AP World History Rome Flashcards
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| 5061371951 | Romulus and Remus | Twins who according to legend founded the city of Rome in 753 BC. According to legend, they were twin sons of the god Mars and a Latin princess. They were abandoned on the Tiber River as infants and raised by a she-wolf. The twins then decided to build a city near the spot. | 0 | |
| 5061371952 | Palatine Hill | One of the seven hills of Rome, south of the forum; the site of the imperial palace | 1 | |
| 5061371953 | Tiber river | A major river in Italy; Rome is built on its banks | 2 | |
| 5061371954 | Peninsula | body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water | 3 | |
| 5061371955 | Etruscans | Culture that ruled Rome prior to the republic; ruled through powerful kings and well organized armies; Romans won independence ca. 509 B.C.E. Laid the foundation for Rome and Roman civilization | 4 | |
| 5061371956 | Tarquin the Proud | According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC) | 5 | |
| 5061371957 | Roman Republic | The ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC. was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar. | 6 | |
| 5061371958 | res republica | a Latin phrase meaning "public issue," or "public affairs." It is the root word for republic and commonwealth. | 7 | |
| 5061371959 | Consul | In the Roman republic, one of the two powerful officials elected each year to command the army and direct the government | 8 | |
| 5061371960 | Senate | In ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats; 300 members who served for life. | 9 | |
| 5061371961 | Assembly of Tribes | the Roman legislative branch, body of plebeians who elected the tribunes, | 10 | |
| 5061371962 | Assembly of Centuries | The military assembly. They elected the consuls of Rome. Made up of Patricians and Plebeians. | 11 | |
| 5061371963 | Praetors | Elected to help consuls, commanded armies in times of war and oversaw legal system in times of peace | 12 | |
| 5061371964 | Magistrates | An elected official in Rome | 13 | |
| 5061371965 | Censors | Roman officials who registered citizens according to their wealth, appointed candidates to the Senate, and oversaw the moral conduct of all citizens | 14 | |
| 5061371966 | Patricians | members of the landholding upper class | 15 | |
| 5061371967 | Plebians | Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers, merchants, artisans and traders | 16 | |
| 5061371968 | Tribunes | An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates. | 17 | |
| 5061371969 | Veto | A vote that blocks a decision, vote against;, the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act | 18 | |
| 5061371970 | Forum | Public square of an ancient Roman city; public place for open discussion; court of law | 19 | |
| 5061371971 | Pontiff | A high or chief priest; the pope; the bishop of rome | 20 | |
| 5061371972 | Pontifex Maximus | Title meaning "high priest" of the Roman pagan religion that was taken by Emperor Augustus. | 21 | |
| 5061371973 | Cincinnatus | A model dictator for the Romans. He organized an army, led the Romans to victory, attended victory celebrations, and returned to his farmland all within 16 days. | 22 | |
| 5061371974 | Twelve Tables of Roman Law | The earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law | 23 | |
| 5061371975 | Edict | An order issued by someone in authority | 24 | |
| 5061371976 | Jus civile | Law for citizens of Rome | 25 | |
| 5061371977 | Jus Gentium | Law of the nations. Set of laws applied to territories conquered by Rome | 26 | |
| 5061371978 | Corpus Juris Civilis | New code of the Roman Law decided by Justinian I in 529 CE that made Orthodox Christianity the law of the land. It means the "body of civil law"; it is composed of the Code, the Digest, and the Institutes. | 27 | |
| 5061371979 | Gaul | The area that is now France. Caesar conquered to bring the area under Roman control. | 28 | |
| 5061371980 | Legion | A military unit of the ancient Roman army, made up of about 5,000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback. | 29 | |
| 5061371981 | Infantry | An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | 30 | |
| 5061371982 | Cavalry | Units of troops on horseback | 31 | |
| 5061371983 | Century | roughly 100 men in the Roman army | 32 | |
| 5061371984 | Centurion | Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers) | 33 | |
| 5061371985 | First Punic War | 264 BC to 241 BC. Cause- carthage feared Rome would take over Sicily, Rome feared Carthage would control Mediterranean and block expansion (strait of Messina). Result- Rome wins, Carthage pays indemnity, Carthage is forced to give up sicily | 34 | |
| 5061371986 | Second Punic War | 218 B.C. - 202 B.C., Hannibal decides to attack Rome, Sneaks through Gaul with 60,000 troops and 60 Elephants, Wreaks havoc in Rome for 15 years, Roman general named Scipio attacked Carthage making Hannibal come back to Carthage. Carthage defeated | 35 | |
