Study set for Ch.5 Test
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| 212747998 | Roman Senate | A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings, in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire. | 0 | |
| 212747999 | Roman Republic | The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. | 1 | |
| 212748000 | patron/client relationship | Anciant Roman: a fundamental social relationship in which the patron-a wealthy and powerful individual-provided legal and economic protection and assistance to clients, men of lesser status and means, and in return the clients supported their patrons. | 2 | |
| 212748001 | Roman Principate | A term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title princeps ('first citizen') adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship. | 3 | |
| 212748002 | Augustus | Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC. | 4 | |
| 212748003 | Equites | Class of business people and landowners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power. | 5 | |
| 212748004 | Pax romana | Means "Roman Peace;" specifically the term that refers to the peace and stability that Rome maintained within its borders during the early empire. | 6 | |
| 212748005 | Romanization | The process by which the Latin language and Roman culture became dominant in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. Romans did not seek to Romanize them, but the subjugated people pursued it. | 7 | |
| 212748006 | Jesus | A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth. | 8 | |
| 212748007 | Paul | A.D. 11-67 Follower of Jesus who helped spread Christianity throughout the Roman world. | 9 | |
| 212748008 | Aqueduct | A pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas. | 10 | |
| 212748009 | Third-century crisis | Political, military, and economic turmoil that beset the Roman Empire during much of the third century C.E.: frequent changes of ruler, civil wars, barbarian invasions, decline of urban centers, and near-destruction of long-distance commerce. | 11 | |
| 212748010 | Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians. | 12 | |
| 212748011 | Byzantine Empire | Historians' name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century onward, taken from 'Byzantion,' an early name for Constantinople, the Byzantine capital city. The empire fell to the Ottomans in 1453. | 13 | |
| 212748012 | Qin | A people and state in the Wei Valley of eastern China that conquered rival states and created the first Chinese empire (221-206 B.C.E.). The Qin ruler, Shi Huangdi, standardized many features of Chinese society and enslaved subjects. | 14 | |
| 212748013 | Shi Huangdi | Founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty and creator of the Chinese Empire (r. 221-210 B.C.E.). He is remembered for his ruthless conquests of rival states and standardization. | 15 | |
| 212748014 | Han | Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy. | 16 | |
| 212748015 | Chang'an | City in the Wei Valley in eastern China. It became the capital of the Zhou kingdom and the Qin and early Han Empires. Its main features were imitated in the cities and towns that sprang up throughout the Han Empire. | 17 | |
| 212748016 | Gentry | The most powerful members of a society. | 18 | |
| 212762226 | Examine and discuss the methods used to create a unified empire in China and in Rome. Are Romanization and Legalism comparable methods? | egfsefsrf | 19 |
