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C5 - Rome
Chapter 5 - Rome & the Rise of Christianity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| republic | A form of government that doesn't have a monarch as its leader and some citizens have the right to vote. |
| patrician | wealthy land-owners |
| plebeian | less wealthy, middle class land-owners, artisans, merchants, and small farmers |
| Consuls | ran the government and army, elected every 2 years. |
| Senate | group of 300 patricians, directed wars, took control of foreign and domestic policy, controlled by wealthy families |
| Centuriate Assembly | elected, passed laws, wealthy, consuls & praetors |
| Council of the Plebs | passed laws for all Romans |
| Tribunes of the Plebs | protected plebeians, could eventually be elected for Senate and Consuls |
| Twelve tTbles | first Roman code of laws |
| Law of Nations | created to deal with issues with non-citizens |
| How did the army recruit soldiers? | They promised land to the homeless. |
| 1st triumvirate | Pompey, Julius Caesar, Crassus |
| 2nd triumvirate | Octavion, Marc Antony, Lepidus |
| Rome's first emperor | Octavion (Augustus) |
| five good emperors | Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius |
| Pax Romana | time of peace and prosperity in the empire |
| Jesus of Nazareth | born in AD 4, began preaching at 30, Messiah (son of god) |
| Paul | established Christian church in Asia Minor |
| Simon Peter | charged with continuing Christian church |
| first Christian emperor | Constantine |
| Theodosius the Great | made Christianity the official Roman religion |
| Diocletian | divided the empire into four parts |
| Byzantium | turned into the Roman capital by Constantine |
| Visigoths | first tribe to sack Rome |
| Vandals | last to sack Rome |
| Romulus Augustulus | deposed by Vandals |
| Edict of Milan | gave official tolerance to Christianity, issued by Constantine |
| Sulla | seized Rome in 82 BC |
| Julius Caesar | military command in Spain |
| Pompey | returned form Spain as military hero |
| Crassus | richest man in Rome |
| dictator | absolute ruler |
| imperator | commander in chief |
| Romans adopted many features of _____ art. | Greek |
| insulae | apartments for the poor |
| paterfamilias | dominant males |
| Virgil | wrote Aeneid |
| Horace | wrote Satires |
| Spartacus | led slave revolt that lasted 2 years |
| Livy | great historian |
| procurator | in charge of a province |
| laity | regular church members |
| clergy | group of church leaders |
| new testament | 2nd part of the bible |
| Zealots | wanted to overthrow Romans |
| plague | an epidemic disease |
| inflation | rapid increase in prices |
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