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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Paul of Tarsus | prisoner who adapted Christianity from Judaism; aided in its spread; executed b/c authorities believed that Christianity threatened stability of Roman state |
| Estruscans | dynamic people who dominated Italy; migrated from Anatolia; controlle Po River Valley to N Italy to Naples in the S; series of challenges from other peoples caused decline; greek fleets @ sea and Celtic peoples from Gaul on land |
| latifundia | a large landed estate or ranch in ancient rome |
| Gracchi brothers | socialists who attempted, like wang mang, to redistribute the land of the rich to the poor; failed and were executed; |
| Twelve tables | foundation of Roman Law |
| Punic Wars | Roman clashes with Carthage |
| Patricians | Roman aristocrats |
| Plebians | Roman common folk |
| Carthaginians | people of Carthage; fought with Romans over Sicily and their land in Egypt |
| Gaius Marius | Roman general who jockeyed for power and position in Rome; sided with social reformeres who advocated redistribution of land; seized rome but then died |
| Lucius Cornelius Sulla | veteran of several foreign campaigns who allied with the conservative and aristocratic classes; seized Rome and supported killing sprees; 5 year reign of terror; imposed extremely conservative legislation that strengthened wealthy Roman politics |
| Julius Caesar | first dictator of Rome; created centralized military and political functions and public works projects for the poor; killed |
| Augustus Caesar | nephew and protege of JC; 45 years of virtually unopposed rule, establishing imperial government in Rome |
| Pax Romana | era of Roman peace under Augustus and further on; facilitated trade and com from Mesopotamia to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Roman Roads | extensive roads built in rome to facilitate trade and communication; most developed yet |
| Mare nostrum | Roman word for the Mediterranean, meaning "our sea" |
| bread and circuses | food and entertainment that the authorities sought to keep the masses happy with |
| colosseum | marble stadium/ sports arena |
| paterfamilias | father of the family; ruler of the household; authority to have total control over their kids |
| Cicero | adopted stoic values; studied in Greece; argued for the pursuit of justic; made stoicism the most prominent school of moral philosohpy in Rome |
| Jesus of Nazareth | charismatic Jewish teacher whom the christians recognized as their savior; misunderstood suggestion of the kingdom of god as a political threat lead to his execution |
| Christianity | diverse; many different ideas |
| New Testament | one of the generally recognized texts that was an authoritative scripture |
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