AP World History: Ancient Rome Flashcards
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| 3014706648 | Along the Tiber River | Where in Ancient Rome located? | 0 | |
| 3014709586 | Trade | What was Ancient Rome a perfect location for? | 1 | |
| 3014752432 | Senate-300 Patricians Popular Assembly-Plebeians that voted on laws Consuls-(2) that were elected for terms+chief executives Praetors-8 judges (2 in Rome, 6 dispersed in provinces) Dictators-in time of crisis-limited power | Describe the government structure. | 2 | |
| 3014756047 | Chosen by consuls Elected by senate | How were the dictators chosen and elected? | 3 | |
| 3014774744 | Patricians-aristocrats, wealthy landowners, controlled gov-inherited power Plebeians-commoners like farmers, artisans, merchants who fought for the right to vote Slaves-made up ⅓ of the population | Explain the social structure. | 4 | |
| 3014790740 | Legions/Legionnaires | Army structure of about 50,000 citizens | 5 | |
| 3014800995 | Twelve Tables | -(450 BC) -Plebeians forced the government to write laws to keep order -Recorded on tablets that were placed in public square | 6 | |
| 3014810221 | Punic Wars | -(264-146 BC) -Series of 3 wars between Romans and Carthage | 7 | |
| 3014820429 | Romans | Who won the Punic Wars? | 8 | |
| 3014827896 | Hannibal marched his army through Gaul-crossing the Alps-to attack Rome | What was important during the Second War in the Punic Wars? | 9 | |
| 3014834777 | -Africa -Sicily -Spain | What lands did Rome gain from winning the Punic Wars? | 10 | |
| 3014837881 | Hannibal | -General of Carthage -Took his army through Gaul, crossing the Alps, to attack the Romans -His army included infantry/calvary/war elephants | 11 | |
| 3014853157 | Battle of Zama | What battle was Hannibal defeated at? | 12 | |
| 3014859613 | New Wisdom | the policy of brute force towards those conquered | 13 | |
| 3014865869 | Took command of an army in Gaul | How did Julius Caesar come to power? | 14 | |
| 3014872166 | 1st Triumvirate | -Pompey ordered Caesar to disband his legions and go home -Caesar decided to take power for himself at Rubicon River | 15 | |
| 3014883109 | 44 BC | Date when Julius Caesar was declared dictator by the senate | 16 | |
| 3014888987 | Rubicon River | Where did Caesar decide to take power for himself | 17 | |
| 3017247367 | 2nd Triumvirate | -43 BC -between Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus | 18 | |
| 3017249446 | Pax Romana | -27 BC to AD 180 -era of peace and economic prosperity -one million people lived in Rome -connected by a road network -Circus Maximus (gladiators and coliseum) -Hadrians Wall | 19 | |
| 3017295543 | Coliseum | -famous amphitheater in Rome -held 70,000 people -Gladiators fought to death in this arena | 20 | |
| 3017328025 | Augustus Caesar | -the revered one -first Roman Empire -brought economic stability -Pax Romana | 21 | |
| 3017384902 | Aqueducts | (11) brought water to cities from mountains (20-40 miles away) and kept the city clean from filth | 22 | |
| 3017388107 | Hadrian's Wall | defense fortification in England in 122 AD | 23 | |
| 3017389694 | Mediterranean | Where did the rise of christianity begin? | 24 | |
| 3017390115 | Rise of Christianity | Jesus, disciples, missionaries extended influence | 25 | |
| 3017393402 | Nero | Which Emperor persecuted Christians? | 26 | |
| 3017393403 | Constantine | Which Emperor ended persecution of Christians? | 27 | |
| 3017396251 | Emperor Constantine | -ended persecution of Christians -issued Edict of Milan -saw the 'chiro' during his prayer before battle | 28 | |
| 3017400058 | 313 CE | What year was the Edit of Milan? | 29 | |
| 3017401473 | The chiro | What symbol did Constantine see before his battle determining if he would become emperor? | 30 | |
| 3017411596 | Theodosius | Emperor who made Christianity the official religion | 31 | |
| 3017412145 | 380 | What year was Christianity made the official religion? | 32 | |
| 3017413665 | Diocletian | Emperor who split the empire into the Latin-East and Greek-West | 33 | |
| 3017414602 | Split of the Empire | -Pax Romana ends -Diocletian separated empire into 2 | 34 | |
| 3017415253 | An expansion limit | Why did the Pax Romana end? | 35 | |
| 3017416500 | -no new gold -increased taxes -food shortages -disease and population decline | What happened due to the Pax Romana ending? | 36 | |
| 3017419030 | Empire split into 2 again | What happened after Constantine died? | 37 | |
| 3017419394 | 1000 years | How long did the Byzantine Empire last in the East? | 38 | |
| 3017421441 | Byzantines | Who controlled the East? | 39 | |
| 3017421897 | Barbarians | Who was the West invaded by? | 40 | |
| 3017423095 | Reason for decline in the West | Reached expansion limits | 41 | |
| 3017425210 | Reason for decline in the West | Cost of maintaining emperor by military force | 42 | |
| 3017427226 | Reason for decline in the West | Lost battles | 43 | |
| 3017427814 | Reason for decline in the West | Poor emperors (many were killed) | 44 | |
| 3017428672 | Reason for decline in the West | Barbarians were brought into the army and weren't treated equally | 45 | |
| 3017429496 | Reason for decline in the West | Reduced agriculture production | 46 | |
| 3017430235 | Reason for decline in the West | Plague Smallpox Measles | 47 | |
| 3017430911 | Reason for decline in the West | Christianity was more important than the imperial idea | 48 | |
| 3019890837 | March 15, 44 BC | What is the date that Julius Caesar died? | 49 | |
| 3019892280 | Edit of Milan | Approved by Constantine that ended the persecution of Christians | 50 |