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37 Cards in this Set
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Romulus and Remus
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Two boys from the legend of the beginning of Rome. They were thrown into the river by their wicked uncle when babies and a female wolf saved and raised them. They founded Rome when they grew up and named it after Romulus
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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
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A king from a legend about Rome when they had kings. There were 6 good kings, and the 7th was bad, so they had a revolt and set up a republic
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republic
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a government without a king and some elected officials
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consuls
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two elected officials that replaced Lucius Tarquinius Superbus when the people overthrew him
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patrician
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a member of aristocracy in ancient Rome
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plebeian
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a member of the Roman lower class
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tribunes
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representative of the plebeian class
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tribute
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money or goods that conquered peoples were forced to pay to the conquerors
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Hannibal
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A Carthaginian who wanted to conquer Rome completely
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Carthage
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A wealthy city-state over the control of the western Mediterranean which had the Punic wars with Rome
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Scipio Africanus
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A Roman general who wanted to conquer Carthage itself, and won the second war against them
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Phoenician
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Middle Eastern people who traded around the Mediterranean Sea; Carthaginians were originally this
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Cato the elder
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a Roman senator who wanted Carthage to be destroyed "once and for all"
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first Punic war
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A war in which Rome stopped Carthage from expanding its rule eastward and Rome took over Sicily
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second Punic war
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A war in which Hannibal attacked Rome, but then sailed home to defend Carthage when Scipio attacked it
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third Punic war
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The last of the Punic wars in which 200,000 Carthaginians died, and the remaining 50,000 was sold into slavery because the Romans won. The Romans then destroyed Carthage and sowed salt into the fertile ground to ensure that no one ever rebuilt it
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Scipio Aernilianus
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adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus, and fought and won the third Punic War
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Julius Caeser
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Julius Caesar was a military leader who wanted to become the sole ruler of Rome, so he started a Civil war in Rome and eventually became a dictator, but he was out of touch with the people and didn't see that the people wanted to kill him, so he was assassinated by a group of men led by Brutus, his friend, and Crassus, a man who wanted revenge for Julius Caesar using him to get power
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Pompey and Crassus
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Two men that Julius Ceaser had an alliance with so he could get into council. When the alliance fell, Crassus was one of the lead assassinators against Julius Caesar
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dictator
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An absolute ruler of a city or council
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Brutus
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One of Caesar's considered friend, but was actually one of the assassinators against Julius
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Augustus
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A great nephew of Julius Caesar, but quite unlike him, and was actually called Octavian, but named Ceaser Augustus by the Roman Senate. He wanted the Romans to be proud again, and brought a time of great peace to Rome.
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Pax Romania
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a period of peace and order throughout the Roman Empire that lasted nearly 200 years and started with Caesar Augustus
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Matyr
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a person killed for his or her religious or personal beliefs
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coliseums
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A large theater or sports arena
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Persecution
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harassment or oppression
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the Edict of Milan
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a treaty signed by the Emperor Constantine that made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire
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Constantine
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an emperor who thought that Christianity could act as a glue for Rome, and so he signed the Edict of Milan. When there was a problem with high prices in Rome, he thought more money was needed, and put more money into circulation, but this did not work
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Diocletian
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an emperor who thought he could stop prices from rising by declaring what the prices should be, but this only made certain items unavailable
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recession
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a time when trade and business falls off
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inflation
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a process that makes money more widely available and therefore less valuable
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Alaric
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a visagothic king who conquered western Rome
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Byzantine Empire
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the name of the eastern Roman empire
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Allah
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the name of god used by the followers of Islam
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Koran
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the holy scripture of Islam
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Charlemagne
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a king of Franks that was in 800 A.D., named the Holy Roman Emperor, although his empire was much of western Europe
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heritage
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customs or beliefs that people inherit from an earlier time
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