AMSCO- AP World History- Chapter 4- The Roman World Flashcards

7728724096	Apennine Mountains	Mountains that did not hinder trade, communication, or unification in Italy?	0
7728727868	Greeks, Etruscans, and Latins	Three groups that formed the early Romans?	1
7728735112	Romulus	Rome founded on seven hills by a guy named?	2
7728736672	Tiber River	River Rome is situated on?	3
7728738629	Etruscans	Good with stone and metals?	4
7728745826	centralized	Type of government in the Roman Republic?	5
7728815087	Republic	Rome 509 BC to around 40 BC?	6
7728817619	patricians	Rich land owning class in Rome?	7
7728822584	plebeians	Poor lower class in Rome?	8
7728825862	magistrates	Elected officials the plebeians could elect?	9
7728831360	tribunes	Elected by the plebeians to represent them in the Senate?	10
7728834166	Senate	Governing body of the Roman Republic?	11
7728835474	Consuls	Two senators elected by citizens to preside over the Senate?	12
7728843797	veto	"I forbid it" and was used by Consuls in the Senate?	13
7728847850	Twelve Tables	Written laws for Rome established around 450 BC?	14
7728854170	Cicero	Famous Roman senator, politician, lawyer, and writer?	15
7728858483	controls Italian peninsula	Rome 275 BC?	16
7728868028	Gaul	Region conquered by Rome that is today France?	17
7728871713	Carthage	City-state in northern Africa that was a big rival to Rome?	18
7728905758	Phoenicians	Before independence, Carthage belonged to who?	19
7728908168	Punic Wars	Roman war 264 to 146 BC?	20
7729028958	North Africa, Spain, and Sicily	Territory Rome gained after defeating Carthage?	21
7729036771	Vandals and Visigoths	Responsible for sacking Rome in the 400s AD ending the Roman Empire?	22
7729546238	Legions	What Rome liked to call its armies?	23
7729550940	latifundia	Huge Roman estates?	24
7729569383	Spartacus Rebellion	Rebellion in 73 BC Rome?	25
7729577770	excess slaves, military service	Two reasons Rome did not have small farmers or peasants?	26
7729646789	Roman women	No citizenship, no vote, only some educated?	27
7729659333	promise of land	How a Roman general could raise an army?	28
7730278778	popularis	Patrician politician that is popular with the plebeians?	29
7730281494	Julius Caesar	Popular popularis during the Roman Republic	30
7730289099	Julius Caesar	Voted dictator for life in 46 BC	31
7730303151	rival senators	Killed Julius Caesar on the Ides of March?	32
7730308573	Marc Antony and Octavian	Fought for power after death of Julius Caesar?	33
7730323203	Battle of Actium	Battle where Rome was re-united and Octavian gains control of Rome?	34
7730702828	Sea battle on Ionian Sea	Where did Battle of Actium take place in 31 BC?	35
7730708817	27 BC	Year the Roman Republic dies and Roman Empire created?	36
7730714113	Augustus Caesar	First Roman Emperor?	37
7730723889	Pax Romana	200 years of Roman peace and prosperity?	38
7730727059	Augustus Caesar	First emperor to begin the long successful Pax Romana?	39
7730746169	plebeians	Lost all forms of power under the Roman emperors?	40
7730755138	free grain and games	How the Patricians pacified the plebeians during the Empire?	41
7730771941	Virgil	The main writer during the Roman era?	42
7730779847	Greeks	This group strongly influenced Roman writers?	43
7730786388	Epicureanism	Promoted simple living and not pleasing the Gods?	44
7730791967	Stoicism	Accepting the will of the Gods and being detached from pleasure and pain?	45
7730809978	pontifex maximus	Chief priest in Roman society?	46
7730816704	polytheist, syncretic, tolerant	State of Roman religion?	47
7730838392	Rome	Jews fighting who led to the Jewish diaspora?	48
7730846770	Peter	Founder of the Catholic Church and the first Bishop of Rome (pope)?	49
7730862339	Paul	A Jew that was influential in spreading the gospel of Jesus to the Mediterranean area?	50
7730868997	martyrdom	A willingness to die rather than give up beliefs?	51
7730878488	Emperor Constantine	Issued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD?	52
7730885753	capital to Constantinople	Big event for Rome in the year 330 AD?	53
7730888199	Byzantium	Name of Constantinople before name change?	54
7730922876	Western Roman Empire collapses	476 AD?	55
7730936572	Diocletian	Divided the Roman Empire in two parts between 284-305 AD?	56
7730941804	system of government	What did the Romans give the later Americans?	57
7730947706	dome, arches, and concrete	Three Roman contributions to architecture?	58
7730968071	language (Latin)	Probably the largest contribution the Romans gave to western society?	59