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What made the "terrible third century”, terrible?

Civil wars, series of natural disasters, inflation/devaluation of coinage, Germanic invasions

The last great persecution of Christians was ordered by whom?

Diocletian

Describe the mystery cult of Mithraism

Preferred by Roman soldiers, rival to Christianity

The first of the Flavian emperors was?

Vespasian

Emperors gave more and more actual ruling power to the Senate.

False--took more and more

When Augustus died, who chose his successor?

Augustus himself

The city on the Tiber that was Rome's chief port was?

Ostia

T/F In Augustan society legislation was passed concerning the corruption of morals.

True

Which social class expanded during the early Roman Empire?

Equestrian

Romanization in the Roman empire occurred quickest, where?

West

The Senate granted Octavian the title Imperator (Emperor) but he preferred to be addressed as?

Princeps

The absolute monarchical powers of Augustus as princeps led to what?

His people won elections, less people voted, Augustus' popularity grew

The First Triumvirate was a political alliance between what three men?

Crassus, Julius Caesar, and Pompey

Tiberius Gracchus ran for tribune in 133 B.C.E. on a program of what?

Providing farms to landless farmers

What innovations enabled Romans to erect giant amphitheaters, public baths, and high-rise tenement buildings?

Concrete (massive scale)

The college of augurs existed to do what?

Interpret auspices--signs sent to humans by the gods

The head of the Roman religious observances was?

Pontifex Maximus

The Roman senator who led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage was?

Cato

What were the Twelve Tables?

The first formal codification of Roman law and customs

The main achievement of the Hortensian law in Roman constitutional history was what?

Its ruling that all plebiscita (laws created by plebeians) passed by the plebeian assembly had the force of law and were binding even upon the patricians.

Who was the paterfamilias in Roman society and what could he do?

Male head of the household; Sell his children, put his children to death, arrange the marriages of all offspring, divorce his wife

As Rome expanded, it became Roman policy to govern the provinces with officials known as?

Proconsuls and propraetors

What was the role of the Roman Dictator?

Temporary executive power during the period of the Republic and exercised unlimited power for a period of 6 months.

The people to the north of Rome who apparently ruled Rome for a century and heavily influenced Roman urban culture were the?

Etruscans

Rome was established in the first millennium B.C.E. on the plain of?

Latium

For the Romans, Italy's geography was a benefit, how?

Surrounded by water (peninsula), Surrounded by hills/mountains (difficult to attack), Made conquering them difficult

What holiday is celebrated due to the recapture of the temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabaeus rebellion?

Hanukkah

Who led a revolt against the Seleucid monarchy in Judea in the 160s B.C.?

Judas Maccabaeus

The mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world helped pave the way for?

Christianity

What was the greatest difference between education during the Hellenistic period and education during the classical period?

Rather than being a private enterprise, Hellenistic education became a duty of cities and their governments.

What were the major sources of slaves in the Hellenistic world?

sold by parents, prisoners of war, kidnapped by pirates, parents were slaves (born into it)

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great combined what two cultural practices?

Greek and Persian

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great had his soldiers marry who?

Native Persian women

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great saw himself as what?

a descendant of Greek gods and heroes

What was Alexander’s last battle against the Persian king Darius?

Battle of Gaugamela

What reforms did Philip II make to the military?

used cavalry (horses), longer spears, designed catapults, smaller shields/shorter swords-faster

What age did Alexander the Great begin ruling? What age did he die?

20, died at 32 (ruled 12 years)

What was the important cultural center with the largest library and a museum in ancient times? (city)

Alexandria

How was slavery viewed throughout the Hellenistic world?

Normal

Alexander the Great’s troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and capture what country?

India

The Greek general Ptolemy took what place after Alexander’s death and made it into the first Hellenistic kingdom?

Egypt

What places did Alexander fail to conquer?

India, Arabia

List the places which Alexander conquered.

Greece, Persia, Syria, Egypt

Infanticide

the practice of killing infants

Pax Romana

"Roman Peace"

Praetorian Guard

The military unit that served as the personal body guards of the Roman emperors.

Name the Good Emperors (5)

the five emperors (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, Marcus Aurelius)

Romanization

The process by which Roman culture and institutions were spread to the provinces

Eucharist

a Christian ceremony remembering the Last Supper

Dictator

would be chosen to run the state in an emergency. Limited to 6 months.

Latifundia

large land estates

A social group who once belonged to Rome’s cavalry (military on horses)

Equestrians

Men whose families were elected to more important political offices in the republic

Nobiles

Paterfamilias

head of the family (male), had unlimited power

Imperium

"the right to rule"

Stoicism

Living in harmony with nature

Mystery Religions

Union with a savior god or goddess who had died and risen again.

Doctrine of “pleasure”. Freedom from emotional turmoil, worry etc.

Epicureanism

Assumption that deities were the same beings with different names.

Syncretism

A school whose curriculum centered on music, physical exercise, and literature.

Gymnasium