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Rome

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