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| Etruscan tyrant who gained control of Rome |
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| Virtuous Roman who was raped by Tarquin's son and later committed suicide causing a revolt |
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| Famous Carthaginian commander who brought a Spanish army and elephants into Italy |
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| Architect of the Spanish offensive; defeated Hannibal in North Africa in Zama |
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The father of roman eloquence
converted to Stoicism |
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| Gladiator who led slave revolts in Rome for 2 years |
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| alleviate social and economic stress by granting government lands to the landless; removed his fellow tribune Octavius from office; was assassinated by senators |
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| elected tribune; enacted laws to benefit the less privileged; assassinated by consuls |
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| elevated to consulship by the plebeian party; allowed landless poor into army; armies became loyal to commanders instead of to the Republic |
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| appointed dictator; ruthlessly exterminated his opponents; extended to powers of Senate; retired after 3 years |
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| elected sole consul; conqueror of Syria and Palestine; fought Caesar |
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| fought Pompey at Pharsalus; intervened in Egyptian politics(Cleopatra); dictator for life |
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| adjusted the Julian calendar |
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| Heir and grandnephew of Julius Caesar; joined forces with Marc Antony and Lepidus |
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| Went east and made alliance with Cleopatra; went to war against Octavian but lost at Actium |
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| Emperor and exponent of Stoicism; fatalistic and less hopeful |
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| Wealthy advisor to Nero(S); slave(E); expressed deep mystical yearnings; almost a religion; Stoicism |
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| wrote the Aeneid;epic poem about Trojan hero Aeneas |
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| wrote Odes which combined Epicurean and Stoic ideas |
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| assassinated by wrestling coach; self-indulgent son of Marcus Aurelius |
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| general who took over after the death of Commodus |
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| Emperor of Byzantine; rallied and turned tide against Persians recapturing Jerusalem |
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| founder of Islam; born in Mecca; prophet; proclaimed monotheistic faith |
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| Father-in-law of Muhammad and supreme leader of all Muslims after Muhammad's death |
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| a weak ruler after Umar's death; member of the Umayyad family |
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| Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law; was supported by some as next caliph |
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| writes a series of works that comments on Aristotle; influenced St. Thomas Aquinas and Dante |
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| discovered contagious nature of tuberculosis |
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| great warrior dynasty of Franks; set up dynasty |
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| Considered the fourth father of the church; spread christianity; developed purgatory and penance for forgiveness; ordered bishops to be responsible for lay people; Gregorian chant; Benedictine monks |
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| became mayor of the palace; founder of the Carolingian dynasty; turns back Muslims at Tours |
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| crowned Roman emperor by Pope Leo III |
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Charles the Bald
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Western Frankia(France)
Eastern Frankia(German)
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| remarkable soldier who served as emperor; saved Roman empire |
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| controlled the western portion of Rome; ruled with Diocletian |
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| did away with the tetrachy and ruled a single united empire |
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| born to a Galilean Jewish family; 30 years of age he became preacher; condemned to death by crucifixion |
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| Roman governor who condemned Jesus to death |
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| changed name to Paul; devoted limitless energy to preaching in Greece and Asia Minor |
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| abandoned christianity and attempted to revive traditional Roman paganism |
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| prohibited pagan worship of any sort within the empire |
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| drafted his famous Rule; talk alot on Monks |
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| A Hun in charge of a mixed army of German,Huns, and disgrunteled Germans; toppled the west under Romulus Augustus |
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| lead ostrogoth into Rome to get rid of Odovacer; established Ostrogothisc Kingdom in Italy |
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| translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin; known as the Vulgate |
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| translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin; known as the Vulgate |
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| Archbishop of Milan; refused Theodosius the Great church until he repented |
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| converted to Christianity at 33; wrote Confessions; bishop of Hippo |
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| a Roman aristocrat; follower of Augustine; preserved as much of the best ancient learning as possible by composing a series of handbooks, translations, and commentaries |
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| composed commentary on the Psalms; founded a monastery in Vivarium; wrote Institutes |
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