The wealthy ruling class
Who are the patricians?
What is the Senate?
Hannibal led his soldiers and war elephants through the Alps to attack Rome.
What is the Second Punic War?
These were used to promote trade, exchange ideas, and spread the gospel.
What are Roman roads?
He traveled throughout Galilee teaching and healing sickness among the people
Who is Jesus?
Christians were ____________ under the rule of Diocletian for worshipping God rather than the false gods of Rome.
What is persecuted?
One of Italy's advantages because they are located near the Tiber River
What is fertile farmland, fishing, transportation, and trade routes
This group was treated unjustly. They did not have the right to vote, hold public office, and had few social privileges. They were also not allowed to marry those in the upper class.
Who were the plebeians?
Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar made up this
What is the triumvirate?
Romans developed a ship that dropped a spiked plank, so they could board enemy ships.
What is the First Punic War?
The main architectural feature of the Colosseum
What is an arch?
They believe that the goal of life is to give glory to God; They were persecuted by Nero by being put to death
Who are Christians?
The Roman Empire was ____________ when Diocletian divided it in half, ruling over the eastern part and appointing a ruler over the western part, and even more when assistant rulers were appointed.
What is weakened?
Boot-shaped peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Italian Peninsula?
These were written down so that plebeians could be familiar with them.
What are laws?
Two patricians served with equal authority in place of a king to manage the affairs of the government, command the Roman army, and serve as supreme judges
What are consuls?
Began when Carthage violated a treaty with Rome
What are the Second Punic War and the Third Punic War?
This calendar is based on the birth of Christ and adds a day to February every four years.
What is the Gregorian calendar?
Peter preached at the feast of ___________, and almost three thousand people repented of their sins and were baptized
What is Pentecost?
He unified Rome and legalized Christianity when he became ruler
Who is Constantine?
The capital city of the Roman Empire and of present-day Italy
What is Rome?
Plebeians were given this power, which means "I forbid"
What is veto?
Because of this, everyone could know what the laws were because they were written down. Roman law was built on this.
What was the Law of the Twelve Tables?
After three years of battle, Rome destroyed Carthage
What is the Third Punic War?
What is the Pax Romana?
They believed that doing one's duty leads to happiness and that fate governs all things
Who were the Stoics?
The Roman Empire declined further in the fourth century because soldiers gave their allegiance to their __________ rather than to the empire
What are officers?
What is Sicily?
Eventually, the Plebeians were allowed to have their own __________ and were able to serve as tribunes and could be elected as consuls.
What is assembly?
Voted on new laws, made declarations of war, and elected members of another governing branch
What is the Assembly of Centuries?
Rome sent an army led by Scipio to attack Carthage, while Carthage was busy trying to attack Rome. Scipio was victorious at the Battle of Zama.
What is the Second Punic War?
They developed a writing system based on the Greek alphabet, paved roads, built arches, drained marshes, and built a sewage system
Who are the Etruscans?
They believed that true happiness in life can be found if people are free from fear
Who are the Epicureans?
He divided the empire, and the western part fell to barbarians
Who is Theodosius ?
What is Carthage?