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Ch 13 Rome HMS
Rome Beginnings HMS
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05/22/2005

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Palatine
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hill where the Latins began the settlement that would become Rome
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Romulus
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twin of Remus; legend states he killed his brother and named the city Rome
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Remus
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twin of Romulus; killed by his brother in a fight over who should rule Rome
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soothsayers
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people who can predict events
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omens
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signs of what is to happen; soothsayers read these to predict the future
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catacombs
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brightly painted Etruscan tombs beneath the ground
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necropolis
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cemetery of acres of catacombs outside each Etruscan city
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Lucius Tarqunius
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first Etruscan ruler of Rome
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Forum
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public square at the foot of the Palatine
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gladitorial games
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Roman amusement based on an Etruscan funeral ritual
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triumph
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parade-like welcome given a Roman hero returning from battle
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fasces
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symbol of a Roman ruler's power to beat or execute other people
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mundus
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meeting point for the world's of the living and the dead
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Tiber
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river along which the Roman civilization began
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Etruscans
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Italy's first highly civilized people
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Virgil
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author of The Aeneid
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Circus Maximus
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Roman hippodrome; location of chariot races
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ad gladium
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death by sword
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ad bestias
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death by wild animal
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Aeneid
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story of Prince Aeneas
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Flavian amphitheater
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original name for the Colosseum
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prisoners of war, criminals, slaves
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3 types of people who became gladiators
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Caligula
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Emperor who cut out tongues of innocent people and made them gladiators
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phalanx
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Greek military technique copied by the Etruscans
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Forum
Definition
before the Colosseum, gladiatorial games were held in the ...
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Panem et Circenses
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bread and circuses
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plebeians
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the lower class citizens of Rome
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thumbs up
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sign that people wanted a gladiator to live
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thumbs down
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sign that people wanted a gladiator to die
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mundus
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2 main streets in a city intersected at the… (also meeting point of the living and dead)
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Mars
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Father of Romulus and Remus
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Dido
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Phoenician princess who founded Carthage
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arch
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Construction idea the Romans learned from the Etruscans
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dwarfs
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Who did female gladiators fight?
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Aeneas
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Romulus and Remus, Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus are descendants of…
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12 birds over the Palatine
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What was an omen for Romulus?
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she-wolf
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Who saved Romulus and Remus first?
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she took her own life
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Dido wanted to be Aeneas’ wife but he left and
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Paris
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Juno hated Aeneas because he was related to
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Trojans, Latins, Etruscans
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3 groups that influence the Roman civilization
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Britain, France, Spain
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besides Rome, where were gladiatorial games held?
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STUDY MAP FROM STUDY GUIDE (or p. 211)
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STUDY MAP FROM STUDY GUIDE (or p. 211)
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PUT EVENTS OF ROMULUS AND REMUS IN ORDER
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PUT EVENTS OF ROMULUS AND REMUS IN ORDER
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KNOW EVENTS OF THE AENEID
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KNOW EVENTS OF THE AENEID
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