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7496186040Romulus and RemusThe "founders of Rome"0
7496186041PatriciansThe Roman wealthy, land-owning class.1
7496186042PlebeiansThe Roman class made up of small farmers, artisans, and shopkeepers.2
749618604312 TablesThe first Roman law code.3
7496186045Punic WarsThe Wars between Rome and Carthage.4
7496186046CarthagePhoenician city which was the chief trade outlet for North Africa. Their navy controlled the Mediterranean trade routes of the Hellenistic world.5
7496186047HannibalThe leader of the Carthaginian forces who led his army through the Alps and into Northern Italy although he was thoroughly routed by the Romans.6
7496186048Battle of ZamaThe battle where the Romans came to Africa and Scipio defeated Hannibal. Because of this war Carthage was forced to give up Spain.7
7496186054First TriumverateThe joining of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus to share power. It lead to a lot of problems between Caesar and Pompey after Crassus died.8
7496186057OctavianThe Grandnephew of Caesar who ended a century in Rome where republican institutions had failed to function. he inaugurated the empire which lasted for 500 years in the West and 1500 in the East. During his period of rule, he was the dictator, chief military general, chief priest, and the first citizen.9
7496186058Anthony/CleopatraDefeated at Actium10
7496186059Pax RomanaThe period from Augustus to Aurelius which was known as a time of relative political peace.11
7496186060MosaicA very pretty form of art using very small tiles which the Romans were innovators12
7496186061AeneidThe epic poem written by Virgil which recounts the exploits of a Roman hero who escaped to Italy after the fall of Troy13
7496186066PantheonOne of the most beautiful illustrations of Roman architecture. It incorporated the Greek sense of balance and harmony and the Roman genius in Building.14
7496186067Amber RoadThe road created from River valleys such at the Rhine to Rome because of the great demand for Amber.15
7496186071DiocletianHe tried to deal with the problems of decreasing trade by issuing an edict establishing price and wage controls. He divided the empire into the East and West and appointed two more Caesars to each half of the empire. He claimed divine status.16
7496186072ZealotsExtremists who wanted to rid Judea of the Romans.17
7496186073TorahThe book of Judaism.18
7496186074RabbisThose who were acknowleged masters of Jewish law.19
7496186075TalmudThe second great source of Judaism which was formed by rabbis who interpreted the Torah.20
7496186076DiasporaThe dispersion of Jewish peoples outside of Palestine.21
7496186078Nicene CreedThe product of the summoned church council which determined that Jesus was the eternally begotten son of the father.22
7496186079Sermon on the MountThe essence of Jesus' teaching which stresses the importance of love, the avoidance of anger and violence, and the purpose of the the kingdom of heaven, especially for the marginalized.23
7496186080Edict of MilanThe Edict from Constantine which made Christianity a legal religion in the empire.24
7496186081ConstantinopleConstantine's crowning achievement; The Christian Roman capital in the east.25
7496186084HunsThe group of peoples from Central Asia who pushed the Germans south.26
7496186085VisigothsThe group who rebelled against the Romans and sacked Rome.27

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