1895752358 | Mexica | Built the Aztec Empire | 0 | |
1895752359 | Moctezuma II | Ruler of Aztecs from 1502 - 1520 | 1 | |
1895752360 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital | 2 | |
1895752361 | Emperor Constantine | Declared Christianity the main religion of the Roman empire. | 3 | |
1895752362 | Roman Republic | The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate. | 4 | |
1895752363 | Roman Senate | A council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders | 5 | |
1895752364 | Roman principate | Term used to characterize Roman government in the first three centuries C.E., based on the ambiguous title priceps ("first citizen") adopted by Augustus to conceal his military dictatorship. | 6 | |
1895752365 | Caesar Augustus | First emperor of Rome (r 27 B.C.E.-14 C.E.) Careful to maintain the form of government (the Senate, consuls, public assemblies); He spoke of the empire's conquest as reflecting the "power of the Roman people" rather than of the Roman states. | 7 | |
1895752366 | Pax Ramona | time of peace in Rome | 8 | |
1895752367 | Romanization | The process by which the Latin language and Roman culture became dominant in the western provinces of the Roman Empire | 9 |
The Earth and it's Peoples - Chapter 8: Ancient Societies of America Flashcards
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