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WH section 1-3
world history study guide chapter 7 section 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Triumvirate | Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus |
| Caesar's fate and when it happened | He was stabbed in the Senate on March 15th. March 15th is known as "the ides of March." |
| Auxilia | Military unit made of non-citizens. |
| Censors | Registered citizens according to wealth. |
| Gesture of hate displayed by Romans after 3rd Punic War | Romans put salt on all the fields at Carthage. |
| Number of wars between Rome and Carthage and what they were called | number is 3 and they were called Punic Wars |
| Julio Claudians | Rulers who ruled for 54 years after Caesar's death |
| Colonus | Another word for tenant farmer |
| 2nd Triumvirate | Octavian, Lepidus, and Marc Antony |
| 4 similarities between the govts. of Rome and The United States | Ability to elect officials, system of checks and balances , veto power, and both have a senate. |
| Meaning of Triumvirate | Rule of 3 |
| Equities | Business and land owning class |
| Most powerful Roman governing body | The Senate |
| Patricians and Plebians | Patricians- powerful aristocratic class Plebians- Were all the other citizens |
| Emperor when fire swept through Rome. | Nero |
| Roman Empire began with whose reign? | Augustus |
| Pax Romana means what | Roman peace |
| Last of the Good Emperors | Marc Aurelius |
| Roman laws engraved on tablets were known as | The 12 tables |
| Latifundia | Very Large Estate |
| Marius | Military hero who revolutionized the Roman army by signing up people regardless of whether they owned land or not. |
| Ptolemy | Scientist(astronomer) from Alexandria, believed that earth lays at the center of the universe. |
| Triumph | Parade for a military hero |
| Romulus | The legendary founder of Rome, Son of priestess and Mars. |
| Paterfamilies | Father of a Roman family who had absolute authority. |
| Attila | Fierce leader of the Huns. |
| Hannibal | One of the greatest generals of all times. |
| Spartacus | The slave that lead a very brutal slave revolt. |
| Commodus | The weak spoiled son of Marcus Aurelius. |
| Galen | Roman Physician who wrote several medical books. |
| Octavian | First Augustus |