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Wealthy landowning class

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Patricians

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What kind of government did Rome have?

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Landowners drove out the Etruscan king and formed a REPUBLIC, Rome became a unified state, Rome eventually became a EMPIRE

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Farmers, artisans, shopkeepers

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Plebeians

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Twelve Tables

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Roman law code that judges (praetors) must announce the laws to the public

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Jus Gentium

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Joining of Roman and foreign law

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Jus naturale

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Universal law

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Military system of Rome?

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Legions consisted of 3000-6000 men made up of companies of 120 men loyal to each other

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Pontifex Maximus

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Chief priest of Rome

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Punic Wars

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Wars between Rome and Carthage for control of the Mediterranean (Phoenician city CARTHAGE was the chief outlet for trade in North Africa), by the end of the wars Rome controlled Spain, Greece, and Macedonia

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Marius

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Roman general who created a professional army and overthrew the Senate and was reelected as consul 4 times

-Sulla took over

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Julius Caesar

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Earned fame through conquest in Gaul (France), supported by the people

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Pompey

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Earned fame through conquest in the East and supported by senate

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First Triumvirate

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Formed by Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, agreed to share power

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End of the republic

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When Crassus dies, Caesar defies the senate by bringing his army across the Rubicon River, CAESAR IS APPOINTED DICTATOR

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Ides of March

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Caesar is assassinated by Brutus

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Egypt becomes part of Rome when…

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Cleopatra and Antony are defeated at Actium

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Octavian

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Caesar’s grandnephew assumed title of AUGUSTUS and founded the roman empire

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Pax Romana

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Time period from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius b/c there was political peace with no major wars

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Ptolemaic Dynasty

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A Macedonian Greek royal family which ruled in Egypt, the last dynasty of Ancient Egypt

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Collegia

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Roman guilds

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Justinian’s Code (Corpus Juris Civilis)

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The collection of roman laws organized into a single volume by Justinian, Emperor of Byzantine (greek-speaking part of Eastern Rome, capital of Constantinople
-wife Theodora

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Emperor Hadrian

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Built a 73-mile wall across Britain near the border of modern Scotland to protect Rome from attack

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Emperor Diocletian

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Split Roman Empire into East and West and appointed 2 caesars for each half, ISSUED AN ORDER ESTABLISHING PRICE AND WAGE CONTROLS

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Pontius Pilate

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5th prefect of Judea, removed autonomy (free rule) of the Jews

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Zealots

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Extremists who wanted to rid Judea of the Romans

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Apocalyptics

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Believed that a Messiah was near

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Gentile

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Non-Jews

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Paul of Tarsus

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Apostle who taught the gospel of Christ through the Roman Empire

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Edict of Milan

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Issued by Emperor Constantine which made Christianity legal and encouraged construction of churches, built capital CONSTANTINOPLE in the East, all emperors converted to Christianity

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Odoacer

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German king who took power in (west) Rome and was the 1st king of Italy