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Alyssa
Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Republic | Government in which citizens have the right to vote |
| What was Rome built on? | Seven rolling hills |
| Patricians | Wealthy landowners |
| Who did Rome conquer and how? | Italy. Rome dominated central Italy |
| Who was the leader of the first Punic war ? | Hannibal |
| Why was Hannibal's army so strong? What did it consist of? | He was a brilliant military strategist. 50,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry, and 60 elephants. |
| Who won the Punic wars? | Rome |
| What caused Romes republic to collapse? | Discontent amount lower classes and breakdown of military |
| Who wanted to help the poor and what happened to them | The gracchus brothers, They both got killed |
| Who was Julius Caesar? | He was a brilliant military leader and the governor of Gaul |
| What title was Julius Caesar given and how did people feel about him? | Dictator for life, some feared losing their influence and others considered him to be a tyrant |
| What happened to Julius Caesar? | People plotted his death. He was stabbed to death. |
| What happened after his death? | A civil war broke out and destroyed what was left of the roman republic |
| What was the Pax Romana and how did it help Rome? | Time of Roman peace. Rome's population grew to 60-80 million people |
| Who was Augustus? | The exalted one, or supreme military commander |
| Who was Jesus? | The son of God |
| What age did Jesus start public ministry? | 30 |
| How many apostles did Jesus have and what were they believed to do? | 12, they were believed to have written some of the gospels |
| After Jesus' death where was his body placed | In a tomb |
| What did Paul write in his epistles? | Jesus was the son of God& he died for everyone's sins |
| What was the dispearal of the Jews called? | Diaspora |
| Why were the Christians persecuted? | They refused to worship roman gods |
| What did Jesus refer to Peter as? | The "rock" |
| Who disrupted trade on the Mediterranean Sea? | Hostile tribes and pirates |
| What weakened Rome's economy? | Lack of gold and silver & inflation |
| Why was Rome's military in disarray? | Their soldiers didn't give their allegiances to their commanders |
| Who was Diocletian? | A strong willed army leader and emperor |
| What did Diocletian do? | He doubled the size of Rome's army & split Rome into 2 sections |
| Where did Constantinople move the capital of Rome to? | Byzantium/ Turkey |
| What happened to the western empire? | Huns went through it destroying everything |
| Who was the last roman emperor and how old was he? | Romulus augustulus, 14 |
| By the second century who had Rome conquered? | Greece |
| What cultures was the Greco- roman culture made of? | Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman culture |
| Where were the best examples of paintings found? | Pompeii |
| What poet spent 10 years writing the Aeneid? | Virgil |
| Who did the Romans learn the art of sculpture from? | The Greeks |
| What did Romans make sculptures out of? | Stone |
| What roman historian was notable because he presented his facts accurately | Tacitus |
| Who created to colosseum? | Titus& Domitian |
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