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65 Cards in this Set
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Carthaginian Peace
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the peace that was obtained after the Punic Wars were fought
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crow
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used to help board Roman ships
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Battle of Actium
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engagement between the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony
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Agrippa Postumus
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son of Marcus Agrippa
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Antonines
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two successive emperors known for their skilled leadership (Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius)
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Appius Claudius
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decemvir of the Roman Republic, increased lictor size from 12 to 120
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Battle of Cannae
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second punic war near Cannae
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Battle of Pharsalus
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forces fought under Gaius Julius Caesar (Populares) and Pompeius Magnus (Optimates)
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Battle of Zama
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Roman victory where Scipio defeated Hannibal and the Carthaginians
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Britannicus
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son of Claudius helf brother of Nero, killed by Nero
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Burrus
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Praetorian prefect, advisor to Nero
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Camillus
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Roman soldier and statesman of patrician descent
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Catiline
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aristocrat who turned demogogue unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the republic when Cicero was consul
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Cato the Younger
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tried to preserve the Roman Republic against power seekers like Julius Caesar
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Cincinnatus
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gained fame for his selfless devotion to the empire and giving up power when the crisis was over
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Corbulo
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Roman general who restored Roman control over Armenia
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Coriolanus
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a legendary Roman general
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Decemvirate
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ten men chosen to write the code of law defining the principles of Roman adminisration
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Marcus Brutus
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killed Julius Caesar
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Marius
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elected consul seven times, reorganized the army
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Octavia
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sister of the Augustus (Octavian)
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Pater familias
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highest rank in the Roman family, usually a male figure
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Piso
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Senator, made a conspiracy to remove Nero from the throne
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Pliny the Elder
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ancient author, naturalist, and natural philosopher
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Pompey
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Optimate, he was a distinguished military and political leader
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Praetorian Guard
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household troops of the Roman emperors; also acted as bodyguards for Roman generals.
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Scipio
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defeated Hannibal at Carthage
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Seneca
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one of Nero's tutors
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Sextus Tarquinius
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raped Lucretia, wife of Collatinus
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Sulla
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Roman general and dictator, evil, proscribed mad niggas
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Temple of Janus
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built by Numa, when it was closed Rome was at peace
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Tribunate
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Plebian magistrate position
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12 Tables
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ancient legislation that was the foundation of the Roman law and constitution
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Verginius
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Roman commander of upper Germany, consul under Nero
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Antonius Pius
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Roman emperor, 4th of 5 good emperors and a member of the Aurelii
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Arius
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Christian bishop, teachings were considered heretical
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Cleander
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Roman freedman, sold offices to the highest bidder
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Constantine's Dream
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visited by an angel who shows him a cross and tells him to lead his men to battle with it
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Delators
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denouncer, informers or legal assassins of Commodus
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Diocletian
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acclaimed emperor of the army, secured Roman borders and purged it of threats to his power
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Donatus
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responsible for the Donatist heresy, invalid election of a traitor, refused to abide by their rule
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Ebionites
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Jewish christian sect that lvied around Judea and Palestine
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Edict of Milan
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letter that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman empire
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Faustina
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roman emperess and wife of Antonius Pius
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Galileans
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fanatical sect, fiercly resented the taxation of Romans
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Gnostics
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teaching that humans are divine souls trapped in a material world created by an imperfect god
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Hadrian's wall
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stone and turf fortification built by Rome across the width of modern-day England
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Labarum
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military standard that displayed he 1st two greek letters of the word Christ
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Lactantius
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official professor of Rhetoric in Nicomedia
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Logos
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the divine or incarnate reason in Jesus Christ
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Maternus
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Christian writer and astrologer, lived during Constantines reign
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Olaus Rudbeck
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Swedish scientist and writer
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Nicomedia
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made the eastern capital city of the Roman empire in 286 by Diocletian
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Origen
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early Christian scholar, theologian, and one of the most distinguished fathers of the Christian Church
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Perennis
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prefect of the Roman imperial bodyguard
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Philo
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Hellenistic Jewish philosopher, used allegory to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy and Judaism
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Sadducees
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Jewish sect, possibly a political party
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sect
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small religious or political group broken off from a larger group
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Nation
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cultural and social community
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Spectabiles
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middle class of the senate, consisted of proconsuls, vicars, and military governors of the provinces
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Symmachus
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author of one of the Greek versions of the old testament
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Temple of Serapis
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Pagan temple to the god Serapis, wasnt destroyed at first because it was believed the sky would fall and the Nile would flood
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Tertullian
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prolific author of early Christianity, notable Christian apologist
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Theodosius
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Roman emperor, reunited east and west areas of the empire, made Christianity the official state religion
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Titus
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disciple and companion of Paul the apostle
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