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Exam Review Chart (Rome) – filled in & a map courtesy of Tyler

Here is the comprehensive chart for Rome that we made today in class. The Greece chart is already online.

Topic People Places Key Terms & Concepts
Etruscans Servius Tullius

Tarquinius Superbus

Tarquinius Priscus

Etruria Necropolis

Art, metalwork, terracotta

Luxury

Etruscan women

Origins of Etruscans

Relationships with other civilizations

Written language

Importance of archaeological record

 Geography   Central Mediterranean

Italian peninsula

Western orientation

Po

Tiber

Arno

Rome

Alps

Apennine Mountains

Influence on economy, defense, society

Compare to Greek geography & civilization

Founding Myths Virgil

Aeneas

Dido

Venus

Romulus

Remus

Sabine women

Lucretia

Brutus

Troy

Tiber River

Carthage

 

What these myths tell us about Roman values

Function of myth in the state

Law Justinian Forum

Byzantium

Twelve Tables

Justinian Code

Civic, Natural, Law of Nations

Public and Private law

Juries

Tribunals

Republic Tiberius Gracchus

Gaius Gracchus

Sulla

Brutus

Marius

Polybius

Cato

  SPQR

Res Publica

Centuries

Checks and balances

Assembly of Centuries

Rhetoric & oration

Patricians & Plebeians – struggle of the orders

Patron/Client relationship

Tax farming

Public works

Consul

Pyrrhic & Punic War Hannibal

Scipio

Pyrrhus

Tarentum

Carthage

Spain

Sicily

Alps

Pyrrhic Victory

Loyalty of Italians in their alliance wtih Rome

Important battles

Beginning of Rome as a superpower

Money, slave, tax revenue

Naval power of Rome

Military organization

Decline of Republic Julius Caesar

Calpurnia

Crassus

Cicero

Brutus

Mark Antony

Pompey

Octavian

Rubicon

Gaul

 

Assassination of JC – public’s reaction, deification

Dictator for life

Triumvirate

Problems in the Republic – tax, unemployment, poverty, land issues, grain prices, crime, unequal access to voting and public office

Religion Pontifex Maximus

Vestal Virgins

Mithras

Lar

Numens

Augurs

The Pantheon (Juno, Jupiter etc.)

Constantine

Justinian

Persia

Egypt

Greece

Pantheon

Religio – binding force

Quid pro quo & practical religion

Greek gods in Roman dress

State co-opting religion

Public and private religion

 

Art & Architecture   Colosseum

Pantheon

Arch of Titus

Arch of Constantine

Aqueduct of Segovia

Circus Maximus

Arches

Aqueducts

Domes

Portraiture and propaganda

Art and empire

Mosaics

Greek influence

Public works

Concrete

Intellectual Achievements & Entertainment Virgil

Ovid

Seneca

Livy

Juvenal

Horace

Galen

Pliny the Elder

Cicero

  Satire

Metamorphoses

Calendar

Latin

Medicine

How literature relates to the state

Gladiators

Roman Empire Tiberius

Augustus

Caligula

Trajan

Claudius

Diocletian

Nero

Constantine

Marcus Aurelius

Hadrian

 

East/West empire

Empire at its largest

Constantinople

Byzantium

Judea

Britain

Pax Romana

Legions – how the army changed during the Empire

Fall of Empire Romulus Augustulus

Odoacer

Barbarians

3rd Century emperors

Where the Barbarians came from (Mongolia, Germany, Gaul etc) Why it fell?

Did it fall?

What is an empire

Legacy of Roman Empire

Collapse – social, economic, military, cultural, and political aspects

Tyler just found this GIF that shows the expansion of the Roman territories – watch Rome grow!

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Exam Review – Blank Chart

This afternoon we will be reviewing for tomorrow’s exam. Please use the attached document to help you brainstorm key people, places, and concepts. You can download this blank chart and fill it in for your notes.

 Exam review –  blank

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