTROL OF MEDITERRANEAN
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BOARDING BRIDGE
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MILITARY INNOVATION OF 1ST PUNIC WAR, ENABLING ROMANS TO BOARD CARTHAGINIAN SHIPS AND CONVERT NAVAL BATTLE TO LAND BATTLE
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CARTHAGE
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NORTH AFRICAN STATE THAT FOUGHT ROME IN PUNIC WARS
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HANNIBAL
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CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL IN 2ND PUNIC WAR
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FABIAN TACTICS
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TACTICS DESIGNED BY ROMAN DICTATOR FABIUS, ENABLING WEAKER ARMY TO FIGHT SUPERIOR FORCES
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RICH-POOR GAP
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ECONOMIC/SOCIAL SITUATION IN WHICH RICH KEEP GETTING RICHER WHILE POOR CANNOT
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BREAD AND CIRCUSES
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HOW ROMAN GOVERNMENT KEPT POOR ANGRY PLEBEIANS FROM REVOLTING: FREE BREAD AND ENTERTAINMENT
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MARIUS
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ROMAN GENERAL WHO STARTED 1ST PRIVATE ARMY BY OFFERING LANDLESS POOR CONQUERED LAND IN EXCHANGE FOR PERSONAL ALLEGIANCE
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SULLA
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ROMAN GENERAL WHOSE PRIVATE ARMY CONQUERED ROME
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GRACCHUS BROTHERS
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ROMAN PATRICIANS IN LAST YEARS OF REPUBLIC WHO TRIED LAND REFORM AND WERE MURDERED
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JULIUS CAESAR
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ROMAN GENERAL AND CONSUL WHOSE CONQUESTS AND REFORMS BROUGHT HIM TO NEAR-ABSOLUTE POWER BEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION BY THE ROMAN SENATE
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SICILY
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ISLAND OFF SW COAST OF ITALY (THE BOOT) WHICH CAUSED 1ST PUNIC WAR
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OCTAVIAN
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CAESAR'S NEPHEW WHO BEAT MARC ANTONY AT ACTIUM, BECAME 1ST ROMAN EMPEROR
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POMPEY
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ROMAN GENERAL, ADVERSARY OF CAESAR
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MARC ANTONY
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ROMAN GENERAL BEATEN BY OCTAVIAN AT BATTLE OF ACTIUM
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AUGUSTUS
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FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME
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C.509 BC
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DATE OF BEGINNING OF ROMAN REPUBLIC
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C.264 BC
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DATE OF ROMAN CONQUEST OF ITALY, BEGINNING OF PUNIC WARS
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C.1ST CENTURY BC
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DATE OF DECLINE OF ROMAN REPUBLIC
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44 BC
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DATE OF CAESAR'S MURDER
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31 BC
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DATE OF BATTLE OF ACTIUM
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27 BC
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DATE OF END OF ROMAN REPUBLIC / BEGINNING OF ROMAN EMPIRE
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ROMAN PALESTINE
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ROME-RULED PROVINCE WHERE JESUS WAS BORN
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JESUS
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JEWISH TEACHER WHOSE RESURRECTION INSPIRED CHRISTIANITY
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CHRIST
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GREEK 'MESSIAH', WHAT DISCIPLES CALLED JESUS
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JEWISH RADICALS
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ALSO CALLED ZEALOTS, OPPOSED JESUS' REFUSAL TO LEAD A REVOLUTION OF THE POOR
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ZEALOTS
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JEWISH RADICALS
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JEWISH CONSERVATIVES
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JEWS WHO OPPOSED JESUS' NONTRADITIONAL APPROACH TO JEWISH RITUAL
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RESURRECTION
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29 AD APPEARANCE OF THE SUPPOSED-TO-BE-DEAD JESUS, EVENT THAT BEGAN CHRISTIANITY
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GOSPELS
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LITERALLY, 'GOOD NEWS', NEW TESTAMENT ACCOUNTS OF JESUS' LIFE AND MINISTRY
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MISSIONARIES
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RELIGIOUS TEACHERS OUT TO CONVERT
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PAUL
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EARLY CHRISTIAN LEADER WHO PREACHED TO GENTILES AND WROTE LETTERS
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CATHOLIC
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GREEK FOR UNIVERSAL, USED TO DESCRIBE CHRISTIANS AFTER PAUL PREACHED TO GENTILES
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GENTILE
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NON-JEW
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LETTERS (AKA EPISTLES)
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WRITTEN BY PAUL TO HELP NEW CHRSITIAN COMMUNITIES ESTABLISHED IN 1ST CENTURY AFTER CHRIST
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PETER
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EARLY CHRSITIAN CHURCH WHO ESTABLISHED FIRST HIERARCHY, SERVED AS 1ST POPE, AND MOVED CHURCH TO ROME
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MARTYR
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PERSCUTED CHRISTIAN
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POPE
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LEADER OF CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER PETER
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CLERGY
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PRIESTS AND BISHOPS OF CHURCH
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EDICT OF MILAN
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313 LAW BY CONSTANTINE THAT GRANTED TOLERATION TO CHRISTIANS
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DIOCLETIAN
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ROMAN EMPEROR WHO MADE CHRISTIANITY THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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29 AD
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DATE OF JESUS' CRUCIFIXION
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313 AD
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DATE OF EDICT OF MILAN
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C.4 BCE-C29 CE
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DATE OF JESUS' LIFE
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1ST CENTURY CE
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DATE OF GOSPELS
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POPULAR ASSEMBLIES
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LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN ROMAN REPUBLIC THAT REPRESENTED PLEBEIANS
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BATTLE OF ACTIUM
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31 B.C. BATTLE IN WHICH OCTAVIAN DEFEATED MARC ANTONY AND EVENTUALLY BECAME 1ST EMPEROR OF ROME
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JEWISH RADICALS
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REVOLUTIONARIES, ALSO CALLED ZEALOTS, WHO WERE ANGERED THAT JESUS WOULD NOT LEAD A REVOLUTION
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MESSIAH
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JEWISH CONCEPT OF A WORLD SAVIOR, AND WHAT HIS FOLLOWERS CALLED JESUS ('CHRIST ' FROM GREEK)
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ROMAN STATE RELIGION
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POLYTHEISTIC & EMPEROR-WORSHIPPING RELIGION WITH WHICH MANY ROMANS WERE DISSATISFIED IN THE ERA OF JESUS
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CONSTANTINE
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ROMAN EMPEROR WHO FOUNDED A NEW CAPITAL CITY IN THE EASTERN ROMAN (BYZANTINE) EMPEROR, AND WHO ALSO MADE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS ILLEGAL
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DIOCLETIAN
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ROMAN EMPEROR WHO SUB-DIVIDED ROMAN EMPIRE AND MADE THE EDICT OF MILAN
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EDICT OF MILAN
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ROMAN EDICT THAT MADE CHRISTIANITY THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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