Western Civ Quiz 2

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Date: Reign of Philip II

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359-336 B.C.

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Date: Battle of Chaerona; Philip II Conquers Greece

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338 B.C.

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Date: Reign of Alexander the Great

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336-323 B.C.E.

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Date: Alexander Invades Asia; Battle of Granicus River

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334 B.C.E.

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Date: Battle of Issus

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333 B.C.E.

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Date: Battle of Guagemala

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331 B.C.E.

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Date: Fall of Persepolis, Persian Capital

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330 B.C.E.

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Date: Alexander Enters India

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327 B.C.E.

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Date: Battle of the Hydaspes River

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326 B.C.E.

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Date: Death of Alexander

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323 B.C.E.

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Macedonian army was a _________ army under Philip, made up of _____, and paid using _____ ______.

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Professional, Macedonian Countrymen, Gold Mines

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Demosthenes delivered a series of orations known as the...

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Philippics

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Isocrates viewed Phillip as...

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A savior who would rescue the Greeks from themselves.

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Macedonia united Greek States around Macedonian rule into something called..

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The Corinthian League

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How old was Alexander when he became king?

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20

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After his father's assassination, Alexander moved quickly to ______ his _______, securing Macedonian ___________ and smothering a rebellion in __________ by sacking _______.

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Assert,

Authority,

Frontiers,

Greece,

Thrace

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Battle of Granicus lead to...

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Liberation of Ionian City-States by Alexander.

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Battle of Issus was fought with...

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Fought with King Darius, who fleed the battlefield.

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T/F Egypt fought bitterly with Alexander to maintain control of its kingdom.

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False.

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After Guagemala...

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Alexander entered Babylon and then conquered the Persian capitals of Susa and Persepolis.

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Alexander's troops refused to go on after the Battle of...

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Hydaspes.

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Alexander died from:

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Wounds, fever, and probably excessive alcohol.

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How do historians explain Alexander's success?

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1. His superb tactical skills.

2. Pushed troops extremely hard,

3. Maintained a personal interest in his men.

4. Paid attention to details.

5. Used technology.

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Four Hellenistic Monarchies:

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1. Antigonid/Macedonia

2. Seleucid

3. Pergamum

4. Ptolemaic

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Megasthenes

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Seleucid ambassador who reported on people of India.

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Date: Early Iron Age

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800-500 B.C.E.

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Brennus

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Celtic General who ravaged Macedonia and Greece.

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Attalus I

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Greek General who bested Celts in Asia Minor, before declaring himself King.

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Ruling Class of Hellenistic Monarchies were made up of

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Greeks and Macedonians

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Alexandria was the ___________ city in the _________ region by the first century B.C.E.

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Largest, Mediterranean

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T/F New products and manufacturing methods were introduced in the Hellenistic Period

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False

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Gymnasium

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A secondary school—(previously an athletic institution.)

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Menander

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Athenian Playwright who started making plays only to entertain and amuse. (New Comedy)

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Polybius

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Chief historian of the Hellenistic age, who wrote fort books narrating the history of the "inhabited Mediterranean World"

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Aristarchus of Samos

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Astronomer, developed Heliocentric view of the universe.

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Eratosthenes

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Determined that the earth was round, and calculated earth's circumference.

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Archimedes

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Most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Period. Especially important for his work on geometry, and establishing pi.

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Hippocrates

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First to separate medicine from philosophy, by stressing natural explanation and natural cures for disease.

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Herophilus and Erasistratus

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Well-known physicians in Alexandria who practiced dissection and vivisection.

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Epicureanism

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Doctrine of pleasure—happiness goal of life.

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Stoicism

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Happiness could only be found in virtue, which meant living in harmony with divine will.

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Zeno

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Founder of Stoicism

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Mystery Religions

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Salvation-focused cults.

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Syncretism

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Combination of all religions into one.

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Italy divided in two by the...

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Apenine Mountains

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T/F: Greeks had considerable influence on Rome.

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True.

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Date: First secession of the plebeians; creation of tribunes of the plebs.

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494 B.C.E.

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Date: Creation of the council of the plebs

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471 B.C.E.

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Date: Publication of the Twelve Tables of Law

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450 B.C.E.

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Date: Intermarriage allowed; Canuleian law

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445 B.C.E.

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Date: Consulship opened to plebeians

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300s B.C.E.

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Date: Plebeian assembly laws binding on all Romans; Hortensian Law

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287 B.C.E.

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T/F Toga was an Etruscan dress.

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True

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Imperium

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The right to command. Executive authority.

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Consul

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Administered the government and led the Roman army into battle.

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Praetor

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Primary function execution of justice, in charge of civil law. Could govern Rome and lead armies when Consuls are away.

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Dictator

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Ruler with unlimited power, meant to last only for an emergency.

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Quaestor

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Assisted consuls and praetors in the administration of financial affairs.

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Aediles

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Supervised public games and watched over the grain supplie of the city.

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Senate

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Council of elders; a select group of about 300 men who served for life.

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Centuriate Assembly

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The Roman army functioning in its political role. Organized by classes based on wealth.

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Paterfamilias

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Concept of the father having unlimited power over his family.

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Gentes

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Clans

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Praenomen

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Forename

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Nomen

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Following praenomen, the name of the group of families or clan to which the person belonged.

