Pre-AP - Roman Empire Flashcards

5406517808	republic	form of government in which power rests with the citizens who have the right to vote to select their leaders (citizens = free born males)	0
5406517809	patricians	aristocratic landowners who held most of the power	1
5406517810	plebeians	commoners, farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population	2
5406517811	tribunes	representatives elected by the plebeians to protect their rights	3
5406517812	consuls	two officials who commanded the army and directed the government; elected for one year	4
5406517813	Senate	300 members - elected by the aristocracy who controlled foreign and financial policies	5
5406517814	legions	Roman military unit - 5,000 skilled Roman soldiers	6
5406517815	Ides of March	March 15, 44 B.C. - the assassination of Julius Caesar	7
5406517816	Pax Romana	Roman Golden Age	8
5406517817	aqueducts	transported water throughout the empire - used the arch	9
5406517818	Colosseum/Coliseum	arena for gladiator fights to the death - used the arch	10
5406517819	gladiators	slaves who fought to the death in the arena	11
5406517820	Pantheon	Temple for the Roman gods in Rome	12
5406517824	monotheistic	belief in one god	13
5406517825	Romance Languages	based on Latin; includes Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and Romanian as well as half of all English words	14
5406517826	Twelve Tables	Rome's written laws	15
5406517827	Apostles	12 followers of Jesus who spread his teaching after his death	16
5406517828	Edict of Milan	Constantine makes Christianity an approved religion in the Roman Empire	17
5406517829	Huns	fierce nomadic Mongol tribe from Central Asia	18
5406517830	Byzantine Empire	new name for the Eastern Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire	19
5406517832	mercenaries	soldiers for hire	20
5406527361	Jesus of Nazareth	Founder of Christianity	21
5406529146	Constantine	Moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople	22
5406532549	Diolcetian	split the empire into Eastern and Western Rome to slow down its fall	23
5406536245	Attila the Hun	Fierce ruler of the Huns as they invaded and destroyed the Western Roman Empire	24
5406540841	Julius Caesar	Assassinated by Brutus and Cassius for threatening the Roman Republic by declaring himself dictator of Rome	25
5406547499	Augustus Caesar	First Emperor of Rome; responsible for the development of the Pax Romana in Rome	26