| 5061371987 | Hannibal | Carthaginian military commander who, in the Second Punic War, attempted a surprise attack on Rome, crossing the Alps with a large group of soldiers, horses, and elephants. | 36 | |
| 5061371988 | Battle of Zama | The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War | 37 | |
| 5061371989 | Third Punic War | 149- 146 B.C. Cause- Roman veterans sought revenge from destruction of second war (farms, animals, and walls were destoyed). Result- Rome wins, Carthage totally destroyed, sold population to slavery, salted fields, burned city | 38 | |
| 5061371990 | Scipio | Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) | 39 | |
| 5061371991 | Tiberius Gracchus | Grandson of General Scipio, Elected tribune in 133BC, Proposed law to take land back from Senators and give it to the landless, Very popular with the masses, Opponents organized a riot where he was killed | 40 | |
| 5061371992 | Gaius Gracchus | Proposed using public funds to buy and sell grain to the poor at reduced prices (welfare program); Killed in 121 BC in a riot planned by his enemies. ; The Senate justified killings by claiming the Republic was in danger; Violence becomes "Law of the Land" | 41 | |
| 5061371993 | Sulla | 88 - 82 BC; A Roman general and a conservative politician, holding the office of consul twice as well as the dictatorship. A gifted and effective general, he marched his armies on Rome twice, enjoying the absolute power of a dictator. As dictator, he enacted a series of reforms to the Roman constitution that sought to strengthen the aristocracy. His dictatorship, however, marked the beginning of the end of the Constitution of the Roman Republic, and to the Roman Republic itself. | 42 | |
| 5061371994 | Spartacus | 70 BC; slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a rebellion against the roman army for slave freedom- he was killed after two years | 43 | |
| 5061371995 | Fugitivi | Runaway slaves | 44 | |
| 5061371996 | paterfamilias | The head of the family or household in Roman law -always male- and the only member to have full legal rights. This person had absolute power over his family, which extended to life and death. | 45 | |
| 5061371997 | manumission | The formal act of freeing from slavery | 46 | |
| 5061371998 | Pompey | Part of first Triumvirate; Roman general and statesman who quarreled with Caesar and and was forced to flee with his army to Egypt (after the battle of Pharsalus) where he was murdered (106-48 BC) | 47 | |
| 5061371999 | Crassus | General who defeated Spartacus. Crucified 6,600 slaves on the Alpennine way. Richest man in Rome who shared command with Caesar and Pompey until he was killed in battle in 53 B.C. | 48 | |
| 5061372000 | Triumvirate | In ancient Rome, a group of three leaders sharing control of the government. | 49 | |
| 5061372001 | Julius Caesar | Roman general and dictator, Made dictator for life in 45 BCE, after conquering Gaul, assinated in 44 BCE by the Senate because they were afraid of his power | 50 | |
| 5061372002 | First Triumvirate | alliance of Julius, Crassus, Pompey to rule Rome | 51 | |
| 5061372003 | Rubicon | A river in northern Italy that Julius Caesar crossed with his army, in violation of the orders of the leaders in Rome, who feared his power. A civil war followed, in which Caesar emerged ruler of Rome. | 52 | |
| 5061372004 | Imperator | Commander in chief; the Latin origin of the word emperor | 53 | |
| 5061372005 | Julian calendar | Introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February | 54 | |
| 5061372006 | Latifundia | Huge estates owned by wealthy families | 55 | |
| 5061372007 | The Second Triumvirate | Threefold rule made up of Mark Antony, Lepidus and Octavian | 56 | |
| 5061372008 | Octavian, Anthony, Lepidus | Second Triumvirate | 57 | |
| 5061372009 | Crassus, Pompey, Caesar | First triumvirate | 58 | |
| 5061372010 | Cleopatra | Last pharaoh of Egypt; had relationships with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony; Octavian's enemy | 59 | |
| 5061372011 | Battle of Actium | Naval battle between Marcus Antony and Octavian for control of the empire. Octavian won in 31 B.C. | 60 | |
| 5061372012 | Octavian Augustus | 63BC-14AD. Charismatic & good leader, Julius Caesar's grandnephew. By defeating Mark Antony, he gained rule of all Roman lands. He was Rome's first true emperor. Patron of the arts, enlarged empire, restored order, starts Pax Romana. | 61 | |
| 5061372013 | Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. | 62 | |
| 5061372014 | Princeps | Latin for "first citizen." Augustus and other Roman emperors gave themselves this title to distinguish themselves from Hellenistic monarchs | 63 | |
| 5061372015 | Virgil | Greatest poet of the Golden Age, called the "Homer of Rome" because the Iliad and the Odyssey served as models for his epic, the Aeneid; focus on Patriotism; it took 10 years to write | 64 | |
| 5061372016 | Horace | Roman poet who wrote of human emotions in odes, satires, and epistles | 65 | |
| 5061372017 | Ovid | Poet exiled by Augustus for sensual poetry considered out of touch with imperial policies stressing family virtues. | 66 | |
