7496186040 | Romulus and Remus | The "founders of Rome" | ![]() | 0 |
7496186041 | Patricians | The Roman wealthy, land-owning class. | ![]() | 1 |
7496186042 | Plebeians | The Roman class made up of small farmers, artisans, and shopkeepers. | ![]() | 2 |
7496186043 | 12 Tables | The first Roman law code. | 3 | |
7496186045 | Punic Wars | The Wars between Rome and Carthage. | ![]() | 4 |
7496186046 | Carthage | Phoenician city which was the chief trade outlet for North Africa. Their navy controlled the Mediterranean trade routes of the Hellenistic world. | ![]() | 5 |
7496186047 | Hannibal | The 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 |
7496186048 | Battle of Zama | The battle where the Romans came to Africa and Scipio defeated Hannibal. Because of this war Carthage was forced to give up Spain. | ![]() | 7 |
7496186054 | First Triumverate | The joining of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus to share power. It lead to a lot of problems between Caesar and Pompey after Crassus died. | ![]() | 8 |
7496186057 | Octavian | The 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 |
7496186058 | Anthony/Cleopatra | Defeated at Actium | 10 | |
7496186059 | Pax Romana | The period from Augustus to Aurelius which was known as a time of relative political peace. | 11 | |
7496186060 | Mosaic | A very pretty form of art using very small tiles which the Romans were innovators | 12 | |
7496186061 | Aeneid | The epic poem written by Virgil which recounts the exploits of a Roman hero who escaped to Italy after the fall of Troy | 13 | |
7496186066 | Pantheon | One of the most beautiful illustrations of Roman architecture. It incorporated the Greek sense of balance and harmony and the Roman genius in Building. | ![]() | 14 |
7496186067 | Amber Road | The road created from River valleys such at the Rhine to Rome because of the great demand for Amber. | 15 | |
7496186071 | Diocletian | He 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 | |
7496186072 | Zealots | Extremists who wanted to rid Judea of the Romans. | 17 | |
7496186073 | Torah | The book of Judaism. | 18 | |
7496186074 | Rabbis | Those who were acknowleged masters of Jewish law. | 19 | |
7496186075 | Talmud | The second great source of Judaism which was formed by rabbis who interpreted the Torah. | 20 | |
7496186076 | Diaspora | The dispersion of Jewish peoples outside of Palestine. | 21 | |
7496186078 | Nicene Creed | The product of the summoned church council which determined that Jesus was the eternally begotten son of the father. | 22 | |
7496186079 | Sermon on the Mount | The 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 | |
7496186080 | Edict of Milan | The Edict from Constantine which made Christianity a legal religion in the empire. | 24 | |
7496186081 | Constantinople | Constantine's crowning achievement; The Christian Roman capital in the east. | 25 | |
7496186084 | Huns | The group of peoples from Central Asia who pushed the Germans south. | 26 | |
7496186085 | Visigoths | The group who rebelled against the Romans and sacked Rome. | 27 |
AP world history chapter 7 Flashcards
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