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59 Cards in this Set
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Struggle of the Order
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494 BC
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Concilium Plebis
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471 BC
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Twelve Tables
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450 BC
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Lex Hortensia
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287 BC
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Julius Caesar
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100-44 BC
-frontman & Consul -sent to Gaul to fight -involved with Cleopatra -named dictator in 45 *dictator for life *enlarges Senate (900) *gives citizenship to some people in provinces *brings Cleopatra to Rome and upsets people |
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Crassus
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115-53 BC
-Part of 1st Trium. |
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Pompey
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106-48 BC
-Part of 1st Trium. -flees to Greece -JC follows and Egyptians give him his head |
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Marc Antony
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81-30 BC
-under JC -part of 2nd Trium. -takes Greece and everything east -loves Cleopatra |
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Battle of Actium
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31 BC
-Oct vs MA -Oct wins -MA & Cleo go to Egypt and kill selves *end of Roman Republic/Beginning of Empire |
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Pax Romana
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31 BC-180 AD
-Empire is free to trade -becomes very wealthy -blending of cultures |
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Julius Caesar
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100-44 BC
-frontman & Consul -sent to Gaul to fight -involved with Cleopatra -named dictator in 45 *dictator for life *enlarges Senate (900) *gives citizenship to some people in provinces *brings Cleopatra to Rome and upsets people |
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Crassus
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115-53 BC
-Part of 1st Trium. |
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Pompey
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106-48 BC
-Part of 1st Trium. -flees to Greece -JC follows and Egyptians give him his head |
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Marc Antony
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81-30 BC
-under JC -part of 2nd Trium. -takes Greece and everything east -loves Cleopatra |
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Battle of Actium
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31 BC
-Oct vs MA -Oct wins -MA & Cleo go to Egypt and kill selves *end of Roman Republic/Beginning of Empire |
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Pax Romana
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31 BC-180 AD
-Empire is free to trade -becomes very wealthy -blending of cultures |
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Gracchi Bros
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163-133 BC
-reform Patricians *issues must be passed thru Senate not Consillium Plebis *cheaper food in urban areas *lets equestians become proconsulates *tried to let all free males in Italy become citizens, but is assassinated |
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Marius
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157-86 BC
-Equestrian (new wealthy Plebs) general -elected consul in 105-99 *non-property owners could be in military *soldiers oath is now to general not Rome *gave land to veterans *reintroduced food subsidy for urban areas *tries to give citizenship to all Italians, Senate goes crazy |
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Sulla
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138-78 BC
-patrician general; rival of Marius -at Battle of Tacitus, Sulla claims win for self |
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Trajan
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98-117 AD
-one of 5 Good Emps -was spanish *had outside support from provinces *renewed expansion of empire |
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Hadrian
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117-138 AD
-Trajan's son -traveled all through empire -raises loyalty |
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Marcus Aurelius
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161-180 AD
-emperor and wizard -religiously tolerant -intelligent |
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Commodus
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180-192 AD
-empire begins going down toilet -cruel and self serving -assassinated |
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Diocletian
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284-305 AD
-emperor; tries to stop decline *refers to self not as princep or emperor but as Dominatus (lord); did away with Roman citizenship and makes senate a city council for Rome *increased size of army, had to hire Germanic soldiers *raised taxes; people tried to leave jobs, but he made jobs permanent *begins persecuting Christians |
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Constantine
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312-337 AD
-fought in roman civil war for power -favorable to Christians *313 issued Edict of Milan *donates money to build churches *325 Council of Nicea to standardize Christian beliefs *built new capital called Constantinople on site of Byzantium (becomes capt. of ERE) |
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Theodosius I
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379-395
-spnaish emperor -makes Christianity the official religion of rome |
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Gracchi Bros
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163-133 BC
-reform Patricians *issues must be passed thru Senate not Consillium Plebis *cheaper food in urban areas *lets equestians become proconsulates *tried to let all free males in Italy become citizens, but is assassinated |
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Marius
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157-86 BC
-Equestrian (new wealthy Plebs) general -elected consul in 105-99 *non-property owners could be in military *soldiers oath is now to general not Rome *gave land to veterans *reintroduced food subsidy for urban areas *tries to give citizenship to all Italians, Senate goes crazy |
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Sulla
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138-78 BC
-patrician general; rival of Marius -at Battle of Tacitus, Sulla claims win for self |
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Trajan
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98-117 AD
