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The rediscover of the past in an enlightened manner- Fr. John Tracy Ellis |
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Things needed for successful civilization |
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Taxes, chariots, sewer system |
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Who developed the first Italian cities? |
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Who founded the city of Rome |
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Which advancements did did Etruscans kings introduce to Romans during their era of domination? |
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Alphabet, toga, metalworking, architectural designs (barrels, arch, vault, and temple), and social values |
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SPQR stands for and means what? |
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Stands for Senates populusque Romanus
"The Roman senate and the people" |
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Wealthy landowners of Rome were called |
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Patricians
made up land owners Nobility and aristrocrats |
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Common people were called |
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The most important officials of the Senate were |
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The two consuls (patricians) |
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The two consuls were followed by |
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Praetors, quaestors, censors, and aediles |
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civil law, law of the peoples, and natural law |
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Lex canuleia allowed what to occur socially? |
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The right for plebians to marry patricians |
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The citizens assembly was called |
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The expansion of Rome extended the Empire throughout what body of water? |
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The struggle with Carthrage for Silicily resulted in |
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Carthage expanded into spain during |
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Who was Carthage's greatest general? |
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Carthage was destoryed by the end of the |
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The most powerful force in the Roman family |
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Paterfamilias- oldest male of the family. |
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Protector, educator, and child rearing. Able to inherit land |
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Hellenism impacted Rome in what ways? |
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Roman art, literature, and leisure activities (Roman baths) were all Greek embraced culture |
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Roman system of Government |
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What was the Roman senate? |
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Played roles in functionality of the constitution. Made up of Patricians. Makes foreign and military policy, directs domestic policy |
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What was the Comitia Centuriata |
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Century Assembly. Made up of blocs of soldiers called centuries. |
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What was the Comitia Tributa |
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Tribal Assembly. Assembly of citizens divided into tribes. Made up of both patricians and plebians. Tribes based off of geographical location |
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What was the Concilium Plebis |
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Who were the Gracchi Brothers |
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After Rome's expansion, a growing number of urban poor lead to economic and military problems. The Gracchi Brothers sought to give land reform for poor, citizenship to Italy's allies, and cheap grain for the poor. |
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What was the First Trimvirate |
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A political alliance between Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey in which they agreed to advance one another's interests |
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What ended the First Triumvirate? |
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Julius Caesar taking over- Began another round of civil wars |
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Who was Octavian Caesar? (Augustus) |
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Julius Caesar's grand-nephew who defeated Marc Anthony at the Battle of Actium.
First Citizen of the State "Princeps civitatis" |
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Once Augustus became Ruler, the Empire exeripenced security, order, harmony, flourishing culture, and expanding economy.
Means Roman Peace |
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Where did Jesus of Nazareth preach? |
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One of the Jew movements that fought to rid Judaea of the Romans |
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Those who believed in Greco-Roman gods and the official state religion of Rome. |
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Who condemned Jesus to death? |
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What appeal lead to the spread of Christianity into Rome? |
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Promise of salvation and doctrine of forgiveness as well as a sense of community. |
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the belief that all human beings will ultimately be reconciled to God and achieve salvation |
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