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Cognomen

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An extra personal name, following Nomen.

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Patricians

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Aristocratic Governing Class

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Plebeians

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Unprivileged lower class.

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Two major problems that fueled Struggle of the Orders

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1. Only patricians could be elected to office.

2. No intermarriage.

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Tribunes of the Plebs

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Given the power to protect plebeians against arrest by Patrician magistrates.

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Council of the Plebs

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Popular assembly for plebeians only.

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Plebiscita

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"It is the opinion of the plebs."

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Twelve tables of Law

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1. Legal procedures for going to court,

2. Provisions on family, women, and divorce

3. Regulations concerning private property,

4. Rules governing relationships and injuries to others,

5. Prohibiting intermarriage.

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Canuleian Law

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Allowed intermarriage.

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Hortensian Law

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All plebiscita passed had the force of law and were binding on the entire community.

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Nobiles

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Select number of wealthy patrician and plebeian families.

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King Pyrrhus of Epirus

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Won two battles fought with Romans for the Greeks, before losing.

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Date: First Punic War

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261-241 B.C.E.

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Date: Second Punic War

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218-201 B.C.E.

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Date: Battle of Cannae

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216 B.C.E.

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Date: Scipio seizes Spain

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206 B.C.E.

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Date: Battle of Zama

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202 B.C.E.

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Date: Third Punic War

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149-146 B.C.E.

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Date: Macedonia incorporated as Roman Province

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148 B.C.E.

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Date: Destruction of Carthage

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146 B.C.E.

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Date: Roman Acquisition of Pergamum

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133 B.C.E.

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Three Stages of how Rome's Empire was Built

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1. The Conquest of Italy

2. Conflict with Carthage and expansion into Western Mediterranean

3. Domination of Hellenistic Kingdoms in Eastern Mediterranean.

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Hastati

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Youngest recruits, formed the front line, armed with heavy spears and short swords.

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Principes

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Armed and protected like the hastati, formed the second line.

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Triarii

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Knelt behind the first two lines, ready to move up and fill gaps.

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Augurs

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Interpreted the auspices.

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Auspices

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Signs or warnings that the gods gave to men, through the weather, or migratory pattern changes.

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Rhetoric

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The art of persuasive speaking.

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Latifundia

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Large-landed estates, worked by slaves.

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Spartacus

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Lead slave rebellion in 73 B.C.E.

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Cum Manu

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After marriage, legal control passes from father to husband.

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Sine Manu

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Married daughters officially remained within the father's legal power.

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ius civile

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Civil Law

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ius gentum

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Law of Nations

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Plautus

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Famous Roman playwright who used plots from Greek New Comedy for his own plays.

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Terence

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Carthaginian slave, turned free, became playwright.

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Mos maiorum

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Customs and traditions of ancestors.

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Pietas

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The highest virtue—the dutiful execution of one's obligations to one's fellow citizens, to the gods, and to the state.

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Novus Homo

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New Man

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Optimates

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"The best men," tended to be nobiles who wished to maintain oligarchical privileges.

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Populares

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"Favoring the people," were ambitious aristocrats who used people's assemblies, especially the council of the plebs, as instruments to break the domination of the optimates.

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Equestrians

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Once formed Rome's cavalry.

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Gracchus Reforms

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Pushed to reclaim public land from large landowners and distribute it to landless Romans.

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Marius

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Consul who ran to "Win the War," initiated military reforms to allow generals to recruit volunteers who weren't landowners.

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Italian or Social War

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Fought between Rome, and allies disenchanted with lack of plunder.

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Lucius Cornelius Sulla

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Nobile who forced Senate to grant him title of dictator. Revised constitution to restore power to the Senate—eliminating power of popular assemblies.

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Date: Reforms of Tiberius Gracchus

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133 B.C.E.

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Date: Reforms of Gaius Gracchus

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123-122 B.C.E.

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Date: Marius's consecutive consulships.

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104-100 B.C.E.

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Date: Italian or Social War

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90-88 B.C.E.

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Date: Sulla as dictator

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82-79 B.C.E.

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Date: Pompey's command in Spain

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77-71 B.C.E.

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Date: Consulship of Crassus and Pompey

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70 B.C.E.

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Date: First Triumvirate

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60 B.C.E.

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Date: Caesar in gaul

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59-49 B.C.E.

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Date: Crassus and Pompey as Consuls

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55 B.C.E.

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Date: Crassus Killed in Battle

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53 B.C.E.

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Date: Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

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49 B.C.E.

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Date: Battle of Pharsalus; Pompey Killed in Egypt

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48 B.C.E.

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Date: Caesar as dictator

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47-44 B.C.E.

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Date: Assassination of Caesar

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44 B.C.E.

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Date: Second Triumvirate; Cicero Killed

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43 B.C.E.

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Date: Caesar's assassins defeated at Philippi

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42 B.C.E.

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Date: Octavian defeats Antony at Actium

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31 B.C.E.

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Catullus

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Great Roman writer and poet, mastered displaying emotion in writing.

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Lucretius

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Important poet in Late Republic who followed an old Greek tradition of expounding philosophy in the form of poetry.

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Sallust

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Best-known historian of the Late Republic. Believed moral degeneration to be a cause of Rome's downfall.