World History chapter 5 test – Flashcards

Diocletian's and constantine's political and military reforms enlarged two institutions, the army and the civil service, which drained public funds

Civil law- law that applied to Roman citizens (pg 148) Chief executive officers of the Roman republic

Plebeians Less wealthy land owners small farmers, craftspeople, and merchants were part of this group. Men were citizens and could vote Partitions Wealthy landowners, who became rome's ruling class. Men could vote and be elected to office

Republic

Group of people who made laws: 300 particians

He was assassinated

The only thing that people cared about was if they had food on their table and good entertainment

Constantine

He divided the empire into the East and West, he rules the West

first Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar second Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus

Distract them from politics with fights in the Colosseum

they did not want Christianity to threaten roman morals, also Christians refused to worship the state Gods and the emperors

the emerging of the bishop allowed the religion to be more organized, the christian message had much to offer to the roman world, and Christianity welcomed everyone with no painful initiation

they were both Romans who served as tribunes. They attempted to pass land, reform legislation that would distribute land to the poor

invasion by barbarian tribes Rome had problems with barbarian tribes for centuries, but when they started moving closer to the boarder the Romans created an uprising. They were eventually sacked by the Visigoths. Eventually the vandals overthrew Augustus Economic Troubles constant wars and overspending had made the currency less valuable, and inflation made the gap between the rich and the poor much larger. Many Rich people fled to avoid a taxman. Expansion stopped and then there were less slaves, so nit as much work was being done over expansion and military overspending with to much land to govern the Romans had a hard time communicating quickly, even with the road system. The struggled to have enough troops to defend themselves. with more funds being added there was less advancement

by winning this battle Constantine became the first christian emperor of Rome. He ended the division of land into four parts and he became the main leader. he then issued the Edict of Milan which meant that Rome gained more tolerance for christian religion

Vespasian raised taxes in Rome, he reclaimed all public land, he built temples and the Colosseum, gave Rome a lot more money Nero ended secret trials and gave the senate more independence., he also banned capital punishment Augustus Romes first emperor promising to restore peace and security, he ended 100 years of civil war, and had 40 years of internal peace and prosperity

Diocletian

vandals

visigoths

Romulus Augustulus

Theodosius the Great

Jesus

Spartacus

Augustus

senate

antony and Cleopatra