bruh I hate this crap

the three men who created the 1st triumvirate

ceaser, crassus, pompey

ceaser

wanted to be a consul

crassus

triumph

pompey

wanted land

Sadducees

upper class, pro-government

Pharisees

middle class, anti-roman

Pax Romana impacted the spread of Christianity by

making it easier because it was safer and language

Christianity created a threat to roman society because

they believed in brotherhood/equality

Caligula, the roman emperor, was known for

making his horse consul of Rome

Nero was a Roman emperor known for

persecuting Christians, murdering his mother, and acting on stage

Paul

the persecutor of Christians that had a vision on the road to Damascus

Julius Ceasar was assassinated because

he established a military dictatorship. created fear of the end of the Republic

Constantine was known for

legalizing Christianity

The Jews hated Antiochus IV Epiphanes because

he had a pig sacrificed on the alter

Sulla is known for what significant thing at the end of the Republic

he set up a dictatorship in Rome

Tiberius Gracchus

wanted land reform because man of the Roman poor lost their land and were forced to emigrate to the city of Rome

the majority of Jews rejected Christ as messiah because

they were looking for a warrior king

Marius is known for

reforming the army at the end of the republic

Augustus was able to hold power in Rome by

being voted into all the high positions, not trying to act like a king, and bringing stability after long years of civil war

the men in the 2nd triumvirate

Marc Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus

the power of the consuls

absolute power

consuls limitation

they could only rule for one year and they could cancel each other out

The problem with the consul system

they couldn’t get much done

Roman history is difficult to piece together previous to 386 NC

the city burned with its records in it

Plebeians started to gain power in Roman Society because

they refused to fight

the main advantage of the maniple formation

mobility

Aeneas originated from

Troy

Rome was founded by

Romulus

Numa Pompilius was the instigator of the Roman tradition in

religion

the censors job in the senate was powerful as he could

take a census of the people, judge morality, and judge political competence

plebians were in conflict with

patricians

The seconds Punic war was primarily fought in

Italy

Hannibals desire to defeat Rome lead immediately to

the expansion of Roman control eastward

The defeat of carthage in the first punic war was due to

the corvus, a new naval invention

before the punic wars, romes greatest enemy was

Pyrrhus of Epirus

The expansion of roman power outside of italy led to

the reduction in romes military force

Cato the Elder stated

rome needs to destory carthage