Yaya says: the right to leadAedilesroman administrators
"bread,(food) and circus (games)
taking care of the publicSenatecouncil of elders (300 men)
served for life and didnt make lawsCenturiate Assembelythe political council of the Roman Army
they passed laws, elected officials and were controlled by the rich.Patriciansone of the two political classes in Rome. They could trace their ancestry back to the Founders.PlebiansThe smaller of the two political groups (no land owners, small farmers, workers) they were citizens but did not have full political powerpaterfamiliasthe head of the family, grandfather or father if the family, and made sure that traditions were followed. Made sure that each house had a few gods that they liked, there would be shrines and statues, and similar things.principatethe system of rule that augustus established; the idea of a constitutional monarch, as a co-ruler with the senateAugustusnephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, first roman Emperor 31 BC consolidator of the empire, ends the periods of civil war and political discord, unorganized governmentPlautushe was a Roman poet, and he used plots from the Greek new comedy. This was when a guy moved somewhere he meets a prostitute/princess and marries her. He was popular because he didn't write for himself, he wrote for the masses so many people would watch.equestrian orderKnights of the Republic, they owned property, and they supported the ways of the elders. They are the new Patrician Class. They are the new rich, and support the Senate, want things to stay the same. They are courted by the reformers. Ex." Julias Cesar wanted to use the Plebeians for political power.Julius CaesarHe was a descendant from one of the old families, founders of Rome. He is a Consul and a General who conquers Gaul, and returns to Rome and become dictator. He is a supported of the Plebes, who looked to control Rome as a Imperator the commander of Rome for life. He was assassinated by the senate.good emperorsthe five good emperors are elected by the senate after being adopted by the current emperor as a sonLivyA Roman poet and wrote about Roman life family (pater familas) and he wrote the history of Rome, history was full of moral lessonsArianismConsidered a heresy by the early church in the fourth century CE, stated that Jesus was a man eventually stamped out by the churchVirgilhe is a first century (CE) poet, who writes the Aeneid the story of Rome's founding.Tacitusa Roman Historian during the Rule of Tiberius to Domitian, moralistic historian wrote about the bad deeds of roman emperors, important work was about the German 'savages'PaulPaul of Tarsus, was a leader of the Christian Church. And gave it universal appeal.Constantinea restorer of the late roman empire, friend to the Christians. Sat on many church councils. Started a building program, and Constantinople.wergeld'man money' this was a alternate form of justice. If someone did something wrong that person would have to pay a tax t the person they wronged. The Germans who were first barbarians, and then Romanized and they mostly stayed as kingdoms.monasticismbased on the idea of a solitary hermit that forsakes all society to pursue spirituality. They are monksSt. Benedicthe is one of the first church fathers, was a monk. started the idea of monasticism. The pursuit of moderation. The benedictine monasteries were made in his nameliberal artsone example of the Liberal Arts is Euclidian Geometry, or Platonic Philosophy, or Aristotelian politics, or ptolemaic astronomy, all of these things are passed on from Rome to medieval European culturesJustinian6th century ruler of the Roman Empire aka. the Byzantine Empire; attempted to restore the former Roma empire, he planned to d this by bringing the western Europe into the Byzantine empire; created the Justinian code which passed down Roman law to Europe.Muhammad7th century prophet and creator of Islam; monotheistic religion the unified the Arabs and created a empire.Five Pillars of Islam1) the declaration of faith to Allah
2) obligatory prayer three times a day
3) alms to the poor
4) fasting in the month go Ramadan
5) Pilgrimage to Meccajihadmeans war against insiders and outsiders, literally means 'struggle' (not holy war)How did Rome achieve its empire from 264 to 133 B.C., and what is meant by the phrase "Roman imperialism"?When groups were conquered they were given the opportunity to become Roman citizens, and not be treated as outsiders. An example of this was the Roman conquest of the Italian Peninsula. In order to defeat Carthage in the Punic wars Rome hired naval experts to build a navy, and compete with the Carthaginian Navy.
