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CHAPTER 6 ANCIENT ROME AND CHRISTIANITY 500B.C.-A.D. 500 Republic A form of government in which the power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders Patricians Wealthy landowners who held the most power Plebeians The common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population Tribunes They protected the rights of the plebeians from unfair acts of patrician officials Twelve Tables An important victory for the plebeians was to force the creation of a written code called the ________ __________. CONSUL Rome had 2 of these Like a president Elected for 2 years Part of the executive branch in Rome Senate The Legislative branch of the Roman Government Dictator A leader who has absolute power to rule a country Legion Large military units form Rome Punic Wars War between Rome and Carthage There were 3 Hannibal Carthaginian general Began leading during the 2nd Punic War Civil war A conflict between groups in the same country Julius Caesar He joined forces with Crassus, and Pompey, and was elected consul in 59B.C. triumvirate A group of 3 rulers Augustus Means “exalted one” Pax Romana “Roman Peace” Jesus Born in Judea Started Christianity Apostle Pupils of Jesus Paul He had never met Jesus and at first was an enemy of Jesus. While traveling to Damascus, in Syria, he had a vision of Christ. He spent the rest of his life preaching for Jesus DIASPORA The scattering of the Jews Constantine This Rome Emperor prayed to God for help He saw the image of the cross He ordered the symbol to be put on all of this soldiers shields They won Bishop Another name for a priest Peter Jesus called him the “ROCK” Inflation The drastic drop in the value of money with a rise in prices Mercenaries Foreign soldiers who fought for money Diocletian He ruled Rome in A.D. 284 He divided Rome into Greek speaking east, and Latin Speaking west He ruled with an iron fist Constantinople The city of the ruler of the west named Constantine In WWI the Allies tried to capture this city Attila Called ______ the Hun Led the Germanics on a reign of terror throughout Rome Greco-Roman Culture Mixing Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic Culture Also called classical civilization Virgil Poet who wrote the AENEID Tacitus Wrote Annals and Histories He wrote about the good and bad of imperial Rome Aqueducts Designed to bring water into a city