-one of 5 Good Emps -was spanish *had outside support from provinces *renewed expansion of empire |
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Hadrian
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117-138 AD
-Trajan's son -traveled all through empire -raises loyalty |
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Marcus Aurelius
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161-180 AD
-emperor and wizard -religiously tolerant -intelligent |
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Commodus
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180-192 AD
-empire begins going down toilet -cruel and self serving -assassinated |
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Diocletian
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284-305 AD
-emperor; tries to stop decline *refers to self not as princep or emperor but as Dominatus (lord); did away with Roman citizenship and makes senate a city council for Rome *increased size of army, had to hire Germanic soldiers *raised taxes; people tried to leave jobs, but he made jobs permanent *begins persecuting Christians |
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Constantine
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312-337 AD
-fought in roman civil war for power -favorable to Christians *313 issued Edict of Milan *donates money to build churches *325 Council of Nicea to standardize Christian beliefs *built new capital called Constantinople on site of Byzantium (becomes capt. of ERE) |
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Theodosius I
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379-395
-spnaish emperor -makes Christianity the official religion of rome |
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Jerome
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340-419 AD
-one of 4 church fathers -Roman scholar/linguist -promotes monasticism -translates Bible into Latin; Vulgate; official Catholic Bible |
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Augustine
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354-430 AD
-one of 4 church fathers -bishop of Hippo (N Africa) -writes City of God *temporal world is irrelevant *everything in history is God's will *people are evil & going to hell *supports predestination *useless to try to understand God's mind |
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Theodoric
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489
-Ostrogoth's invade led my Theo -rebuilds Rome and becomes king of Italy -mixes Germanic/Roman culture |
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Justinian
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527-565
-Byzantine emperor wants to put back together empire -533 defeats Vandals in N. Africa -540 most of Italy is taken over! *reintroduces law code dating back to 12 Tables *rids empire of pointless bureaucracy *spends too much and overextends Byzantines |
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Solon
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594 BC
-charged with coming with new laws *varying punishment *eliminates debt bondage *standard weights and measures *grants Athenian citizenship to metics *establishes 4 class system |
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Homer
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800 BC
illiad, odyssey -ends dark ages -humanism- pride in human achievement -atete- noble excellence on battlefield |
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Hesiod
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700 BC
-in Boeotia -Works and Days *nobles are corrupt and ordinary people can achieve atete *gods reward hard work and justice |
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Hoplite
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700 BC
ordinary farmers, phalanx commoners now want a say in politics |
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Pisistratus
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550-510 BC
-aristocrat becomes tyrant *centralizes armies *cent tax system *cent administration of justice |
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Cleisthenes
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570-507 BC
medic, new govt system in 510 *no more 4 class system *10 demes based on geographic areas *Council of 500 *each deme elects general |
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Themistocles
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481
medic and general -warns greeks of further Persian attakcks *convinces Athenians to build more warships *alliance with 31 other Greek polises in 481 *convinces Athens to evacuate city |
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Delian League
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478 BC
athens takes over and makes everyone build ships |
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Pericles
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462-429 BC
-popular aristocrat, general *finances public buildings *great speaker *pays jurors to reduce bribery *supports delian league *removes citizenship from medics |
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Herodotus
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484-429
*father of history *not reliable *writes history of Persian War |
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Thucydides
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460-400 BC
*writes history of Peloponnesian War *more critical |
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Ionian Cosmologists
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550 BC
no greek gods |
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Socrates
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470-399
-hates Sophists (paid teachers) -attracts studens -asks students questions -gets students to understand WHY -put on trial; suicide |
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Plato
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429-349
-athenian, socrates student -had answers -mental aspect of life is better than material -deductive reasoning -best type of govt ruled by 10% |
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Aristotle
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384-322
-plato's student -INductive reasoning *founder of science *categorizes good and bad rule |
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Phillip II
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338
-kind of Macedonia -father of Alex Great -takes over Greece by 338 |
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Alex the Great
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355-323 BC
-madedonian king builds alexandria |
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Cynicism
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320 BC
-created by Antisthenes -material good is root of all evil |
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Zeno (stoic)
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335-263
-greek -universe created by God -citizen of one city -philosophy resonates with Roman Empire |
