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This is a study guide for Exam #2, Fall 2024, covering a range of historical topics, including the origins of Rome, the Roman Republic, the Punic Wars, and the rise of Christianity. It includes detailed outlines of weeks 7-15.

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Hist. 125 Exam #2 /Final Exam Week 7.2 The Origins of Rome The Etruscans (in general) Etruscan Art Etruscan Funerals / Necropolises Etruscan Women The Mytho-history of the Roman Origins (Aeneas/Romulus and Remus) The End of the Roman Monarchy Patricians Plebi...

Hist. 125 Exam #2 /Final Exam Week 7.2 The Origins of Rome The Etruscans (in general) Etruscan Art Etruscan Funerals / Necropolises Etruscan Women The Mytho-history of the Roman Origins (Aeneas/Romulus and Remus) The End of the Roman Monarchy Patricians Plebians The Senate The Vestal Virgins Week 8.1 The Roman Republic and the Punic Wars The Consuls Dictator The Celtic Invasion Incorporation of Allies King Pyrrhus Carthage The Punic Wars (in general) The Second Punic War Hannibal Cannae 1 Week 8.2 The End of the Republic Marius Sulla The Roman “Slavocracy” Spartacus The First Triumvirate Crassus Pompey Julius Caesar The Gallic War The Civil War Caesar as Dictator Week 9.1 Imperial Rome The Assassination of Caesar Octavian/Augustus The Second Triumvirate Mark Antony and Cleopatra Suetonius and The Twelve Caesars Caligula Nero Week 9.2 The Beginnings of Christianity / The Rise of Christianity Second Temple Judaism (in general) Roman Judea Messianic Expectations The Essenes 2 The Sadducees The Pharisees Zealots John the Baptist Jesus of Nazareth Saul/Paul of Tarsus The Gentile Mission The Apostolic Conference of Jerusalem Week 10.1 / 10.2 A Christian Empire Roman Attitudes Towards Christians Nero and the Great Fire Agrippina St. Perpetua Week 10.2 A Christian Empire Continued The Pax Romana Commodus Crisis of the Third Century Diocletian The Tetrarchy Diocletian’s Persecution of Christians Constantine Helena Battle of Milvian Bridge Edict of 313 (AKA Edict of Milan) 3 Week 11.1 A Christian Empire Part II and Gladiators Arius and Arianism Council of Nicaea / The Nicene Creed The Circus Maximus The Colosseum Wild Animal Slaughters Edict of Thessalonica Week 11.1 The End of Antiquity and Byzantium The Goths The Vandals Odoacer and Theoderic Barbarian Kingdoms in the West The Byzantine Empire Prokopios/Procopius and the Secret History Justinian Theodora Week 12 The Rise of Islam, Charlemagne, and New Roman Empires Muhammad Prophets and Messengers (in Islam) The Qur’an / The Koran The Kaaba and the Black Stone Mecca Medina The Covenant of Umar 4 The Franks King Clovis Battle of Poitiers/Tours Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel Pippin/Pepin the Short Charlemagne The Holy Roman Empire (Frankish/Carolingian version 1.0) The Holy Roman Empire (Germanic version 2.0) Week 13.1 Empire vs Papacy The Medieval Church (hierarchy) Bishops Priests The Laity Apostolic Succession The Papacy / The Pope Rise of the Papacy Pope Leo the Great Decline of the Papacy Pope Leo III Lay Investiture Pope Gregory VII Emperor Henry IV (Holy Roman Emperor) Concordat of Worms 5 Week 13.2 The Black Death The Mongol Empire and how it spread the Black Death Siege of Caffa The Black Death (in general) Week 13.2 The Medieval Church at Its Height and Inferno Pope Innocent III The Medieval Catholic Afterlife (Hell and Purgatory) The Sacrament of Confession Dante and the Inferno Pope Boniface VIII Week 15.1 The Italian Renaissance and the Decameron Petrarch The Letter to Posterity The Ascent of Mt. Ventoux Leonardo da Vinci Raphael (and The School of Athens) Michelangelo (and David, the Pieta, the Sistine Chapel) Boccaccio and The Decameron Week 15.2 Christine de Pizan and the Treasure of the City of Ladies Machiavelli and the Prince 6

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