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Rome - World Civ
World Civilizations I Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rome was conquered by the _______. | Etruscans |
| Area of government, Center of Rome in between the hills. | Forum |
| Number of Consuls. | Two |
| Power to Lead | Imperium |
| The senators and heriditary blue blood of Rome were known as______. | Patricians |
| Regular people, make up 95% of Roman population, much richer than Patricians. | Plebeians |
| Created to make the rich Plebeians happy. Sort of like the Supreme Court. | Tribune |
| Length of time a dictator may be appointed in times of crisis in Rome | 6 months |
| The empire Rome runs up against in 3 bloody wars and ends up wiping out to make an example of: | Carthage |
| Wars between Carthage known as: | Punic Wars |
| Chief proponents of social reform: | Tiberius and Gaius Gracchi |
| General who placed Rome under military occupation and hunted down his enemies | Gaius Marius |
| General who succeeded Marius | Lucious Cornelius Sulla |
| General who conquered Gaul and marched on Rome and came to power (Greatest military figure ever!) | Julius Caesar |
| Augustus Caesar's real name | Octavian |
| Octavian's principal rival | Mark Antony |
| Name given to Octavian's position | Principate |
| 3 elements of stability according to Octavian | 1) establishment of himself as principate 2) More effective Beurocracy 3) Army |
| The 200 years of Roman peace | Pax Romana |
| Roman army consisting of about 400,000 men | Legion |
| 3 reasons for extensive road networks: | 1) Communication 2) Army movement 3) movement of merchandise |
| In Roman law you are: | Guilty until proven innocent |
| Roman law: | 1) had judicial review 2) was standardized in every part of Rome |
| System used for clean water and to lessen disease | Aqueducts |
| Escaped slave who gathered an army of more than 70,000 slaves | Spartacus |
| The 26 emperors that Rome had during periods of military generals coming to power: | Barracks Emperors |
| Brutal emperor who splits Roman empire into two parts: | Diocletion |
| Diocletion's successor, builds Constantinople | Constantine |
| Emperor during the plague that killed 1/3 of the Roman population | Marcus Aurelius |
| Mentally unstable Emperor that sends Rome into a period of instability | Commodus |
| Sect of Jews that broke apart to escape Roman persecution | Essenes |
| The Son of God =) | Jesus of Nazareth |
| Disciple who was principally responsible for the expansion of Christianity beyond Judaism | Paul of Tarsus |
| Emperor who legalizes Christianity | Constantine |
| Emperor who makes Christianity the official religion of Rome | Theodosius |
| Hierarchical Church | Pope, Patriarch, Bishop, Priests, etc. |
| Councils that standardize the beliefs of Christianity | Nicaea and Chalcedon |
| Empire that lasts 1000 years after the Roman empire falls | Byzantium |
| Two main enemies of Byzantine empire: | 1) Sasanid Empire 2) Nomadic Peoples |
| Position held by Byzantine emporer b/c of his position as head of church and state | Caesaropapism |
| Emperor who rebuilds Constantinople | Justinian |
| Definitive set of laws standardized for all of the Byzantine empire | Justinian's Code |
| General who conquered much of the original Roman empire for the Byzantine's that Justinian feared was becoming too powerful: | Belisarius |
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