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Rome Facts
Important people, events and facts, for exams asij
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Romulus, Remus | the sons of Mars and a Latin Princess, taken care by a she-wolf, Romulus is the founder of Rome (Legend) |
| First Romans | 3 groups, Latin, Greeks, Etruscans |
| Tarquin the Proud | a harsh tyrant, last king of rome |
| Patricians | the upper class, form the assembly, the leaders were tribunes |
| Plebians | the lower class |
| Monarchy | consults |
| Aristocracy | senate |
| Democracy | the assembly |
| Dictators | temporary leaders, total power |
| The twelve tables | written rules displayed in the town square |
| Legions | ~5000 men, foot soldiers |
| Centuries | ~80 me |
| Pyrrhic Victory | a battle was won but lost men and much more. |
| Punic War 1 | Romans vs Pheonicians, 23 years, Carthage defeated, Rome wins |
| Punic War 2 | Romans vs Pheonicians, Hannibal (pheonician) wants revenge, Rome attacks zama in Carthage , Rome wins |
| Punic War 3 | Romans vs Pheoncians, Rome destroys Carthage. |
| Bread and Circus | Propaganda to win over people, free bread, free entertainment |
| Gladiators | A way of entertainment, slaves forced to fight. |
| Aquadets | A Roman invention to carry water for miles and miles, arches |
| Julius Ceasar | Rich, popular roman citizen, part of the first triumvirate |
| Triumvirate | 3 leaders |
| First Triumvirate | Ceasar, Pompey, Crassus |
| The Rubricon | the river where Ceasar crossed with his army after Pompey told him not too. |
| Caesarion | Cleopatra and Ceasar's son. |
| Marcus Brutus | Was part of the asassination of Caesar, killed him. |
| Ides of March | 15th of March, the assasination of Caesar, "Et tu Bruté?" |
| Second Triumvirate | Octavian, Marc Antony, Lepidus |
| Battle of Actium | Octavian vs Marc Antony and Cleopatra , Octavian wins. |
| Augustus (Octavian) | Fair ruler, appriciated greek culture, 41 year ruler, Pax Romana |
| Pax Romana | No major fights, only little civil wars, Peace Rome, 2 centuries. |
| Tiberius | 14 AD, not a good ruler, a lot of bad parties, exiles himself to Capri. |
| Caligula | "Little Boots", not bad ruler at first, then goes crazy, to himself he was a living God. later killed and all his famiy too. |
| Cladius | Unlikely ruler, great scholar, wrote history records. Married to Agrippina. |
| Agrippina | Wife of Cladius, power hungry, killes Cladius, no son with him but already had a son, Nero. |
| Nero | Bad ruler, kills his mother, blames christians for fire, commits suicide. |
| Diocletian | Reforms empire, strong army leader, doubled army size, set fixed rices on items, claimed decendent of the roman Gods, divided empire. |
| Greek Speaking, East Empire | Greece, Altonia, Egypt. |
| Latin Speaking, West Empire | Italy, Gaul, Britain, Spain |
| Constaine | Gained control of Empire, moved capital from Rome to Constinople |
| Fall of Roman Empire | outside invations, lost patriosi, stopped expanding empire, internal decay, government expenses. |
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