Geography of Italy and Rome

Italy is peninsula, lots of mountains; Rome is on Tiber on 7 hills

Social class that control the government

Controlled gov't for 100 years, turned into Romans and invented the language

Bridge like structures to carry water

Voters elect officials to run state

Serve one yr. terms, chief executives who ran Gov't

Most important army unit made up of 4.5k-6k citizens

Prevents one part of government from getting too powerful

300 Members, controlled funds, court, and had military/judicial authority

Against Carthage, afraid Rome would control Mediteranian Sea, 3 seperate wars

Jewish leadure, figure of christianity

Astronomer who said Earth was the center of the universe

First Triumvirate, Senate declared him dicator for life

Ampitheatre where gladiators fight people and animals

Social class containing everyone except Particians

12 Tablets that unified the empire, senate, etc.

Body of government that refused/approved Senate bills

Spread of Christianity

Constantine approved, Constantine spread it the most

Elected every 5 years, oversaw moral conflict

Powerful area on coast of N. Africa

Physician who wrote volumes with medical information

"Rule of three" political alliance First one: Caesar, Pompey, Crassus; Second one: Octavian, Marc Antony, Lepidus

Theodosius was last ruler, his 2 sons ruled weakly and it was split east and west

Lived during Augustus, was a rom poet who wrote aereid

Protected Christian religions and started new capital of Constantinople

Augustus Caesar (Octavian)

Julius Caesar's son, first Roman Emperor to launch military conquests to expand empire

Decline and fall of Rome

1) Too large empire 2) Civil Wars 3)Economic Decline 4) Inflation 5) Unemployment 6) Plague 7) Invasians by Germanic and other tribes 8) Corrupt/weak emperors

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Rome

Question	Answer
Geography of Italy and Rome	Italy is peninsula, lots of mountains; Rome is on Tiber on 7 hills
Patricians	Social class that control the government
Etruscans	Controlled gov't for 100 years, turned into Romans and invented the language
Aqueducts	Bridge like structures to carry water
Republic	Voters elect officials to run state
Consuls	Serve one yr. terms, chief executives who ran Gov't
Legion	Most important army unit made up of 4.5k-6k citizens
Checks and Balances	Prevents one part of government from getting too powerful
Senate	300 Members, controlled funds, court, and had military/judicial authority
Pax Romana	Period of peace
Punic Wars	Against Carthage, afraid Rome would control Mediteranian Sea, 3 seperate wars
Jesus of Nazareth	Jewish leadure, figure of christianity
Martyrs	People who die for a cause
Ptolemy	Astronomer who said Earth was the center of the universe
Julius Caesar	First Triumvirate, Senate declared him dicator for life
Colosseum	Ampitheatre where gladiators fight people and animals
Plebians	Social class containing everyone except Particians
Latins	Formed city of Rome
Roman Law	12 Tablets that unified the empire, senate, etc.
Tribunes	Body of government that refused/approved Senate bills
Veto	Reject
Spread of Christianity	Constantine approved, Constantine spread it the most
Censors	Elected every 5 years, oversaw moral conflict
Carthage	Powerful area on coast of N. Africa
Galen	Physician who wrote volumes with medical information
The Triumvirates	"Rule of three" political alliance First one: Caesar, Pompey, Crassus; Second one: Octavian, Marc Antony, Lepidus
Last Roman Emperor	Theodosius was last ruler, his 2 sons ruled weakly and it was split east and west
Virgil	Lived during Augustus, was a rom poet who wrote aereid
Constantine	Protected Christian religions and started new capital of Constantinople
Augustus Caesar (Octavian)	Julius Caesar's son, first Roman Emperor to launch military conquests to expand empire
Decline and fall of Rome	1) Too large empire 2) Civil Wars 3)Economic Decline 4) Inflation 5) Unemployment 6) Plague 7) Invasians by Germanic and other tribes 8) Corrupt/weak emperors

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