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Roman Civilization
Review for Chapter 1
Test
Life in Ancient Rome
Augustus Ruled 27 B.C. to A.D. 14
•Created a professional army with a
elite guard
•Conquered new territories
•Rebuilt Rome- boasted – brick to
marble
•Fed the poor- kept fat and happygrain from Africa
•Revamped taxes
•Appointed Proconsul
•Rise to power Extra info
Vocabulary to know
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Constantine
Colosseum
Justinian
Christianity
Pax Romana
Byzantine Empire
Mosaics
Latin
Hadrian
Regent
Life after Augustus
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No Roman Law
for succession
Next 4 Rulers
were not all
good leaders
Tiberius-
moods and no new
conquests
Caligula-
brain fever,
conspiracies,
murdered by own
guard, part-time
ruler- showsmoney
Claudius-
placed Nero on the
thrown, expanded
Rome to Brittan
Nero-
What an
artist dies with me
Next series of Rulers
The Five Good Rulers
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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus
Pius, Marcus Aurelius
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Roman Culture
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Copied Greek statues-showed
imperfections, balding, wrinkles
Roman Culture
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Used Greek style porches called
colonnades
Created Arches and
domes
Roman Concrete
Roman Literature
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Based on Greek Works
Virgil writes Aeneid
Aeneas
Roman Literature
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Horace- wrote satires (poking fun at
human weaknesses) and odes (or
poems
All of the written works in Latin still
influences us today
Roman Science and Engineering
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Galen-Galen's most important discovery was that arteries
carry blood, not air. Started the taking of one’s pulse.
Ptolemy- mapped over 1,000 stars, mapped the known
world- Columbus used his maps in the 1400s
Roman Science and Engineering
Roman Religion and Philosophy
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Seneca and
EpictetusStoicismencouraged
Romans to live
practical
Greek and Roman
Gods
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Know this Question!
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How did the location of
Constantinople help it grow wealthy
and prosperous?
Page 157- give several examples