Euro CH 7

chief executives elected for one year terns

elected official who could veto certain bills

type of government where the citizens elect represantatives in the government

controlled the armies; assisted the court system

elected every 5 years for 18 months

powerful aristocratic class that organized into clans to hold power in government

commmoner; any citizen that wasnt a patriarch in the Roman republic

most important unit in Roman army

roman military group of non-citizens that weren't as important

father of the family.
had absolute authority.

roman religious leader elected for life

money paid for the damages caused by war to the winner

group of wars between Rome and Carthage beginning in 264 B.C.

Carthaginian ruler that attacked Rome during the Punic Wars
1 of the greatest generals of all time

Roman general who defeated Hannibal and his army

officials who worked with the censors. (CORRUPT)

large roman estates

class of roman business and landowning people who had great wealth

slave revolt leader

-elected tribune in 133 BC
- popular amongst the people
- killed by the senators

-elected tribune in 123 BC
-worked for the poor
-bought grain with public funding

-military hero that was also elected consul
-revotulionized the roman army

-elected to consulship in 88 BC
-invades rome and becomes dictator

-marius's nephew
-military leader in spain and gaul
-part of the 1st trimuvirate

three leaders joined power in 60 BC

Who did the first triumvirate consist of?

Caesar's chosen heir/his 18 year old nephew
Took part in the 2nd Triumvirate

-General and Caesar's ally
-held a lot of power in Rome

Caesar's second in command

What did Ocatavian call himself that meant first citizen?

Who is the first Augustus?

-emperor during the Julio-Claudian era
-adopted son of Augustus
-decent unliked ruler

-Julio-CLaudian emperor
- brutal and insane
-murdered by military

-poisoned by his wife Agrippina
-decent ruler

-fire in Rome
-known for being brutal
-commits suicide in 68

the first of the five good emperors

-2nd good emperor
-Spanish guy that brings empire to its largest size

-supports the arts
-"good emperor"
-romanizes and builds fortifications

-last of the good emperors
-protects against invasion
-last emperor during the Pax Romana

Pax Romana

bridge-like structures that carried water from the mountains

Roman law, written in the ____________, was modified during the Pax Romana

How many years did soldiers have to serve for to gain citizenship?

tenant farmers that began to replace slaves on large estates

chariot racing place

greatest authority on medicine

earth is the center of the universe

-Rome's greatest poet
-wrote the Aeneid, Horace, Ovid

-wrote
- Annals
- Germania

What were the Annals?

-wrote parallel lives
-compared Roman and Greek figures

nothing to back up currency

workers trade association

Marcus Auerilis's son; rules to 193 AD and is strangled to death

-soldier that becomes emperor in 284
-has supreme authority and limited culture but improved Rome during prior to its collapse

another good emperor after Diocletian that protects Christians

The last emperor to rule a unified Roman empire

German tribe north of the black sea

German tribe north of the Danube River that entered Rome peacefully and then revolted b/c of unfair treatment

viscous barbarian tribe that scared the Europeans

-king of the Visigoths
-captured Rome in 40

barbarians that invaded the west and destroyed everything

The last western emperor

In what year does the Western empire collapse?