Chapter 6 (AP World History) Flashcards

7668871939	Auxiliaries	troops enlisted from the subject peoples of the Roman Empire to supplement the regular legions composed of Roman citizens	0
7668871940	Coloni	free tenant farmers who worked as sharecroppers on the large estates of the Roman Empire	1
7668871941	Eucharist	a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed in celebration of Jesus' Last Supper; also called the Lord's Supper or communion	2
7668874156	Good Emperors	the five emperors who ruled from 96 to 180 (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Pius, and Marcus Aurelius), a period of peace and prosperity for the Roman Empire	3
7668874157	Infanticide	the practice of killing infants	4
7668874158	Latifundia	large landed estates in the Roman Empire	5
7668877653	Mystery Religions	religions that involve initiation into secret rites that promise intense emotional involvement with spiritual forces and a greater chance of individual immortality	6
7668877654	Pax Romana	"Roman peace." a term used to refer to the stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the Mediterranean world and much of western Europe during the first and second centuries AD	7
7668879973	Praetorian Guard	the military unit that served as the personal bodyguard of the Roman emperors	8
7668879974	Principate	the form of government established by Augustus for the Roman Empire; it continued the constitutional forms of the Republic and consisted of the princeps ("first citizen") and the senate, although the princeps was clearly the dominant partner	9
7668879975	Tetrarchy	rule by four; the system of government established by the Diocletian (284-305) in which the Roman Empire was divided into two parts, each ruled by an "Augustus" assisted by a "Caesar"	10