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ant. rome & christ.
ancient Rome and rise of Christianity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| etruscans | greek colonists, lived north of rome, gave rome arch in construction, engineering techniques, gods and goddesses |
| latins | the ancestors of the romans |
| patricians | members of the landholding upper class |
| consuls | only served one term, supervised the business of government and controlled armies |
| dictator | chosen in the event of war, a ruler who has complete control over a government, could only serve for 6 months |
| plebeians | made up most of the population, farmers, merchants, traders, artisans |
| tribunes | an official the plebeians picked to represent their interests |
| veto | a block against laws that tribunes could make |
| twelve tables | the set of laws all romans had to follow |
| legion | basic military unit |
| punic wars | three wars fought against carthage, rome won all three wars, ended the roman republic, started roman empire |
| hannibal | a carthaginian general that led his armies and war elephants across italy for 15 years winning battle after battle but was defeated in the end of the punic wars |
| imperialism | establishing control over foreign lands and peoples |
| latifundia | estates brought up by wealthy families |
| tiberius and gaius gracchus | two brothers who were among the first to attempt reform, the senate killed the brothers and reforms for they saw them as a threat |
| julius caesar | a military ruler who dominated roman politics, started a civil war in rome, the first absolute ruler of rome, was murdered |
| augustus | his name was given to him by the senate, was not a king, the roman empire, started pax romana, real name is octavian |
| hadrian | codified roman law making it the same for all provinces, built a wall in britain |
| marcus aurelius | close to being plato's ideal of a philosopher king, ended pax romana |
| virgil | wrote a poem, aeneid, to show that romes past was just as great as the greeks |
| aquaducts | bridelike stone structures that carry water from the hill into roman cities |
| ptolemy | astronomer mathematician, thought earth was the center of the universe |
| jews under roman law | did not have to worship roman gods/ goddesses, had to respect the emperor, had many failed rebellions |
| jesus | a jewish man who started Christianity, worshiped god, followed jewish law, promised eternal life, |
| apostle | 12 of jesus' followers that helped him carry out his message |
| paul | a jew from asia minor, helped spread Christianity, spread to non jews, used roads to spread churches, and said that eternal life would come to those who believed in jesus |
| martyrs | people who suffer or die for their beliefs |
| constantine | issued the edict of milan which granted freedom of religion to the roman empire |
| clergy | group of people who conducted christian services |
| pope | bishops that had authority over all other bishops |
| bishop | a high church official who is responsible for everyone in it's diocese |
| diocese | a christian community and it's clergy |
| diocletian | an emperor set out to restore order, divided empire into eastern and western |
| odoacer | german leader, over threw the roman emperor, the fall of rome |
| mercenaries | foreign soldiers who served for pay, not loyal, |
| carthage | a city state in northern africa, fought against rome in punic wars |
| nero | considered an evil emperor, persecuted christians and set fire to half of rome |
| peter | martyred in rome like jesus but upside down |
| roman slaves | prisoners of war, worked on latifundia, had more severe punishments, held rome back from exploring new technologies because of romes reliance on their labor |
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