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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what's a forum? | a roman public meeting place. |
| what’s Dictorship? | Rulers who almost had absolute power. |
| What’s an Emperor? | Name of the Roman ruler during the imperial age. |
| What’s a Empire? | Land with territories and under a single rule. |
| When was Julius Caesur assassinated? | 44 BC |
| What’s Patricians? | The nobles in Roman society. |
| What’s plebeians | The common people of Ancient Rome. |
| What’s Consul | The two most powerful officials. |
| What’s a Senate | Roman officials who were appointed by the Consuls. |
| What’s Veto | To regret or prohibit actions and laws of government officials[To say I forbid.} |
| What’s checks and balances? | A system that balances the distribution of power I a governmet. |
| What’s latin | Roman language. |
| What’s an arch | A structure that spans a space and supports a structure and weight above it. |
| What’s a Aqueduct | A human-made raised channel that carries water from distant places. |
| What’s the civil law | A legal system based on a written code of law. |
| When did the Latins enter the region | 1000 BC |
| When was the Republic created | 500 BC |
| When was the Punic Wars | 264-164 BC |
| When did the Roman republic end | 45 BC |
| When were the 12 Fables written | 450 BC |
| When did Pompeii destroyed | 79 AD |
| When was the Roman Empire at its peak | 117 AD |
| When did Christianity given recognition | 313 AD |
| When did the Roman Empire collapses | 476 AD |
| Wheres the Roman rule | In Rome |
| Wheres the Etruscan rule | Next to the Tiber river and the Po river |
| Where is the Greek rule located | In Sicily and next to the Italian Peninsula |
| Wheres the Carthaginian rule | In Sicily |
| what did men do in the family | Ruled the families. |
| What did men do in the family | Oldest man owned all family property |
| What did men do in the family | In theory, absolute, unlimited power over family. |
| what did men do in the family | Could sell his own children or kill them! |
| What did men do in the family | In practice, limited by custom. |
| What did women do in the family/what did they have | More freedom than Greeks. |
| What could women have | Own personal property. |
| What could women do | Active social life - parties, theater, religious rituals. |
| What were they not allowed to do | Could not vote, attend assemblies, or hold office. |
| whats the most important thing for women | Most important role? Have children and raise them to follow traditions |
| what could the wealthy do | Earned $ from agriculture. |
| what could the wealthy do | Owned large farms or businesses. |
| what could the wealthy do | Grew rich from what people (slaves) produced |
| what could the wealthy do | Men looked after business while women supervised slaves at home and children. |
| where did the common people live | Most lived in cramped apartments without running water |
| what did the common people homes look like | Poorly built homes, disease, crime, fire dangers. |
| what were the common people jobs | Worked a variety of jobs: tenant farms, laborers, ran stores, taverns, and restaurants. |
| how were the slaves captured | Bought and captured. -often treated cruelly |
| who many got captured and when | 40% in 1 BC may have been slaves |
| how many rights | No rights. |
| What conditions were they in | Some were in harsh conditions. |
| who did they work for | Others worked for wealthy masters. |
| were anyone of them educated | Some educated. |
| did anyone fight back of the slaves | Some fought back |
| Who all led an army | Spartacus led an army of rebel slaves in the 70s BC. |
| did they get caught | Romans caught them. |
| Senators: | Had great political power. |
| Senators: | Wealthiest nobles. |
| Nobles and Patricians: | Officials and advisors |
| Nobles and Patricians: | Landowners |
| Nobles and Patricians: | Rome’s ruling class. |
| Plebeians: “Plebs” | Majority of the Roman class. |
| Plebeians: | Less wealthy craftspeople, merchants, and landowners. |
| Freedmen: | Were once slaves, now free. |
| Freedmen: | Major restrictions on legal rights. |
| slaves: | Lowest Class |
| slaves: | no freedom |
| Romans constitution | A system of rules by which a government is organized |
| Romans constitution | Unlike US constitution it was unwritten |
| Romans constitution | It was based on tradition and custom |
