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47 Cards in this Set
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history |
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historicism |
assigning significance to historical events |
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humanism |
assigning importance to a human |
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empire |
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ethnography |
descriptions of customs of individual people |
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catalogue |
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aristeia |
dramatic final moment of battle |
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exemplum |
moral anecdote |
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textualism |
statutes ordinary meaning should govern its interpretation. the letter of the law |
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idealism |
practice of forming and persuing unrealistic ideals |
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corvinus |
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pomponius Mela |
geographer |
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posidonious |
greatest polymath |
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caesar |
Invaded rome and displaced Pompey and the senate and took over as supreme ruler of rome before being assassinated |
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pompey |
member of the first triumvirate with caesar. Marries caesar's daughter. Defeated by Caesar in great civil war. Senate made him sole consul |
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Nero |
Roman emperor 54-68 wasnt liked very much |
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domitius Ahenobarbus |
consul 54 BC enemy of Julius supporter of aristocratic party had an army of 30 cohorts. was the only one who was able to provide any resistance to caesars army |
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cato |
after pompey's death, takes over the army, goes to africa and attempts to take over the kingdom of Luba passed a resolution ending caesar's consularship commited suicide- didnt want to live in a world lead by caesar |
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brutus |
killed caesar |
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cicero |
took pompey's side in the civil war |
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curio |
friend of Pompey, caesar, mark antony, and cicero distinguished orator Supported Caesar when he threated to take over rome to pay off his debt launches an african expedition on caesar's behalf. Killed in african battle at the hands of king luba |
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marius |
roman stateman 7 time consul |
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amyclas |
king of sparta...maybe |
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Scaeva |
centurian who single handedly stops Pompey's forces from escaping the battle at epirus |
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achillas |
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erichtho |
lucan's civil war. witchcraft |
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gauls |
france |
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numidian |
africa |
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parthians |
after he was defeated, pompey asked for their aid and they refused |
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thessalians |
they have great witchcraft sextus pompey seeks their help on the eve of the great battle they fortell the death of pompey and the assasination of caesar |
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sallust |
roman historian |
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cassius Dio |
roman consul who wrote greek |
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Lucan |
roman poet 39AD-65 AD forced to commit suicide by NERO may have plotted to kill Nero |
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ovid |
poet wrote metamorphes |
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aulus Gellius |
gramarian born in rome raised in athens |
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Addison's cato |
supports pompey in the civil war |
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hercules |
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antaeus |
libyan giant slain by hercules |
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juba |
king of africa? |
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1. the civil war 2. the great civil war |
1. ensued after the suicide of Nero 2. caesar fights and defeats pompey and wins the civil war and takes over as supreme ruler |
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the punic wars |
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the gallic wars |
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the jugurthine war |
rome vs. juggurtha africa defeated the numidians |
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massilia |
julius invades this city after taking over rome and kicking out pompey it was a naval battle that caesar wins |
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pharsalia |
the battle where pompey was defeated |
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pharos |
pompey turned to egypt for help was indebted to pompey for his rule so he had to help pompey. does not help pompey. murders pompey pothinus ptolemy-pharoah and brother oof cleopatra, tried to kill caesar and got got |
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ilium |
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