Rome Unit 8 and 9 Flashcards

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Patrician

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wealthy landowners, members of noble families

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Plebeian

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poor/working class: farmers, traders, artisans, served in the military etc. Plebeians worked for the patricians.

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Punic Wars

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a series of conflicts fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC.

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Octavian

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Caesar Augustus - Emperor of Roman Empire for 41 years; respected and beloved ruler. Brought Rome into its Golden Age - Pax Romana

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julius Caesar

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Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire,

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Constantinople

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(modern day Istanbul) was built in a place called Byzantium - hence the name the Byzantine Empire.

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Justinian

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Ruler of the Byzantine Empire during its Golden Age and created of Justinian’s Code

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