CLAS 1140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Spqr, Senatus Consultum, Pontifex Maximus
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Periods of roman history: monarchy: 753-510 bc, republic: 510-27 bc, high empire: 27 bc-284 ad, late empire: 284-476 ad. Roman coins: sc by order of the state- senatus consultum. Extra credit terms: sponsalia: formal promise to marry or engagement. Symbol: sealed with an iron ring: plebians: free land-owning commoners, patricians: aristocrats, domus aurea: nero"s mansion, manumission: manumission act of freeing slaves, paterfamilias: father of the family, fides: underlying loyalty wife owes, conubium: marriage, matula: bathroom. Roman history: founding of rome (753): romulus and remus, aeneas, monarchy (753-510): 7 kings, republic (510-27): 2 consuls for 1 yr. term, senate (aristocrats), republic = more aristocracy than democracy, conflict of the orders - plebians vs patricians. Bread and circuses study guide unit 1: high empire (27-284): augustus, birth of christianity, Military anarchy (235-284)- 22 emperors in 49 years, overextension of military, inflation, high taxes, year of six emperors: late empire (287-476): expansion, christianity = state religion (constantine), barbarians invade.
