Vocab 2

275 BC
Famous military soldier
Fought in the first punic war on sisily’s side. Father of Hannibal who led the second punic war against rome. Died in battle.
Mythical story that Hamilcar made Hannibal swear an oath of eternal enmity against rome when he was ten

133 BC
A pair of tribunes in rome.
Problems in class
Rich versus poor
Tiberius was the older brother. Wanted to create laws around the ownership of land.
Gaius was the younger brother. He wanted to establish grain laws and local government laws.
But both Tiberius and Gaius killed for trying to fix class issues

73 - 71 BC
Gladiator originally from Thrace
Escaped training camp and defeated a few roman military units, collected other inslaved people to fight with him, and established a revolt

37-41 AD
Roman emperor
Assassinated
started as a good emperor then went crazy potentially due to mental illness.
wanted to increase power calls himself a god - Jupiters incarnation, sends soldiers to the shore to fight Neptune, appointed incitatus to senatorial rank (who was from a low born family) -and therefore became tyrannical

161-180 AD
Last of the five good emperors of rome.
Studied philosophy, wrote books, meditations
Gave succession to his son Commodus who turns out to be incapable
Didn’t respect the responsibility of government, instead drove in the circus, fought in gladitorial games, and enjoyed the spotlight

340-397 AD
Bishop of Milan
Particularly noted for political involvment - beginning of church claiming supremacy over state
Ambrose chastised emperor theodosius for killing thousands at thessalonica in retaliation for rebellious behavior
In response to this, Theodosius backed down showing Ambrose’s church influenced power over direct government

354-430 AD
A productive writer
From north africa
Knew ambrose
Stressed humanity’s sinfuless in comparison to divine grace
Wrote CITY OF GOD a book of christian philosophy around this topic

500
Founded monasticism in the west
Regulates entire day, time for payer, work, personal study, and more
This is popular because it is safer than living outside of monasticism when civilizations are collapsing

540-604 AD
Italian, and born to a wealthy family
Pope surrounded by famine lombard invasion and no civil legal system
Founder of medieval papacy to fix these issues
Truce with lombards
Organized land for the church to use to sell goods to fix the famine crisis
Spread christianity

150 – 215 AD
Studied Greek Philosophy
Emphasized ideas of folly, immorality of idolatry, paganism
Wanted to combine ideas of philosophy and spirituality