The Earth and it's Peoples - Chapter 8: Ancient Societies of America Flashcards

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