AP World History: Roman Vocab Flashcards

224063247	latins	first settlers of land near Rome	0
224063248	etruscans	Beginning in the 700s BCE,first rulers of Roman Republic and Empire; Laid the foundation for Rome and Roman civilization	1
224063249	roman republic	The period from 507 to 31 B.C.E., during which Rome was largely governed by the aristocratic Roman Senate.	2
224063250	roman law/ 12 tables	foundation of law in Rome	3
224063251	pleibians	The common people during the Roman era.	4
224063252	tribal assembly	assembly organized by plebeians that elected tribunes and made laws for common people	5
224063253	particians	the aristocrats of Rome, owned land, controled the government	6
224063254	senate	in ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats	7
224063255	consul	one of two officials who led the government in the ancient Roman republic	8
224063256	roman roads	allowed for better military transportation and facilitated trade throughout their empire. Cities grew larger and more powerful	9
224063257	punic war	conflict between Rome and Carthage in the 200s B.C., ending in a victory for Rome	10
224063258	carthage	fought with Rome in the Punic Wars, had the great general Hannibal but was later defeated	11
224063259	triumvirate	government ruled by three individuals; Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus was formed in 60 B.C.E.	12
224063260	Julius Caesar	the Roman leader that suffered from epilepsy	13
224063261	Marc Antony	One of Caesar's generals, Falls in love with Cleopatra, He and Cleopatra declare war on Rome in 31 BC which they lose	14
224063262	the ptolemy line (egypt)	family ruled Egypt until the Roman conquest of 30 BC	15
224063263	Cleopatra VII	tried to reestablish Egypt's independence; her involvement with Rome led to her suicide and defeat	16
224063264	"Ven, Vidi, Vici"	"i came, i saw, i conquered"	17
224063265	roman empire	Existed from 27 BCE to about 400 CE. Conquiered entire Mediterranean coast and most of Europe. Ruled by an emperor. Eventually oversaw the rise and spread of Christianity.	18
224063266	jesus of nazareth	founder of christianity;, a teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth	19
224063267	Paul of Targus	Paul of Tarsus was a Jew who had Roman citizenship and tried to stamp out Christianity until he had a vision on the Road to Damascus.	20
224063268	discipline	self-control	21
224063269	constantine/constantinople	constantine founded the city of constantinpole; is known for making christianity an accepted religion of the roman empire	22
224063270	edict of milan	granted freedom of worship to all citizens of the roman empire	23
224063271	theodosius	The Roman emperor who made Christianity the official religion of Rome	24
224063272	schism	division; split	25
224063273	eastern roman empire	a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395	26
224063274	germanic invasions	came into Rome, fleeing the huns, invaded from the north 300- 700	27
224063275	fall of the roman empire	Too big; high taxes; no one to farm the land because too many people were in the army; corruption	28