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23 Cards in this Set
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Clergy |
Church leader. EX: they clerical clothing (white collar priests wear today) |
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Consul |
Chief excecutive officer of the Roman Republic. EX: two were elected each year |
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Dictator |
An absolute ruler. EX: Caesar was a Roman dictator |
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Imperator |
Commander in chief. EX: the Latin origin for the word, emperor |
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Inflation |
A rapid increase in prices. EX: Diocletian issued a price edict on 301 that set wage and price controls for the empire |
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Insulae |
Roman apartment blocks constructed of concrete with wooden beam floors. EX: poor Romans lived in these |
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Laity |
Regular chruch members. EX: usually not able to perform religious rituals, ceremonies, etc... |
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New Testament |
The second part of the Christian Bible. EX: it provides a record of Jesus' life teachings |
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Paterfamilias |
The dominant male of the household in ancient Rome. EX: the household also included the wife, children, unmarried daughters, and slaves |
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Patrician |
Wealthy, powerful landowners. EX: they formed the ruling class in the Roman Republic |
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Plague |
An epidemic disease. EX: an economic collapse was caused by a plague in the third century of Rome |
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Plebeian |
A social class made up of minor landowners, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers. EX: this social class was formed in Early Rome |
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Praetor |
An official of the Roman Republic in charge of enforcing civil law. EX: they were chief excecutive officers along with the consuls |
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Procurator |
In the Roman Empire an official in charge of a province. EX: Judaea was made a Roman province, placed under the rule of a procurator |
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Republic |
A form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote. EX: formed after the Romans overthrew the last Etruscan king |
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Triumvirate |
A government by three people with equal power. EX: Caesar, Pompey, and Craussus formed the firsy triumvirate |
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Geography |
- Tiber River - Tyrrhenian Sea - Po River Valley - Inland safety |
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Etruscan Influences |
- Clothing (toga robe) - Roman numerals - Army tactics and strategies |
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Roman Success |
- War and Conquest - Successful Strategies - Political Structures |
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Early Roman Groups |
- Patrician - Plebeian |
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Roman Conquests |
- Carthage - Macedonia - Greece - Pargamum |
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Important Romans |
- Constantine - Marius - Augustus - Antony - Theodosius the Great - Romulus Augustulus - Caesar - Jesus |
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Architecture |
- Arch - Vault - Dome |