Chapter 4 World History

BJU Curriculum

Senate

Victory of Sulla in the first civil war increased the power of

Adrianople

Battle Visigoths defeated the Romans

Nero

First official Roman who persecuted Romans

Sicily

Punic War fought over control of ____

Attila

Led the Huns to invade Roman territory

republic

Type of government Octavian restored

was the first Roman law that was written down

Importance of the Law of the Twelve Tables

753 BC

Year Rome was founded

Tiber

River Rome was established on

Diocletian

Roman emperor during the last and most widespread Roman persecution

Marius

Changed the Roman army into a “professional” army that served for financial gain

Crassus

Member of a triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Pompey

Ptolemy

Promoted the theory that earth was the center of the universe

Sulla

Sided with the Senate in the first Civil war

Mark Antony

Fought Octavian in the third civil war

Scipio

Defeated Hannibal at Zama

Hannibal

Invaded Italy through the Alps

Julius Caesar

Established a calendar that is basis of our own

Tiberius

Roman emperor at the time of Jesus’ death

Zama

battle that was a decisive victory for the Romans over Carthage

Cicero

Leading politician, author, lawyer, and statesman

seek happiness by avoiding fear or pain

Chief goal or desire of Epicureans

Seneca

Philosopher who say Stoicism as the solution to Rome’s moral decline

Roman army

Institution or group of people actually maintained order, peace, and stability during the Pax Romana

The Gracchi

Wanted to divide the public lands among the poor

Council of Nicaea

Confirmed Christ’s deity

Greek

Culture that influence Roman culture

Senate

Most powerful body of the republic

Assembly of Centuries

Primary body of the early republic

Tribune

Office held by ten elected plebeians with veto power

Tribal Assembly

The plebian assembly

Roman Forum

section of the city that was the center of government

Scipio

Led Romans to victory over Carthage int he Second Punic War

Theodosius I

Decreed Christianity to the official religion of the Roman Empire

patriarch

bishop of one of the most important cities of the empire; appointed in Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, and Constantinople

Visigoths

Germanic tribe that settled in the Eastern Roman Empire; defeated Rome at the battle of Adrianople and later plundered Rome

geocentric

Earth-centered theory of the universe

patricians

aristocratic class in ancient Rome made up of wealth landowners and noble families

aqueducts

designed to supply water to cities

vandals

Germanic tribe that established a kingdom in North Africa; plundered Rome after the Visigoths

imperator

an ancient title given to the commander of victorious army, head of the Roman Empire

plebians

“common” class in ancient Rome made up of farmers, traders, and craftsmen