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23 Cards in this Set
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Sulla
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88 BCE- what century?
A roman general who fights Mithridates, and ends up creating a peace treaty with him. He also was a leader during the Roman Civil War against Pontus. |
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Julius Caesar
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100-44 BCE
The popular and wealthy partrician of Rome who was apart of the first triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey. He was the leader. |
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Tacitus
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1st Century
Rome Historian and writer who's work was distinguished by a boldness and sharpness of wit |
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Claudius
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-1st Century BCE
-Rome -Leader who built many new roads, aqueducts, and canals across the empire and was succeded by Nero |
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Cursus Honorum
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-2nd Century BCE
-Rome -The ladder of hierarchy, try to get rid of corruption in politics make it so there is no salary age limit no repeating office terms |
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The Gracchi
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100 c.
Tiberius and Gaius brothers and Roman tribunes who were disliked and attacked by the Senate for wanting to give money to the poor Impacted populares: support the poor Romans optimates: care for the "best aristocrats" |
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Hannibal
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3rd Century
Carthaginian military commander leads the second Punic War His Goal was to destroy Rome and he break up Roman Alliances but was unsuccseful |
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Visigoths
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4th Century
Were the first group of Germanics who were accepted into the Romans Foederati troops but were being treated poorly and eventually ransacked Western Rome in 410. |
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Diocletian
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284-305
Roman Emperor -creates to dominante system for one main leader -creates the tetrarchy system for succession 2 emperors Augustus' and 2 sub-emperors Caesars' but fails after he dies -leader of the great persecution |
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Constantine
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300's BCE
Roman leader after tetrarchy falls and there is no more eperors or sub emperors. Creates constantinople. |
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Justinian
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-5th Century
-East Rome East Roman Emperor who was married to Theodora and wanted to return Rome back to the way it used to be, by building projects, codifying laws, delusions of granduer, and defending orthodoxy. |
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Atilla the Hun
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406-53
Ruler of the Huns who attempts to take over Rome but the Pope tells him to back off or something bad will happen and his son dies. He never takes over Rome. |
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St. Augustine of Hippo
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354-430- 5th Century
-Rome -Author of Confessions and The City of God, believer that christians shouldn't only worry about their after life but in order to be a good christian you must listen to your emperor. |
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Mohammad
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570-632
The prophet of Allah living in Mecca who clarifies how Islams should live and proclaims that he will be the last prophet. |
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Theodoric
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454-526
Military Leader of the Ostragoths who led the attack on Odoacer |
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Pepin III (The Short)
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8th Century
Son of Martel, mayor of the palace but believes he is not getting any credit so he asks the pope to become Frankish King and is supported. |
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Al-Mamun
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9th Century
-philosopher of Islamic Religion and encouraged things to be held in court |
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Edward Gibbon
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1737-1794
-Believer that christians were the reason Rome fell because they only care about their after life not their life in Rome |
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Twelve Tables*
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450 BCE
-Rome -To create a stability the laws were written on tables in a public place so that the romans and pleblians knew what the laws were |
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Council of Nicaea*
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325
A council of Christians met to conclude that 1.) not hereditary 2.) Trinity is not divisible |
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Battle of Tours*
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*732
-took place in France Leader Charles Martel known as the hammer because of this battle the Romans stomped on the Islamic. Important because if they didn't win Europe could be Islamic and not Christian. |
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Battle of Actium*
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31 BCE
Antony and Celopatra vs. Octavian over power of Rome. |
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Second Triumvirate*
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43 BCE
Octavian, Lepidus, Antony together march to Rome to fight the senate and gain dictatorship. Antony gets east, octavian the west, and lepidus is made to retire. |