| Romans constitution | Power was shared among different people with set roles |
| What the suffix on dictorship | Ship |
| What’s legion | Groups Up to 6000 soldiers |
| Punic wars: | There was 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage |
| Where is Carthage | Carthage is a city in Africa |
| Rome= | STRONG ARMY |
| Carthage= | STRONG NAVY |
| First Punic war | Carthage sent armies to Sicily so Rome sent their army in response |
| First Punic war | It lasted 23 years |
| FirstPunic war | Rome won! Took control over sicily |
| Second Punic war | Led by a Carthaginian general named Hannibal |
| Second Punic war | Hannibal invaded Italy from the north with soldiers, horses and Elephants |
| Second Punic war | Hannibal defeated all Roman troops but could not win the war |
| Second Punic war | 204 BC -had to return to Carthage because Rome was attacking |
| Second Punic war | ROME WON AGIAN |
| Who was Hannibal | Considered to be one of the greatest generals of Ancient world |
| Who did Hannibal greatly disliked | ROME |
| Hannibal | After Punic wars fled to Asia and joined A king fighting the Romans |
| What did Hannibal do | Hannibal ended up taking his life so that he wouldn’t become a Roman prisoner |
| Third Punic war | Rome sent an army to Africa to destroy Carthage |
| Third Punic war | Rome burned The city, killed most of its rest, people, and sold the rest of the people into slavery |
| Who won | Rome won very easily |
| Result of the Punic wars | Rome took control of northern Africa, and the majority of countries around the Mediterranean sea |
| Where was ancient Rome located? | On the Italian peninsula near the Mediterranean Sea |
| What river ran through the city of rome | The Tiber river |
| What type of government did Rome Have before it became an Empire? | A republic |
| Who were the wealthiest landowners in RomanSociety? | The Patricians |
| Which group made up the most of Romans population | The plebeians |
| What language did the Romans speak? | Latin |
| What were enslaved people in Rome called | Slaves |
| Who was a famous Roman general who became a dictator? | Julius Caesar |
| What sea helped Rome trade with other countries? | The Mediterranean sea |
| What structure carried water into Roman cities? | Aqueducts |
| What kind of roads did the Romans build that helped their army travel? | Strong stone roads |
| Who tried to help poor Romans by changing land laws? | Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchan |
| What large army helped Rome conquer of other lands | The Roman legions |
| What famous city was the center of Roman empire? | Rome |
| Who was the first emperor of Rome? | Augustus |
| whats the suffix of Emperor | -or |
| what's the suffix of patricians | -ian |
| what's the suffix of Plebeians | -ians |
| what's the prefix of Aqueduct | Aqua |
| How did life change for Jews in Judea after 63 BC? | A large number of Jews opposed Roman Rule. |
| How did life change for Jews in Judea after 63 BC? | They lived under Roman Rule. |
| Summarize what were the zealots’ views about Roman rule? | They opposed Romans and believed Jews should resist it by refusing to pay taxes and through armed rebellion. |
| What did the Pharisees believe? | They believed that good people would be resurrected after the Messiah came. They believed in observing Jewish Law. |
| What was Jesus’ religion? | Judaism. |
| Identify evidence historians have of Jesus’ life? | The writings of the Christians Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ life. |
| Constantine | Built the new capital Constantinople |
| Constantine | Made Constantinople rich! |
| Constantine | Bosporus Strait |
| Constantine | 330 AD |
| Constantine | Different from Byzantines, thought of themselves as Romans. |
| Constantine | Unlike most Romans, most people were Christians and spoke Greek not Latin. |
| Justinian | Rebuilt Hagia Sophia |
| Justinian | Justinian’s Code - guarantees fair treatment of all |
| Justinian | Wanted to recover parts of Rome |
| Justinian | Ruled for nearly 40 years |
| Justinian | 527-565 AD |
| Justinian | Byzantine Empire |
| Justinian | Byzantine emperor |
| Theodora | Byzantine emperor’s wife |
| Theodora | Was an actress before marrying Justinian |
| Theodora | A partner in rule |
| Theodora | Byzantine Empire |
| Theodora | 527-565 AD |
| Theodora | Ruled for nearly 40 years with her husband |
| Theodora | Encouraged husband to stay and fight |
| Theodora | Helped women and children |
| Theodora | To end government corruption |
