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Roman History
Roman Contexts in English as well as well known historical stories
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Undergraduate 2
03/17/2009

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Julius Caesar
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Started the first triumvirate with himself, Crassus and Magnus. Populares tradition, made Rome an empire. Assassinated on March 15, by Brutus and the rest of the senate. Each taking one stab.
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Republic-Patricians, Plebians, Slaves
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Patricians-upper class, plebians-lower class. With enough money, both classes could have slaves...which were the bottom of the republic class system.
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Romulus and Remus
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Rhea was a vestal virgin who gave birth to twins Romulus and Remus through her relations with the god Mars. She ditched the boys, a wolf raised them, romulus killed remus.
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Roman History Timeline
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1200 bc-rome discovered by a prince of troy. 650 bc-rome is formed officially. 275 bc-Rome conquers Greece in Italy. Caesar! 44bc-Caesar dies. Octavian and Marc antony fight over cleopatra, octavian wins and marc and cleo=suicide. then rome falls later on...
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Roman History Timeline
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1200 bc-rome discovered by a prince of troy. 650 bc-rome is formed officially. 275 bc-Rome conquers Greece in Italy. Caesar! 44bc-Caesar dies. Octavian and Marc antony fight over cleopatra, octavian wins and marc and cleo=suicide. then rome falls later on...
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Roman History Timeline
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1200 bc-rome discovered by a prince of troy. 650 bc-rome is formed officially. 275 bc-Rome conquers Greece in Italy. Caesar! 44bc-Caesar dies. Octavian and Marc antony fight over cleopatra, octavian wins and marc and cleo=suicide. then rome falls later on...
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Cleo is a big whore with Pompey and Caesar, and is the ruler of Egypt. After Caesar's death, Antony decides to go get Egypt from her but ends of falling in love with her and thus Rome is behind Egypt for awhile. Then Octavian comes and defends rome against egypt and rebels against antony for a fight over cleo, octavian wins, and antony and cleo klll themselves.
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Cleo is a big whore with Pompey and Caesar, and is the ruler of Egypt. After Caesar's death, Antony decides to go get Egypt from her but ends of falling in love with her and thus Rome is behind Egypt for awhile. Then Octavian comes and defends rome against egypt and rebels against antony for a fight over cleo, octavian wins, and antony and cleo klll themselves.
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Antony and Cleopatra
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Cleo is a big whore with Pompey and Caesar, and is the ruler of Egypt. After Caesar's death, Antony decides to go get Egypt from her but ends of falling in love with her and thus Rome is behind Egypt for awhile. Then Octavian comes and defends rome against egypt and rebels against antony for a fight over cleo, octavian wins, and antony and cleo klll themselves.
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1st Triumvirate
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Caesar, Crassus, Pompey
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1st triumvirate
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caesar, crassus, pompey
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Second Triumvirate
Definition
Octavian, Antony, and Leplidus.
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What happened to second triumvirate?
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Antony went to Egypt, Octavian fought him and caused him to commit suicide...Octavian became ruler of Rome, Augustus.
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The Battle of Actium
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Antony and Cleopatra against Rome led by Octavian-he won.
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Hellenistic Period
Definition
The period after Alexander the Greats death, that eventually led to the death of Rome.
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Stoicism
Definition
The idea that good and bad emotion were bad, and that neutrality was of the most importance.
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Epicureanism
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Materiliasm and Hedonism had a child...
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The Aeneid-the gist, and beginning.
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About Aeneis, who is destined to found Rome but gets thrown off course in a "series of unfortunate events". Aeneis lands in Carthage, and tells Queen Dido of all his worries. He talks about: The Trojan Horse, escaping with Dad and son, failed at building city, harpies cursed them,
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Queen Dido
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Phonecian princess who fled her home after her brother murdered her husband...falls in love with Aeneus, then kills herself.
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The Aeneid, the end
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Aeneid leaves Dido, she tries to kill herself, women try to burn the ships. Aeneis visits his father in the underworld. a love affair happens in Italy, where they land. Aenius saails north, comes back to war, and goes nuts and kills everybody-the end.
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