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32 Cards in this Set
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a form of government in which power rest with citizens who have the right to vote of their leaders
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republic
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wealthy aristocrats
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patricians
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common farmers, artisans, and workers
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plebeians
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plebeians' elected officials that represented and protected the rights of the common people
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tibunes
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2 elected officials that rule over Rome like presidents or kings
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consuls
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aristocratic branch of rome's government
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`senate
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leader with absolute power
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dictator
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roman way of organizing soldiers
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legions
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wars between Rome and Carthage that lasted 264 146 B.C.
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Punic wars
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Carthaginian military general that was a brilliant military strategist
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Hannibal
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a period of conflict between groups within the same country
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civil war
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a military leader that tryed to hold the republic together around 60 B.C.
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Julius Caesar
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a group of three rulers introduced to rome by julius caesar
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Triumvirate
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exalted one, a term that replaced the name of Julius Caesar's nefew
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augustus
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a period of Roman peace and prosperity
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Pax Romana
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a jew born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea
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Jesus
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12 followers of the "messiah"
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apostles
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the dispersal of the Jews
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Diaspora
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the roman emperor that helps found Christianity in Rome and also brings great reform to the struggling empire
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Constantine
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a priest, supervised several local churches
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Bishop
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the apostle who become the first bishop in Rome
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Peter
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the father and head of the Christian church
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pope
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a drop in value of money coupled with a raise in prices
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inflation
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foreign soldiers who fought from money
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mercenaries
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a emperor that attempted reform in Rome, a strong willed army leader
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Diocletian
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the name of the capitol of the roman empire as established by Constantine
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Constantinople
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The leader of one of the Hun groups that pillages and burned roman towns
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Attila
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the mix of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman Culture
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Greco-Roman culture
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a roman town buried in hardened lava
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Pompeii
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the poet that was renounded for the Aeneid modeled after homer and his epics
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Virgil
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a roman historian that is presented facts accurately
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Tacitus
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designed to bring water into cities and towns in Rome
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Aqueducts
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