AMSCO AP World History Chapter 4 Flashcards

10901981134	Republic	The first large government of ancient Rome, based on the Twelve Tables it was a representative government where the Senators were elected by the people.	0
10901981135	Senate	the governing and advisory council that proved to be the most permanent element in the constitution	1
10901981136	Tribunes	an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests.	2
10901981137	Checks and Balances	counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.	3
10901981138	Laws of the Twelve Tables	The earliest attempt by the Romans to create a code of law	4
10901981139	Carthage	The first great imperial opponent of Rome a Phoenician colony on the north coast of Africa	5
10901981140	Punic Wars	a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, at the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place	6
10901981141	Legions	was the largest unit of the Roman army, evolving from 3000 men in early times to over 5200 men in imperial times	7
10901981142	Julius Caesar	Roman statesman, general, author, famous for the conquest of Gaul	8
10901981143	Marc Antony	was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire	9
10901981144	Pax Romana	the long period of relative peacefulness and minimal expansion by the Roman military force	10
10901981145	Constantine	emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire	11
10901981146	Separation of Church and State	concept that the government and religion should not control each other	12
10901981147	Latins	an Italic tribe in ancient central Italy that became a part of Rome	13
10901981148	Stirrup	enabled a heavily armoured horseman to retain his balance in the saddle whilst using a weighty spear, sword or lance	14
10901981149	Patricians	an aristocrat or nobleman	15
10901981150	Plebeians	a member of the lower social classes or working class person	16
10901981151	Epicureanism	Greek philosophy that focused on finding only the good things in life	17
10901981152	Stoicism	Greek philosophy that taught one to detach oneself from pain and pleasure and life.	18
10901981153	Syncretism	merging of different religion, cultures and languages	19
10901981154	Martyrdom	the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause and especially to one's religious faith	20