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important concepts 8&9

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  1. third punac war
  2. julio-claudian emperors
  3. economic problems:
  4. religion and philosophy
  5. roman art and architecture
  1. a polytheistic, believed in spirits and natural things, greek gods, emperors worshiped, honored gods by offerings and prayers, messages from gods came from dead things. philosophy: encouraged romans to live practocly, parcicipate in public affairs.
  2. b farmers lost land. people bought fewer goods. inflation occured. oncreasing prices. coind lost value.
  3. c Tiberius :): ruled for 8 yrs then retire too stressful. Caligula :(: favorite person was horse. made it senate. had people murderd. Claudius :). Nero :( made rome on fire &watched killed his wife.
  4. d rome ruled western miditerranian. rome burned carthage took 50,000 people as slaves then salted the earth. rome began to all the miderterranian "our sea"
  5. e romans sculped realistically. they borrowed columns and porches. added arches and domes (from greeks) concrete buildings.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. the latins, built rome on 7 hills,(good for defence) locaded on crossroads
  2. large farming estates created when wealthy Romans bought small farms
  3. a person who served the people and ruled temporarly during energencies
  4. crossed Rubicon R. (point of no return) then defeats Pompey. then declaired himself dictator for life. he filled senate w/ friends.created calander. had as many enimied as supporters. then got killed march 15
  5. partering grew: sell goods without using money

5 True/False Questions

  1. engineeringpaterfamilies "father of family" was important, boys learrned math, rading writing, rhetotic bu tutor. girls learned read &write at home. poor uneducated. women had some rights but not full citizens. freedom depended on hudband wealth.

          

  2. what was the status of allies?they gave others the status of allies, means they could rule theit own affairs

          

  3. Roman laws: 12 tables, law of nations, "rule of law"they gave others the status of allies, means they could rule theit own affairs

          

  4. 476AD??agriculture was center of economy. industry grew. trade centured around Puteoli & Ostia. Road building wad key to trade and defence, 50000 miles of roads. established common curtisy and atandarized weights. inequality amoung classes still existed.

          

  5. second punic war1st: rome &carthage both controled sicily. rome sent army 2 sicily. they didnt have navy so rome built one. 20 yrs l8er rome crushed carthage. sicily went 2 rome. carthage paied a large fine