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| Where did the Etruscans live? |
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| the italian peninsula, latium |
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| a bundle of tied rods with an emerging ax center; used for ceremonial purposes |
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| Who was believed to found Rome? |
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| What did Romulus build and what did it mean? |
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| a senate, a council of old men |
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| Describe "counsuls" in two to three sentences. |
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| The consuls are primary executives in the roman republc that are elected for one year terms. The job was originally limited to patricians. |
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| Describe "patricians" in two to three sentences. |
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| The Romans are part of the aristocracy. These were wealthy landowners who held political power. |
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| Describe "plebeians" in two to three sentences. |
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| The plebeians are the common people of Rome. These people were free citizens with a voice in politics and some had partician's advantages. |
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| What was the most important institution in the Roman government? |
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| Describe "senate" in two to three sentences. |
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| The senate was an assembly that was the main institution of the Roman Republic government. The purpose of this group was to advise over political and military matters. |
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| what was the struggle of orders? |
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| the conflict between the plebians and the patricians |
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| The Carthaginians engaged in war with whi? |
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| Who was the Carthaginian general? |
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| Describe "paterfamilias" in two to three sentences. |
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| The paterfamilias was the oldest dominant male in a family. He had absolute power over all his family members as long as he lived. |
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| Describe "manumission" in two to three sentences. |
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| Manumission is a Roman term that refers to the freeing of individual slaves by their masters. This began to become more and more popular, and slaves who did not achieve this often rebellied. |
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| What Roman dictator held his position for nine years and led to fall of the Roman Republic? |
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| What was recongized as the start of the Roman Empire? |
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| who was considered rome's greatest poet? |
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| Describe "pax Romana" in two to three sentences. |
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| The pax Romana was a period of Roman security, harmnoy, flourishing culture, and expanding economy during the first and second centuries. It was a period of roman peace. |
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| who acted as a middleman between the romans and chinese? |
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| Describe "pagan" in two to three sentences. |
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| The pagan world played its part in the early story of Christianity. The pagans were the people who believed in Greco-Roman gods and weren't followers of the Christian church. |
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| Describe "bishops" in two to three sentences. |
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| A bishop was an official of the christian church over a certain area and they had the power to determine Christian teachings. They became very important in the Roman Empire. |
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| Describe "heresy" in two to three sentences. |
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| As the bishops rose there was a line drawn between the correct and incorrect way of teaching Chrisitianity. This ties into heresy, it was a practice or belief that was judged unacceptable by the church officials. |
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| how many particians did the senate elect? |
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| what was the conquest of italy? |
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| where the etruscans to the north were defeated and the samnites |
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| who were the punic wars between? |
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| what happened in the first punic war? |
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| rome took control of sicily |
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| what happened in the 2nd punic war? |
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| what happened in the third punic war? |
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| the destruction of carthage |
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| what was the first triumvirate? |
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| crassus died and ceaser defeated pompey |
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| what was the second triumvirate? |
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| political alliance between antony, lepidus and octavian |
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| what name did octavian gain? |
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