Studied by 1 personFrom 1000 - 500 BCE the --- battled for supremacy in Italy
Latins, Greeks, and Etruscan
After --- Romans vow to never be ruled by a king again
tarquin the proud
A republic is
when citizens can vote for their leading
The two groups in Rome are called the -- and the --
Patricians; Plebeians
Patricians are
wealthy landowners - most power
Plebeians are
commoners - majority
Prior to the --- patricians would manipulate the laws to their own benefit
12 tables
First century writes felt Rome had found the perfect balance between
democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy
The Consul was
(elected by the senate) two people who served for a year (can’t run for 10 more) commanded army, directed the government
The Senate was
legislative branch with 300 upperclassmen (eventually the plebeians let in) made decisions on foreign policy and demonstrates affairs, assembly, wrote laws, organized by plebeians
A Roman dictator is
has absolute power over laws and army, chosen in time of crisis - 6 months of power
The Roman army was organized
into legions - group of 5,00 armed foot soldiers and cavalry and centuries of 80 people
The Punic Wars are between
Carthage and Rome
In the 3rd Punic War Rome --- to Carthage
set fire, laid siege and sold 5,000 into slavery
Rome has a large gap between the
upper class and the lower class
--- try to institute reforms to help the poor by limiting the size of estates and giving land to the poor
Tiberius and Gaius Graechus
The first triumvirate is made up
Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pampoy
Caesar uses his army to conquer all of --- before he returns to Rome
Gaul
In -- BCE Caesar is told to return to Rome by the Senate because
50; Caesar is getting to powerful
In 44 BCE Caesar was appointed
dictator
--- lead the plot to assassinate Caesar on
Gaius Cassius and Marcus Brutus; March 14, 44 BCE
The second triumvirate takes power in -- BCE and is made up of
43; Octavian, Lepidus and Mark Antony
Mark Antony meets --- while fighting Roman enemies in Anatolia
Cleopatra
Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra at --- in -- BCE
Battle of Actium; 31
Octavian takes on the title ---, and also keeps the title of
Augustus( the exiled one); of imperator
The empire is at the peak of its power from
27 BCE to 180 CE
The relative peace known throughout the empire is called
Pax Ramana
Augustus set up a civil service and pulls people mostly from --- class
lower
The most important industry in the empire is --- and --- of the population participates in it
agriculture; 90%
Trade is conducted with a silver coin called a
denarius
The famous Roman roads were originally built for use by their
armies
Caligula, Nero, and Domitian are all known for --- and seeing --- in everyone
tyranny/ parancia; evil
Trajan was general in --- before he was tagged for succession by
Germany; Nerva
Hadrian build a wall
on the northern limit of Britannia
Marcuse Aurelius was a -- philosopher as well as the
stoic; emperor
If you have discipline, strength and loyalty you have the virtue of
gravitat
--- was important part of the economy, and --- of the population were slaves
Slavery; ⅓
Due to the great gap between the wealthy and poor the government would hand out
rations of grains
Most of the poor lived in
tenements in the city of Rome
To distract and control everyone the government would would
hold free games, races, mock battles, and gladiator contests
Bye 250 CE there were -- holidays in Rome
150
Note
Flashcard