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| Mountain rage that runs down the middle of Italy? | Appenine Mountains |
| why was rome such an easily defended city? | It was Built on 7 hill that were hard to conquer |
| The three dominant cultrue prior to the roman republic? | Greek Colonies in the south-Latins in the middle -and Etruscans controlling the North |
| group that moslt influenced the etruscans? | The Greeks |
| Group that most influenced the Romans through the etruscans? | The Greeks |
| What every child was taught from birth? | Patriotic duty to family and to Rome (Not to an induvidual) |
| Breakdown of the Roman class system/ | Patricians were the nobility and were 10% of the population- Plebeians were every one else (including upper middle class) except for slaves and were 90% of the population-only Patricians had a birth right to serve in the senate |
| Classical Parts of the Roman republic? | Legislative branches (senate-Patricians, Assembly of Centeries-soldiers,ans Assembly Of Tribes-plebeians)-executive(2 consuls chosen for one year who could veto each other)-the Political ideas of checks and balences, branches of goverment with limited power, Habeas Corpus, innocent untill Proven guilty, trial by Jury, Civil Law and Criminal. |
| Braches of Roman Republic Goverment? | Legislative Braches (senate-patricians, Assembly of centries- soldiers, and Assembly of Tribes-Plebians)-Executive (2 consuls Chosen for one year who could veto each other)- |
| What cuaed the first Punic War? | Rome and Carthage both wanting control of sicily |
| What was the outcome of the seccond Punic war? | Hannibal crossed the Alps and destroyed much of the rual Italy for a decand-Rome General Scipio Africanus led a Roman Expidition to Carthage to attack Hannibals Capital. Hannibal rushed back to defend Carthage and was defeated by Scipio at the battle of Zama-Rome set veryy srtict peace terms not allowing Carthage any real Army or Navy |
| What was the consequence of the Final Punic war? | Carhage violates the terms of the peace and Rome destroys the city of Carhage-kills many-sells many in to slavery and destroys the farmland around Carthage With salt-Romenow has an Enormous amount of territory (North Africa and Spain) to govern. |
| How did rhe results of the Punic war Threaten The Roman Republic? | It was almost impossible for the legislative branches of the Roman Republic to Govern Efficiantly. |
| What was the Latifundia system? | This ws a Large scale sytem Of Agricultural Plantations, owned by important Patricians in the senate and worked by slaves |
| How Did the latifundia sytem help cause the decline of the Roman Empire? | The economic system caused large scale unemployment by putting free small farmers out of work and wiothout land all over the empirre-they had no option but had to crowd the citys of the Empire looking for jobs-since there were no jobs they became a potential threat to the goverment who fed them bread and wine and gave them Entertainment in the colosseum and other places. |
| What trend would General Marius start that would help cause the End of the Roman Republic? | General Marius was the first Roman Commander who convinced his army to be loyal to him not the Republican Goverment-this went agaist the old ideaof partriotism. |
| What did Sully do to stop Marius? | Sulla was a soldier under Marius Who was givin an army by the army to stop Marius from taking overRome-He did stop Marius but remained as dictatorship (going against the Roman ideal of shared power and checks and balences)-Sulla sets the president for the dictatorship of Julius Ceasar that will soon follow |
| What was the first Triumvirate? | A tense alliance between 3 generals with legions loyal to them (Julius Ceasar, Crassus, and Pompey) Crassus is killed on campaign in Parthia (Iran) and Pompey is declared protector of Rome. Ceasar marches his legions back from Gual (France) and crosses the Rubicon River. He defeats Pompey's Legion. The legions of Rome are now loyal to ceasar and he packs the senate with his Friends. Old Senators Have him assasinated. |
| What was the seccond Triumvirate? | Another tense battle between 3 generals (Octavian-Ceasars adopted nephew,Mark anthony-Ceasars friend, and Lepidus)- Lepidus is banished from Rome and a civil war breaks out between Octavian and Mark Anthony. Mark Anthony supported the queen of Egyt Cleopatra whom he was romanticly attached to. Octavians Forces defeat those of Anthony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium. Anthony and Cleopatra commit suicide and Octavian becomes emperor of Rome. He is Renamed Augustus by the senate. All armies are loyal to him. |
| Law | Habeas Corpus-innocent untill provev guilty-trial by Jury-criminal and civil law-Republican branches of goverment-checks and balences-veto |
| Christianity | Diocletian was the last major emperor to enforce persecution of crhistion/he soon relized that christianity in Rome and the council of Nicea-325 CE-which standerized many Christians faiths |
| Theodosius | adpted Christiianity as the only official Religion-380 CE |
