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Questions and

Key Points
Who were the
first Romans to
contact China?

Why did the


Plebians refuse
to fight or work

Why did Romes


republic fail?

How were
slaves treated?

How did Rome


solve its
problem of
having no
farmers?
How did Rome
provide its
people with
drinking water?
What did the
societys of
rome and the
han dynasty

Class Notes
The delegates from Andun were the first Romans
to reach china , although it is believed that they
were not actual delegates but merchants
instead.

The Plebians refused to fight or work because of


the inequalities between them and the
Patricians. This struggle was known as the
conflict of orders
Romes republic failed because when the farm
owning peasants would be called to war their
farms would be bought out and turned into wine
farms. This made wheat which was a staple
become short in supply and forced romans to
import it. Also slave labor made it extremely
difficult for peasants to find work after this.
Slaves were forced to work longer and harder
than other laborers. This caused some to revolt
against their masters. The owners were also very
cruel to their slaves veiwing them as numbers
and not people.
Rome made it so that people could live on a farm
and grow crops and in return have to give some
of the crops to the empire. This made peasants
bale to own land and made them forced to also
serve in the military.
Rome used underground and above ground
aqueducts that transported water from resovoirs
into the cities for the people to drink
They both were connected with transport. The
romans had roads while the Hans had the great
canals that linked together. The silk road also

have in
common?

reached from China to Babylon which was the


capital of East Rome

Roman Republic The first republic, People elected representatives


which chose leaders for them.
Roman Senate Elected , Made decisions for the people
patron/client relationship The relationship between slaves and their
owners
Roman Principate The Principate is the name sometimes given to the
first period of the Roman Empire
Augustus Leader of the Roman Empire
Equites - (in ancient Rome) a class of citizens who originally formed the
cavalry of the Roman army and at a later period were a wealthy class
of great political importance.
pax romana 200 year period of peace in Rome
Romanization - Romanization or Latinization (or romanisation,
latinisation: see spelling differences), in linguistics, is the conversion of
writing from a different writing system to the Roman
Jesus Messiah of the Christian faith
Paul spread the word and message of Jesus Christ
Aqueduct Used gravity to supply roman cities with water from nearby
lakes and reservoirs

third-century crisis - The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as


Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis, (AD 235284) was a period in
which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined
pressures of invasion, civil war, plague, and economic depression.
Constantine - Constantine the Great, also known as Constantine I or
Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD.
Byzantine Empire - The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the
Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in
the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital
city was Constantinople.
Qin - The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting
from 221 to 206 BC
Shi Huangdi - Qin Shi Huang or Qin Shi Huangdi, meaning the First
Emperor of Qin, was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first
emperor of China. He was born Ying Zheng or Zhao Zheng, a prince of
the state of Qin.
Han - The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China (206
BC220 AD), preceded by the Qin dynasty (221206 BC) and
succeeded by the Three Kingdoms period (220280 AD).
Changan - Chang'an is an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in
Chinese history, today known as Xi'an
gentry - people of good social position.

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