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THE REPUBLIC
LIFE IN ROME
FALL OF ROME
WAR AND PEACE
GEOGRAPHY AND BEGINNINGS
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THE ITALIAN PENINSULA IS SHAPED LIKE THIS THING
PEOPLE WEAR
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WHAT IS A BOOT?
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ITALY IS LOCATED NEAR THE MIDPOINT OF THIS BODY
OF WATER
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WHAT IS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA?
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY AND GREECE,
MAKING ONE EASIER TO UNIFY THAN OTHER
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WHAT IS THAT GREECE WAS MORE MOUNTAINOUS WITH
ISOLATED VALLEYS?
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ANCESTORS OF THE ROMANS CAME FROM THIS GROUP
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WHO WERE THE LATINS?
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ROMAN ALPHABET, ARCH BUILDING, ETC. WERE ADAPTED
FROM THIS GROUP
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WHO WERE THE ETRUSCANS?
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MOST POWERFUL GOVERNING BODY IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC
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WHAT IS THE SENATE?
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SENATORS WERE MADE UP OF THIS LANDHOLDING CLASS
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WHAT ARE THE PATRICIANS?
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BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT WHO SUPERVISED BUSINESS AND
COMMANDED ARMIES
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WHAT WERE THE CONSULS?
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GROUP MAKING UP BULK OF POPULATION BUT HOLDING
LITTLE POWER
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WHO ARE THE PLEBEIANS?
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MAJOR LEGAL GAIN FOR PLEBEIANS IN 450 BCE
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WHAT IS THE POSTING OF THE 12 TABLES IN THE FORUM?
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BASIC MILITARY UNIT OF THE ROMAN ARMY, MORE
FLEXIBLE THAN GREEK PHALANX
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WHAT IS THE LEGION?
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CARTHAGINIAN GENERAL FACED BY ROMANS IN THE
SECOND PUNIC WAR
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WHO WAS HANNIBAL?
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HARSH PUNISHMENT FOR COWARDICE IN WHICH 1 IN 10
MEN IN UNIT PUT TO DEATH
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WHAT IS DECIMATION?
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AREA CONQUERED BY JULIUS CAESAR
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WHAT WAS GAUL?
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PERIOD OF 200 YEARS BEGINNING WITH AUGUSTUS AND
ENDING WITH MARCUS AURELIUS
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WHAT IS THE PAX ROMANA?
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POLICY OF PROVIDING SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT
EVENTS TO THE MOBS
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WHAT IS BREAD AND CIRCUS?
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TERM FOR RELIGION HAVING MANY GODS, LIKE IN ROME
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WHAT IS POLYTHEISTIC?
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ROMANS BORROWED HEAVILY FROM THIS CIVILIZATION,
ESPECIALLY IN THE ARTS
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WHAT IS GREECE?
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BUILDING MATERIAL RELIED ON BY ROMANS TO ENGINEER
AQUEDUCTS AND DOMED BUILDINGS
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WHAT IS CONCRETE?
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PEOPLE LIKE EARLY CHRISTIANS WHO SUFFERED OR DIED
FOR THEIR BELIEFS

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WHO WERE MARTYRS?
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EMPEROR WHO BEGAN ECONOMIC REFORMS AND SPLIT THE
EMPIRE
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WHO WAS DIOCLETIAN?
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EMPEROR WHO BUILT A NEW ROMAN CAPITAL ON THE
BOSPORUS STRAIT AND CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY
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WHO WAS CONSTANTINE?
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THIS NOMADIC WARLIKE PEOPLE INTIMIDATED GERMANIC
TRIBES, SENDING THEM TO SEEK SAFETY INSIDE ROMAN
BORDERS
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WHO WERE THE HUNS?
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GROUP THAT DEFEATED THE ROMAN ARMY AT ADRIANOPLE
IN 378
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WHO WERE THE VISIGOTHS?
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FOREIGN SOLDIERS SERVING IN THE ROMAN ARMY FOR PAY
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WHAT ARE MERCENARIES?
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Final Jeopardy
MAKE YOUR WAGER
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ONE IDEA FROM THE ROMAN REPUBLIC THAT WAS ADAPTED
INTO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
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WHAT IS THE VETO, THE SENATE AND/OR CHECKS ON
POLITICAL POWER?