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Chapter 8 The Rise of Rome

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First AmendmentReligion, speech, press, assembly, & petition the government
Second AmendmentOrganize militias and bear arms
Third AmendmentProhibits quartering troops during peace
Fourth AmendmentProhibits unreasonable searches & seizures; right to privacy
Fifth AmendmentGrand jury indictment, bans double jeopardy, don't have to testify agains self; no loss of life, liberty or property without due process
Sixth AmendmentSpeedy, public trial by jury; right to counsel & to cross-examine witnesses
Seventh AmendmentRight to jury trial in civil cases
Eighth AmendmentProhibits excessive bail & fines, cruel & unusual punishment
Ninth AmendmentRights not specifically listed not necessarily denied
Tenth AmendmentPowers not given to federal government, nor denied to states, are given to states
Criminal lawLaw has been broken
Civil lawDisagreement over money or property
LatinsFirst people to occupy Rome
TarquinsCruel ruling family of the Etruscans
Senators300 members who issued laws in Rome
ConulsSupervise government & command armies
PraetorsJudges
AedilesOversee public markets; like police
QuaestorsFinancial administrators
CensoresRevise Senate membership
DictatorTotal control in times of emergen
Council of PlebsRepresentatives of plebeians
TribunesCould veto laws from Senate
HannibalCarthagenian General who attacked Rome
PunicLatin for "Phoenician"
ScipioRoman General who attacked Carthage
Gracchus BrothersWanted reforms to favor poor; both were killed
MariusGeneral who wanted to pay plebeians to be soldiers
SullaWeakened Council of Plebs; strengthened Senate
First TriumvirateCaesar, Pompey, Crassus
Second TriumvirateOctavian, Lepidus, Antony
Julius CaesarDeclared himself Dictator for Life; killed by friends
OctavianChanged name to Augustus; first emperor of Rome
AntonyRuled Western portion of Rome; fell in love with Cleopatra
TiberiusAugustus' nephew; emperor afer Augustus
Caligulaclaimed to be a god; wanted horse elected Consul; murdered by Praetorian Guard
Claudius4th wife poisoned him so her son could be emperor
Neromurdered wife, mother and half-brother; fiddled while Rome burned
VespasianPut down Jewish rebellions; started Colosseum
TitusVesuvius erupted during his reign destroying Pompeii
DomitianTyrannical emperor
TrajanRome reached greatest extent; money to help raise & educate children
HadrianGave up lands for more control; build wall around empire
Antonius PiusEmpire at height of wealth and power
Marcus AureliusLast emperor of Pax Romana


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