10901981134 | Republic | The first large government of ancient Rome, based on the Twelve Tables it was a representative government where the Senators were elected by the people. | 0 | |
10901981135 | Senate | the governing and advisory council that proved to be the most permanent element in the constitution | 1 | |
10901981136 | Tribunes | an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests. | 2 | |
10901981137 | Checks and Balances | counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. | 3 | |
10901981138 | Laws of the Twelve Tables | The earliest attempt by the Romans to create a code of law | 4 | |
10901981139 | Carthage | The first great imperial opponent of Rome a Phoenician colony on the north coast of Africa | 5 | |
10901981140 | Punic Wars | a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, at the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place | 6 | |
10901981141 | Legions | was the largest unit of the Roman army, evolving from 3000 men in early times to over 5200 men in imperial times | 7 | |
10901981142 | Julius Caesar | Roman statesman, general, author, famous for the conquest of Gaul | 8 | |
10901981143 | Marc Antony | was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire | 9 | |
10901981144 | Pax Romana | the long period of relative peacefulness and minimal expansion by the Roman military force | 10 | |
10901981145 | Constantine | emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire | 11 | |
10901981146 | Separation of Church and State | concept that the government and religion should not control each other | 12 | |
10901981147 | Latins | an Italic tribe in ancient central Italy that became a part of Rome | 13 | |
10901981148 | Stirrup | enabled a heavily armoured horseman to retain his balance in the saddle whilst using a weighty spear, sword or lance | 14 | |
10901981149 | Patricians | an aristocrat or nobleman | 15 | |
10901981150 | Plebeians | a member of the lower social classes or working class person | 16 | |
10901981151 | Epicureanism | Greek philosophy that focused on finding only the good things in life | 17 | |
10901981152 | Stoicism | Greek philosophy that taught one to detach oneself from pain and pleasure and life. | 18 | |
10901981153 | Syncretism | merging of different religion, cultures and languages | 19 | |
10901981154 | Martyrdom | the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause and especially to one's religious faith | 20 |
AMSCO AP World History Chapter 4 Flashcards
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