| Other Invaders | However Byzantine emperors kept control of the core of their empire, modern day Greece and western Turkey and Constantinople. |
| Other Invaders | Byzantine Empire |
| Other Invaders | Byzantine Empire |
| Other Invaders | Germans took lands to the west. Germans took lands to the west. Germans took lands to the west. |
| Other Invaders | Slavic people invaded the north. |
| Other Invaders | Arab Muslim invaders conquered Syria, Egypt, and North Africa |
| Other Invaders | Over the next 800 years |
| Other Invaders | Empire slowly shrank, it declined and fell. |
| Other Invaders | Slavic people invaded the north. |
| Bishops & Patriarchs | Important Christian leaders |
| Bishops & Patriarchs | Bishops of the 5 most important cities |
| Bishops & Patriarchs | Christian church |
| Bishops & Patriarchs | Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem |
| Bishops & Patriarchs | Late 300’s |
| Bishops & Patriarchs | Gained authority over all churches in region. |
| Bishops & Patriarchs | Passed authority down to each generation. |
| Pope | Means father or head of the church |
| Pope | Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem |
| Pope | Late 300’s |
| Pope | Claimed they were the successors |
| Pope | Christian church |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome | Boosted economy. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome | Improved ordinary lives. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome | Fought corruption. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome | The ideal emperor. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome | After his death, he was declared a god & worshiped. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome | 30 BC Octavian took control of Rome. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome? | The first / best Roman emperor . |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome? | Brought peace to Rome. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome? | Held almost all power over the empire. |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome? | Made it more stable |
| Who was Augustus and why was he good for Rome? | Smaller army higher the pay. |
| Who were the 5 “good emperors”and what did they create? How did they fair? | Trajan- conquered new land |
| Who were the 5 “good emperors”and what did they create? How did they fair? | Nerva -ally to the Roman poor and regarded as a fair ruler. |
| Who were the 5 “good emperors”and what did they create? How did they fair? | Hadrian - travelled and built walls to separate provinces of non-Roman lands. |
| Who were the 5 “good emperors”and what did they create? How did they fair? | Marcus Aurelius- wrote a philosophy book. |
| Who were the 5 “good emperors”and what did they create? How did they fair? | Antoninous Pius-under his rule Rome was the most peaceful it had ever been. |
| Who were the 5 “good emperors”and what did they create? How did they fair? | Many build aqueducts, public baths, stadiums and large buildings. |
| Pax Romana | Means Roman Peace |
| Pax Romana | Lasted from 30 B.C. - 180 A.D. |
| Pax Romana | NO WARS AT ALL! |
| Pax Romana | 200 years of peace |
| Daily life | Every household was run by the oldest adult male |
| Daily life | Women in charge of all house duties. |
| Daily life | A large gap between rich and poor. |
| Daily life | Poor lived in shabby houses. |
| Entertainment | Gladiatorial shows the biggest form of entertainment. |
| Entertainment | Took place in the Colosseum or amphitheaters. |
| Entertainment | Was deadly. |
| Entertainment | Entertainers would have to fight for their lives. |
| Expansion | By the end of Augustus’ reign, Rome had advanced into Egypt, Syria, and much of Europe. |
| Economy | Economy was focused on farming and trade. |
| Economy | Most were farmers. |
| Economy | Sell their crops in markets |
| Economy | Pay taxes in money and with food |
| Economy | The rich owned many properties and forced slaves to work on them. |
| Slave Revolt | Largest slave revolt took place 73 B.C. |
| Slave Revolt | Spartacus broke out in S. Italy, with many other slaves. |
| Slave Revolt | Many slaves overtime revolted and murdered their owners, causing fear in Roman communities. |
| what language did they speak? | latin |
| what was the Byzantine empire? | eastern Roman society |
| internal threats | food shortage |
| nternal threats | disease |
| nternal threats | empire was to large |