Western Civilization
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NerdyKitty21 on January 5, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Partricians vs. Plebeians | meeting place= forum |
| Ius Civil | Civil Law- 2 consuls= senate and Commmittia Centuriata |
| Julius Caesar | Ides of March (March 15, 44 B.C.), Gallic Wars, crossing Rubicon River |
| Vergil | "Aeneid"- great Latin works |
| Constantine I "The Great" | made Christianity legal, moved capital from Rome to Byzantine |
| Hadrian | Hadrian Wall located in North England |
| Paul the Apostle | Greatest Early Missionary |
| Pyrrhic Victory | Battle of Heraclea- Pyrrhus vs. Ausculum= Magna Graecia falls (costly victory) |
| Punic Wars (264-146 B.C.) | 1st: Rome wins Sicily and indemnity 2nd: Battle of Saguntum (Spain) Hannibal vs. Quintus Fabius Maximus, crosses Alps Battle of Zama (Spain 202 B.C.) Carthage defeated 3rd: Cato (senator) said "Carthage must be destroyed!" |
| Pax Romana (276 B.C.- 180 A.D.) | Peace of Rome |
| Tacitus | "Germania" (historical writing) |
| Jesus Christ | born: in Augustus reign died: in Tiberius reign |
| Trajan | (Spanish) 1st provincial to become a great emperor, one of the 5 good emperors= Rome is in its Golden Age (at height) |
| 476 A.D. | Fall of Rome (Barracks Emperors= 25/26 emperors murdered) Visigoths sacked Rome |
| Commodus | "Curse of Rome" |
| Caracalla | built "Baths of Caracalla", Edict of Caracalla: citizenship to all in Roman Empire |
| Diocletion | separated empire in two (ruled with Tetarchy) |
| Constatine I | pagan, Edict of Milan: universal religion tolerations |
| Battle of Adrianople (378) | emperor Valens killed and empire defenseless |
| Theodosius I | Edict of Theodosius (381): Christianity official state religion |
| Augustus (Octavian) | "Revered One" + "Sacred Majesty" begins Pax Romana (Peace of Rome) General Varus dies at Battle of Teuotberger Forest |
| Twelve Tables | Laws |
| Marcus Aurelius | stoic philosphy, population gone because of plague, last of the 5 Good Kings, ignored adoption policy (no successor) |
| Atilla "The Hun" | ravaged the empire,"Scourge of God", stopped at Battle of Chalons (Gaul, France) by combined forces of Roman and German |
| Veto | vote against |
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