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Streams chapters 7-8
Words and people from Streams of Civilization: Chapters 7 and 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gladiator games | Competitions which were mostly performed during funerals, where armed men fought to the death |
| Plebeians | The lower class of people in Rome, who were small, independent farmers and artisans |
| Grain speculation | When rich people bought the entire wheat crop and then sold it at a very high price when there was a shortage |
| Julius Caesar | A Roman general who became a dictator |
| Battle of Actium | A naval battle between Octavian (Augustus) and Mark Antony |
| Consuls | Leaders who ruled Rome before it became an empire |
| Tribunes | People that the plebeians elected to protect their rights |
| Protectorate | A country that is defended and controlled by a more powerful state |
| Civil war | When the citizens in the territories rebelled and fought each other instead of a foreign enemy |
| Gaul | Another name for the country of France |
| Class struggle | The struggle between the patricians and the plebeians |
| Punic Wars | Wars between Carthage and Rome |
| Scipio | A brilliant Roman general who fought against Hannibal. |
| “Crossing the Rubicon”: | A term that means taking a step from which there is no turning back |
| Patricians | The higher class of people in Rome, who were usually rich and owned large amounts of land |
| Hannibal | A young Carthaginian who had the idea to try and get Italian cities to join the Carthaginians against Rome |
| Gracchus Brothers | Two men from one of the most respected families in Rome; they both tried to pass certain laws to make it a better place |
| Triumvirate | The government established by Pompey, Julius Caesar and Crassus |
| Ides of March | The 15th day of March on the Roman calendar |
| Containment | The Roman’s policy against the Germans where they said they would not try to conquer them, but rather hold them in northwest Europe |
| Procurator | The title for Roman governors |
| Grammaticus | A school where Roman boys went after they turned 13 |
| Tablinum | A room used as a study and small dining room |
| Pax Romana | A period in the Roman Empire, also known as Roman Peace |
| Valkyries | A warrior maiden that would supposedly take a dying German warrior to heaven |
| Crucifixion | A way of execution where the condemned was nailed to a wooden cross, and then the cross was placed upright in the ground like a stake |
| Tetrarch | A title Romans used for their local rulers |
| Colosseum | A gigantic public arena where gladiators fought each other and wild animals |
| Atrium | A central court room with an opening in the roof |
| Walhalla | The German heaven, where only great warriors and brave men would go |
| Resurrection | When Jesus rose from the dead |
| International law | A law that protects the right of a country |
| Aqueducts | Elevated structures used for transporting water |
| Mt. Vesuvius | A volcano in southern Italy |
| Comitatus | A ceremony that young German noblemen went through that gave them the right to have armor |
| Latin Right | The privilege of having all the rights and privileges of a Roman citizen without actually living in Rome |
| Virgil | A famous Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid |
| Peristylium | The courtyard of a Roman home |
| Imperator | Latin for ‘victorious general’ |
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