Roman History Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about Roman history.

Emperor Diocletian

Roman Emperor who came into power in 284 CE.

Price Limits

An order from Diocletian to set price limits for spending.

Workers Stays

An order from Diocletian forcing workers to stay at their jobs until death.

Constantine

The first Christian Emperor who took the place of Diocletian.

Edict of Milan

A script that stated to treat Christians nicely within the Empires.

Byzantium

The city that Constantine changed the Capital of Rome to.

Constantinople

The new name Constantine gave to the city when he changed the Capital of Rome to Byzantium

476 CE

The year Emperor Augustulus was defeated.

Byzantine Empire

The Empire that the Eastern Roman Empire became.

1453

The year the Byzantine Empire fell after the Ottoman invasion.

1922

The year the Ottoman Empire ended, becoming modern-day Türkiye.

Painting, Pottery, Mosaics, & Sculpture

Contributions Rome had to art.

Republics, Equal justice, & legal code

Contributions Rome had on Laws citizenship.

Latin Languge

A languge Rome contributed, which is the root of The English languge.

The Ides of March

The day where Romans must pay their debt.

300 CE

Rome reaches hight of golden age

180-200 CE

The decline of Rome became noticeable

Emperor Diocletian

The Roman Emperor who attempted to save Rome by splitting the Roman Empire into the Western Roman Fring & Faster.

Trade & conquest

How the Expansion of Rome began.

265 BC

The year Rome had conquered all of Italy

To gain control of the Middle of the Mediterranean as it was ideal for trade

The reason Rome expanded.

2cd BCE to 146 BCE

The duration of the Punic Wars

Scipio

The Roman general who forced Hannibal to retreat.

Cloaca Maxima, Aqueducts, Public Baths

Examples of Contributions Rome had on us architecturally.

Concrete/Cement, Roads, Arches, Bridges, Tunnels

lasting contributions Rome hard on engineering.

451 BCE

The year the Twelve Tables Was Created in by the Senate

The 12 tables

Rome first Legal code.

Julius Caesan, Pompey, & Crassus

People who were apart of The Triumvirate

He had won the Civil war between Pomey & himself

What Caesar did that earned him the title of dictator.

Caesar Augustus

The person who was elected as the Emperor efter Caesan.

From 27 BC to 14 Bc

The years Augustus Serve as Emperor

10 years

Years someone has to serve in office.

Centuries

The military was organized into linge whits, legions, divided into Cohorts. The cohorts were then divided

15-20%

Percentage of Patricians were about of Romes population.

Plebeians

The Tribal was a government of

consuls, Senate, Dictator & The Assemblies

The parts that Roman Republic consisted of

2

Number of individuals elected to lead the military govt as consuls.

Legistative + Administrative

Functions The Senates covered.

300

Membership number for senates branch of govt.