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| Latins, Greeks, Etruscans |
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| -Greeks taught them how to |
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| -Romans adopted their alphabet from the |
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| -Etruscans influenced Romans with: |
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| alphabet, metalwork, engineering, architecture (arch) |
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| -romans borrowed religion from |
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| Greeks (gods) and Etruscans (rituals) |
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| form of a gov in which the power rests with the citizens wo have the right to vote to select their leaders |
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| landowners that held most of the power; inherited power and social status |
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| common farmers, artisans, and merchants that were the majority of the population |
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| had right to vote but could not hold important gov positions |
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| were representatives for plebians |
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| right to the protection of the law |
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| two officials that were in place of a king. term one year, cannot be re-elected for 10yrs, could always overrule the other |
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| 300 members upper class. membership for life. legislative+administrative |
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| was a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command an army. lasted 6 monthes. chosen by consuls, elected by senate. in time of crisis. |
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| -all citizens who owned land |
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| neighbors were considered citizens, but could not vote |
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| allies were not interfered with as long as they sent troops to Rome |
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| control of Sicily and wester Mediterranean. Defeated Carthage. |
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| Hannibal tried to avenge Carthage's defeat. Scipio attacked Carthage, and Hannibal+Carthage defeated |
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| Rome destroyed Carthage for causing so much devaastation to Italy. Set afire, 50,000 sold to slavery |
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| -rich landowners lived on estates called |
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| 1/3 of Rome's population by 100BC |
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| -Two Brothers attempted to help Rome's poor. |
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| Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus gave land to the poor. |
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| -Soldiers gave loyalty to their |
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| -Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar dominated Rome |
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| 3 leaders, Crassus, Pompey, and Julius |
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| -Caesar was consul for one year. |
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| He was a genius military stategist. He appointed himself governor of Gaul (france). He was very popular. Pompey (now senate) ordered him to return home. He attacked Pompey and defeated him. Julius names self dictator for life. |
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| -Caesar was the absolute ruler |
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| granted citizenship, helped poor by creating jobs esp. through construction of new building. |
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| assassinate Julius Caesar (stabbed to death) |
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| -Octavian was Julius Caesar's |
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| -Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian ruled as the |
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| -Octavian forced Lepidus to |
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| -Octavian and Mark Antony then became |
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| Augustus which means exalted one. |
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| 3 million sq miles 1 million ppl |
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| glorified Rome, created a system of gov, set up civil service |
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| Octavian paid workers to manage the affairs of gov like tax collection, postal system, grain supply. |
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| Augustus' adopted son became next ruler. |
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| insane and unstable rulers |
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| orderly transfer of power |
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| -rome had no written law for |
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| temporarily solved succession problem; adopted a heir who had support of army and people to be the next leader. Last of 5, Marcus Aurelus marked end of the Pax Romana |
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| had power over his family/household (disown, banish, sell) |
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| own property and testify. Could NOT vote |
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| names- femine form of father's name |
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| whatever he wished with his slaves |
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| professional fighters who fought to the death in public contests |
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| -To distract and control poor people, |
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| gov provided free games, races, gladiator contests |
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| man born in Bethlehem in Judea. He was a Jew + Roman subject. He taught ideas that contained the Jewish religion. |
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| -Jesus' followers were called |
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| is symbol of Christianity |
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| had a major influence on Christianity. He wrote leters called Epistles |
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| made Christianity easy to spread- travel easy and exchanging ideas was safe. |
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| dispersal of Jews from their homeland (exiled) |
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| were a problem to Roman rulers because they wouldn't worship Roman gods. |
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| blamed Christians for burning rome |
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| people willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of a belief or cause |
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| priest that supervises several local churches |
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| is the father/head of the Christian church |
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| first ruler that approved of Christianity. |
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| any belief that appeared to contradict the basic Christian teachings |
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| is a drastic drop in the the value of money coupled witha rise in prices |
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| foreign soldiers that fought for money |
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| a key problem for the decline of Rome |
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| -Soldiers gave loyalty to their |
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| commanders (not rome) who fought among themselves for the throne |
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| paying for public circuses and baths, so few chose to serve gov |
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| became emporer and restored order to empire. He governed as absolute ruler and limited personal freedoms. He doubled size of the army, set fixed prices for goods. He claimed he descended from gods. Viewed Christians as threat. |
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| -Diocletian's most significant reform was |
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| spliting empire into 2 sections- east and west |
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| overal control, but shared authority with General Maximian. |
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| -Constantine moved the capitol of rome to |
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| Constantinople (was called Byzantium) |
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| survive (contains capitol) West Rome would fall. |
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| -Attila chieftain of Huns |
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| attacked and plundered Rome |
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| -Eastern still flourished; |
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| then fell to Ottoman Turks |
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