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77 Cards in this Set
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Horace
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poet: human emotions
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Nicea
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Church Council: Doctrine of Trinity
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Second Temple
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Wailing Wall remains: destroyed by romans
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Romance Languages
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italian: french: spanish: portugese:romanian: latin
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Circus Maximus
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Racetrack seatins 250,000
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Pax Romana
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Roman Peace
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PraetorianGuard
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Established to guard the emperor: organized by Augustus
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Teutoburg Forest
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3 Roman legions wiped out: romans forced to accept boundary of Rhine
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Second Triumvirate
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lepidus: Octavian: Antony
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Actium
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naval battle: octavian defeats antony
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First Triumvirate
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Caesar: Pompey: crassus
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Social War
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"ally" : italy vs rome on citizenship
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Zama
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battle near carthage: scipio defeats Hannibal
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Punic Wars
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3 wars between carthage and rome
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carthage
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better navy: more wealth: feared rome would try to take over sicily
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Twelve Tables
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laws engraved on tablets
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Etruscans
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kings ruled late 600sBC: alphabet from Greek characters
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Latins
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occupied western plains
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Virgil
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poet: wrote Aeneid
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Senate
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300 members: public funds, foreign policy, court: dictator could be elected 6 months in emergency
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Prolemy
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earth at center of universe
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Galen
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physician: wrote down all medical knowledge
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Marcus Aurelius
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educated: stoic philosophy: defended empire from invaders
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Hadrian
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supported arts: romanized and organized provinces: built fortifications: gave up conquered Asian areas
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Trajan
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spanish general: added new areas making empire biggest ever
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Nero
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fire: cruel and unpredictable: suicide 68AD
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Claudius
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followed calligula: conquered Britain: poisened
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Attila
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leader of huns
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Diocletian
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reorganized empire: ruled east: every aspect of life controlled: peasants permanently tied to land: defense and security most important
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Romulus Augustulus
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last roman empereor in the west overthrown by Barbarians
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Ovid
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poet: love letters, lyrics, metamorphoses
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Constantine
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constantinople: converted to christianity on deathbed
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Tacitus
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historian: wrote Annals and Germania
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Magistrates
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consuls, praetors
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Theodosius
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banned pagan worship
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Valens
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eastern emperor
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Alaric
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king of Visigoths
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Marc antony
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general and ally of caesar: w/cleopatra: committed suicide
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Octavian
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caesars nephew
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praetors
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military commanders: oversaw legal system
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Lepidus
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caesars second in command
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pompey
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sold condul in 52BC: orders caesar home out of jealousy: defeats him in greece
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Tribune
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elected by romes popular assemblies
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sulla
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consul: marched legions on rome executing hundreds: civil war: ruled as dictator: enlarged senate
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Caesar
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marius nephew: left rome: returns after sulla died: became consul: spend 10yrs in gaul: marched army toward rome: return to rome: made dictator for life
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Gaius
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tribune: used public funds for poor: improved political status of equites: killed in riot
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Marius
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elected consul: signed all men up for army: pay and goods from enemy: expected to be given land
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Princeps
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first citizen
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Augustus
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co emperor
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Cleopatra
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daughter of ptolemy family: roman ally: liason w/marc antony
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Crassus
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general died in battle
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Brutus
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senator conspired against caesar
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Cassius
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senator: conspired against caesar
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Publicans
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censors contracted w/officals: aggreed to collect taxes
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Plutarch
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greek: wrote parallel lives
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Spartacus
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slave: led revolt: 70,000 followers
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Tiberius
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tribune: limited land for senators: let landless citizens work: killed by senators
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auxilia
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units of noncitizens
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scipio
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defeated hannibal ensuring supremecy of greco-roman civilization
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Vesta
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guardian of fire and hearth
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Patriarch
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bishops of the 5 administrative centers of church
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Collegia
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workers trade association
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equites
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landowning business class with political power
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colonus
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roman tenent farmer
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latifundia
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large estates
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indemnity
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compensation for damages
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huns
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asiatic tribe north region of black sea: raided and plundered: scared europe
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vandals
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barbarian tribe: caused huge destruction
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Visigoths
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germanic tribe: land north of river
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Adrianople
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visigoths destroy roman army killing valens
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legion
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most important part of army 4500-6000 men
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Chalons Sur Marne
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visigoths defeat huns
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censors
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oversaw moral conduct: register citizens: appoint senate
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plebians
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normal people
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patricians
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powerful aristocratic class
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consul
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ran government: military commanders
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Hannibal
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huge army: elephants: crossed clps: won several battles: ravaged italian countryside
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