AP world history rome Flashcards
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7628784197 | Republic | A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives(no monarch) | 0 | |
7628784198 | Senate | A group of 300 men elected to govern Rome in the Roman Republic. | 1 | |
7628784199 | Patricians | The wealthy, hereditary aristocrats during the Roman era. | 2 | |
7628784200 | Plebians | Common people of Rome | 3 | |
7628784201 | Consults | Headed the executive side and elected from members of senate for one year term(not until diminshed that rule) | 4 | |
7628784202 | Tribunes | Representatives of the plebians | 5 | |
7628784203 | Julius Caesar | 100-44 B.C. Roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 B.C. | 6 | |
7628784204 | Triumvirate | A group of three rulers | 7 | |
7628784205 | Battle of Actium | 31 BC Octavian defeted Marc Antony for control of Rome | 8 | |
7628784206 | Augustus Caesar | Revered one, ocatavian established roman empire | 9 | |
7628784207 | Princeps | first citizen ; what augustus like you be called | 10 | |
7628784208 | Equities | Class of italian merchants and landowners who helped run the empire | 11 | |
7628784209 | Law of the Twelve Tables | Roman code of law administered by Augustus Caesar | 12 | |
7628784210 | Pax Romana | Roman Peace; lasted until 2nd century | 13 | |
7628784211 | Patron-client | Men of wealth that offerred help and protection for service, money, political support | 14 | |
7628784212 | Punic Wars | a series of wars between Rome and Carthage in the 200s and 100s BC | 15 | |
7628784213 | 3rd Century Crisis | Economic problems returned aftet a series of weak emperors, and raids after nomadic people | 16 | |
7628784214 | Virgil | Roman poet that weote Aneid | 17 | |
7628784215 | Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided the empire into a West and an East section. Stopped the slide of the fall of rome/ 3 rd century | 18 | |
7628784216 | Constantine | Roman emperor that made a capiatl city by his name in the east, sacrificing the west of rome to germanic tribes/4th century | 19 | |
7628784217 | Visgoths | A germanic tribe that over took rome in 5th century | 20 | |
7628784218 | Vandals | A Germanic tribe that conquered part of the Roman empire | 21 |