Roman Empire Flashcards by Fred Schultz | Brainscape

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Roman name for France

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Gaul

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Roman wall in Scotland

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Hadrian’s wall

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Tiberius’ dates as Emperor

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14-37AD

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Roman comic playwrights

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Plautus; Terence

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Roman-Carthage wars

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Punic wars

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Caesar’s message to rome

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“Veni - Vidi - Vici”

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Who was Roman Emperor 37-41AD?

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Caligula

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Praetorian Guard leader

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Prefect

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Caligula’s dates as emperor

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37-41AD

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Roman Rebel Slave leader

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Spartacus

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Who was Roman Emperor 117-138 AD?

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Hadrian

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Roman naturalist - wrote of Mt. Vesuvius eruption

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Pliny the Elder

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who was Roman Emperor 27BC to 14AD?

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Augustus

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Roman public gathering

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Forum

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Roman Imperial Guards

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Praetorian Guards

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Nero’s mother

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Aggrapina

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Who was Roman Emperor 54-68AD?

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Nero

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Roman ruling body

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Senate

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Roman priestesses

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Vestal Virgins

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Claudius’ dates as Emperor

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41-54AD

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Who was Roman Emperor 98-117 AD?

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Trajan

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Roman Astronomer

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Ptolemy

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When was Caesar Assassinated?

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March 15 - 44 BC

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Roman tax collector

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Publican

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First Triumvirate of Rome

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Julius Caesar; Crassus; and Pompey

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Hadrian’s dates as Emperor

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117-138 AD

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Noble class of Rome

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Patrician

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Judean military governor - 26-36 AD

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Pontius Pilot

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Augustus’ dates as emperor

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27BC to 14AD

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Constantine’s dates as Roman Emperor

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306-337 AD

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Judean military governor - 37-4 BC

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Herod (The Great)

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Nero’s dates as Emperor

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54-68AD

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River that Caesar crossed

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Rubicon

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64 AD event in Roman history

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Fire in Rome

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Roman inner courtyard

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Atrium

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Roman name for Wales

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Cambria

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Roman Commoner

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Plebeian

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Who was Roman Emperor 14-37AD?

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Tiberius

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79 AD event in Roman history

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Eruption of Vesuvius

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Another term for the Roman Colosseum

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Flavian Amphitheater

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Roman orator - statesman - philosopher

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Cicero

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Roman name for Ireland

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Hibernia

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Roman peace

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Pax Romana

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Who was Roman Emperor 41-54AD?

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Claudius

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Roman name for Scotland

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Caledonia

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Roman road

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Appian Way

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Who Was Roman Emperor 306-337 AD?

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Constantine

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Trajan’s dates as Roman Emperor

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98-117 AD

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Author of Aeneid

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Virgil

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Color of trim on Roman togas

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purple