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Roman Civ Midterm
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Undergraduate 2
03/06/2013

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1800-1175 BCE
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Bronze Age; Age of Heroes
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900-735 BCE
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Iron Age
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735 BCE
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Romulus founds Rome (traditional date)
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725-580 BCE
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Orientalizing Period
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580-480 BCE
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Archaic Age
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509 BCE
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Tarquin the Arrogant (7th and last king) expelled from Rome
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508 BCE
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Horatius Cocles wards the Etruscan army on a bridge away from Rome
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451-449 BCE
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Publication of the Twelve Tables
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367 BCE
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1st plebeian elected to the consulship
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340-338 BCE
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Rome defeats/dissolves the Latin League
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Latin League
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confederation of ~30 villages/tribes in the Latium region near ancient Rome
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339 BCE
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Plesbicita laws become binding on all of Rome with senate approval
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Plesbiscita
Definition
laws created by the plebeians
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290 BCE
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Roman victory over the Samnites
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287 BCE
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Senate right to veto on plebiscita abolished
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264-241 BCE
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First Punic War
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218-201 BCE
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Second Punic War
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149-146 BCE
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Third Punic War
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146 BCE
Definition
Greeks rebel against Roman power; Macedonia and north Africa annexed; Corinth burns
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133 BCE
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Tribunate of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus; he promotes grain distribution
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123-121 BCE
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Tribunate of Gaius Sempronius Gracchus; promotes fixed low grain price + equestrians as judges rather than just senators
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90-88 BCE
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Social War
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Premise of Social War
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Rome's Italian allies rebel and demand citizenship
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89 BCE
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Roman citizenship granted to all Italians
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87-81 BCE
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Civil wars in Rome
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81-79 BCE
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Sulla appointed dictator; posts proscription lists
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Proscription lists
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lists of people that Sulla the Dictator wanted killed; anyone who killed someone on that list could collect a bounty
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73-71 BCE
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Spartacus's slave revolt; Verres is governor of Sicily
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63 BCE
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Cicero is consul; Syria is annexed
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60 BCE
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Formation of the first Triumvirate
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First Triumvirate
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Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar
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49 BCE
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Caesar crosses the Rubicon; Pompey and his supporters flee
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48-44 BCE
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Caesar's dictatorship
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44 BCE
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Caesar's assassination
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44 BCE
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Outbreak of civil war; Ides of March
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archaeological evidence
Definition
mosaic floors, weapons, statues, roads, bridges, stuff that gives insight into Romans' everyday life
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epigraphical evidence
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inscriptions of tombs/monuments/coins, etc
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comparative evidence
Definition
evidence taken from a comparable state in order to gain information about the Romans
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Pros of using archaeological evidence to reconstruct ancient Roman history
Definition
gives details into the everyday life of Romans
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Cons of using archaeological evidence to recreate ancient Roman history
Definition
finds are out-of-context, difficult to date, and incomplete

not much evidence exists

only some kinds of human activities leave traces - others are left in the dust
Term
defining features of a city-state
Definition
clearly defined urban core
formed during Orientalizing Period
population: 1,000 to 10,000+
had an army
aristocracy of elite families that dominate Roman life
surrounding land has hamlets/shrines/farms that link rural life to urban life
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