4/8/13

Today in class we took a test on our first day break from school.  It was pretty easy and I'm pretty sure i aced it.

LO1 
City state and Empire; The Roman Republic 

900 B.C. - Etruscan s move into Italy
800 B.C. - first Greek colonies in southern Italy, settlements near the mouth of the Tiber River Join to form the city state of Rome
600 B.C. - Etruscan's conquer Latium
500 B.C. - Rome overthrows Etruscan's rule
450 B.C. - Twelve Tables, first write  Roman legal code
264-146 B.C. - Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage 
250 B.C. All of Italy south of the river Po is in Roman hands; plebeians share political rights with partisans 
202 B.C. - Romans wins control of western Mediterranean 
100 B.C. - Most non-Romans in Italy win citizen rights; Romans expand into the eastern Mediterranean and then into western Europe 
44 B.C. - Julius Caesar becomes dictator for life; members of the Senate assassinate him
31 B.C. - Octavian's forces defeat Antony and Cleopatra; Octavian becomes supreme ruler of Rome 

patricians- upper-class citizens who belong to the oldest and noblest Roman families

Republic- in reference to ancient Rome, the system of city-state government in which decision-making power was shared between the Senate and Assemblies of male citizens 

plebeians- the Roman common people, including workers, small farmers, and wealthy people who were not patricians 

Senate- a government assembly appointed by the king, under the Republic by the consuls; originally all members were partians, but in the time wealthy plebeians were appointed as well 

 Consuls- two senates who led the government and military

dictator- a single leader who makes his own decisions and rules all

tribunes- magistrates elected by the plebeians, 

client- a person who provides personal services in return for money and protection from a patron

patron-  a wealthy person who supports others with money an protection in exchange for personal services 

pontiff- one of the republic's leading priests

paterfamiles- the family father who was in control of his household

matron- title given to a married woman in Rome