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Western Civilization chapter 5

Terms in this set (35)

What body of land is Italy
peninsula
what region is Rome in
Latium
how did geography affect Rome
mountainous barrier->hard to invade
good for trade->next to ocean (but not directly on coast)
italy near africa->near Carthage
who influenced the Romans
Greeks
-alphabet
- olives and grapes
-art and literature

Etruscans
-urbanization
senate
-advised magistrates
-300 men
-served for life
-elected consuls
-force of law
centuriate assembly
-passed laws
-roman army
social classes in greece
-patricians
-plebians
(later their was a middle class of equestrians)
struggle of the orders
-division of patricians and plebs
council of plebs
-popular assembly for the plebs
results from struggle of orders
-plebs could hold office
-intermarry with the patricians
-pass laws affecting all of Rome
how did romans treat conquered ppl
-some had full Roman citizenship.
-made allies.
- free to run their own local affairs but had to provide soldiers for the Roman army.
-could become full citizens.
who sacked rome
celts (gauls)
praetor
judge
questrians
financial officers
aediles
looked over grain supply and public games
pyrrhus of epirus
had a puric victory
-won battle against Romans but lost many soldiers
-battle of heraclea
After 1st Punic War rome took over _____
sicily
Tarquinius Superbus
last etruscan king to rule rome
what river flows through Rome
Tiber river
Who killed pompey
Ptolemy (pharaoh of egypt)
who won battle of actium
octavian
where was hannibal defeated
battle of zama by scipio
who could veto
consuls/ tribunes
what was the roman code of law
12 tablets
1st punic war
-rome vs. carthage
-rome got sicily
carthage had ______ soldiers
paid soldiers (mercenaries)
paterfamilias
head of family
-ensured religious obligations were properly fulfilled
-dominant male
latifundia
Huge estates owned by wealthy families
nobiles
wealthy and powerful families
optimates
one type of aristocratic leader
-"the best men"
populares
one type of aristocratic leader
-"favoring the people"
Tiberius Graccus
-passed land reform bill that authorized the government to reclaim public land held by large landowners
-senate thought he was acting like a king so they caused riot and killed him
Gaius Graccus
1)land to poor
2)colonial lands open to settlement
3)subsidized grain-> lessen price
4) did public works
5) extended citizenship-> fatal flaw because new citizens could get land
marius
-new man (equestrian)
-took command of the army in Africa
-private army
-defeated the celts
-recruited men with no property
-populares
-volunteeers swore oath to the general not the senate
-supported by the council of plebs
sulla
-sulla was chosen to fight war in asia minor instead of marius
-restored all power to the senate
-supported by senate
-perpetual dictator
-proscriptions
-troops must remain in provinces
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