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Western Civilizations - 1st semester review
some memorization terms for west civ
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History
10th Grade
12/12/2009

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Solon
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-created reforms for Athens
-outlaw debt slavery
-council chosen by lottery
-judicial reforms
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Cleisthenes
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"father of democracy" - began establishment of democracy in Athens
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Panathenia
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epic celebration for Athens' patron goddess Athena
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Aeschylus
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Greek tragedy writer, like sophocles
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fides
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Roman value meaning faithfulness- to keep obligations no matter what
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patria potestas
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Roman phrase meaning "power of the father" - gave men control over all their children's assets
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Pericles
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Leading politician during Athenian golden age for his support of radical democracy
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Penates and Lares
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spirits of the household and spirits of the ancestors that Roman families traditionally honored
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pietas
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roman word for piety
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plebicites
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laws passed by tribunes that protected plebeians from patricians
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censors
Definition
elders who chose new consuls for the senate
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Twelve Tables
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earliest roman laws set down in order to give people fair, unbiased trials
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Scipio Nasca
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Evil toad guy in that british TV special, encouraged killing of Tiberius Gracchus and caused Gaius Gracchus to commit suicide
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equites
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landowners from outside Rome that could convict corrupt senators
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"Auctoritas"/"potestas"
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"respect" given to Augustus even though he had no more "formal power" than any other leader
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Divi Filius
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Title Augustus gave to himself to further his political ends meaning "of the divine"
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Tribunicia Potestate
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Title given to Augustus meaning "civil head of the state"
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Pater Patriae
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Title given to Augustus meaning "father of his country"
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insulae (islands)
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Multistoried buildings in Rome, which most people lived in during Augustus' rule
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Virgil's Aeneid
Definition
Epic written about Romans' ancestors which praised and talked about Augustus and his career- never finished
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Ovid Art of Love
Definition
a work that mocked Augustus' marriage and adultery laws, Ovid was punished for this, example of lack of freedom of speech in Augustan Rome
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