| 5061372018 | Livy | Roman historian whose history of Rome filled 142 volumes (of which only 35 survive) including the earliest history of the war with Hannibal (59 BC to AD 17) | 67 | |
| 5061372019 | Tacitus | A Roman historian who presented the facts accurately. He wrote about the good and the bad of imperial Rome in his Annals and Histories. | 68 | |
| 5061372020 | Mosaic | art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass | 69 | |
| 5061372021 | Tiberius | Son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career, Adopted son of Augustus; Continues many of Octavian's policies; Married Octavian's daughter; Suspicious of aristocrats in the Senate; Many people were executed on rumors | 70 | |
| 5061372022 | Jesus | A teacher and prophet whose life and teachings form the basis of Christianity. Christians believe Jesus to be Son of God and the Christ. | 71 | |
| 5061372023 | Caligula | Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity, Only ruled for four years, mentally unstable. He had an affair with his sister and named them both as Gods. He also named his horse a consul. | 72 | |
| 5061372024 | Claudius | Became emperor after Tiberius' death, Intelligent scholarly, conquered Britain, built two major aqueducts. Married Agrippina, and adopted her son Nero. He was poisoned so Nero could be emperor. | 73 | |
| 5061372025 | Nero | Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68), persecuted Christians, had his mother killed and confiscated property to build his palace the Domus Aurea | 74 | |
| 5061372026 | Vespasian | Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began construction of the colosseum | 75 | |
| 5061372027 | Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius | 79 CE Herculaneum and Pompeii buried; volcanic ash preserved both cities | 76 | |
| 5061372028 | Titus | Son of Vespasian, ruled from 78-81 CE; Roman general whose army captured and destroyed Jerusalem. He later became emperor | 77 | |
| 5061372029 | Trajan | 98 - 177 CE Roman emperor; adopted by Nerva; One of the "Good Emperors"; Professional soldier from Spain; 1st non-Italian emperor; Brought Rome to it's height in size, built roads, harbors, baths, aquaducts and a solid infrastructure | 78 | |
| 5061372030 | Hadrian | 117 - 138 CE, Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall | 79 | |
| 5061372031 | Marcus Aurelius | Emperor of Rome, Last of the "Good Emperors", Wrote "Meditations" personal reflections of his beliefs, End of the Pax Romana | 80 | |
| 5061372032 | Commodus | 180 - 192 Ancient Roman Emperor who succeeded his father, Marcus Aurelius, and began the decline of the Roman Empire. | 81 | |
| 5061372033 | Diocletian | Roman emperor of 284 C.E. Attempted to deal with fall of Roman Empire by splitting the empire into two regions run by co-emperors. Then set up a Tetrarchy. Also brought armies back under imperial control, and attempted to deal with the economic problems by strengthening the imperial currency, forcing a budget on the government, and capping prices to deal with inflation. Civil war erupted upon his retirement. | 82 | |
| 5061372034 | Tetrarchy | Rule by four; the system of government established by Diocletian(284-305CE) in which the Roman Empire was divided into two parts, each ruled by an "Augustus" assisted by a "Caesar." | 83 | |
| 5061372035 | Constantine | Roman emperor (312-337 CE). After reuniting the Roman Empire, he moved the capital to Constantinople and made Christianity a favored religion. | 84 | |
| 5061372036 | Edict of Milan | Order issued by Constantine which made Christianity an accepted religion in the empire (no longer persecuted); 313 AD | 85 | |
| 5061372037 | Council of Nicea | This was a council of Christian bishops; the first effort to have a council assembling the Christian faith. | 86 | |
| 5061372038 | Theodosius | 379-395 CE He divides the Roman Empire into two different empires (Roman & Byzantine). He also makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. | 87 | |
| 5061372039 | Romulus Augustulus | Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire; deposed by the Germanic head of the army, Odoacer, in 476 | 88 | |
| 5061372040 | Visigoths | Germanic people who migrated to Rome, originally came from Scandinavia and Russia. They adapted Roman cultures and provided troops for the Roman army. They created settlements around Rome, and stormed and sacked it in 410. The western part of the Roman Empire was in shambles by the mid fifth century CE. | 89 | |
| 5061372041 | Huns | Warlike people who migrated from Eastern Europe into territory controlled by Germanic tribes, forcing them to move into areas controlled by Rome | 90 | |
| 5061372042 | Alaric | King of the Visigoths who marched his troops across the Alps toward Rome and put the city under siege; stormed Rome in 410 and plundered it for 3 days | 91 | |
| 5061372043 | Justinian | The Byzantine Emperor 527 - 565 CE who developed Justinian's code, built the Hagia Sophia, walls, and the Hippodrome | 92 |
