| A | B |
|---|
| Republic | a system of government where citizens choose their leaders |
| Senate | group of patrician Romans who pass laws in the Roman Republic |
| Patricians | rich landowners who ran the Roman government |
| Plebeians | the common people of Roman society |
| Julius Caesar | famous general and ruler of Rome, killed by Senators who felt he wanted to be a king |
| Octavian | came to power after Caeser, given the name Augustus and was the first Roman emperor |
| Augustus | aka Octavian, the first Roman emperor |
| Jesus | started Christianity, was Jewish |
| Constantine | Roman emperor who allowed Christians to follow their faith |
| Pax Romana | a 200 year time period where Rome was at peace, was strong and prosperous |
| Constantinople | the center of the eastern part of the Roman Empire |
| Rome | the center of the western part of the Roman empire |
| Huns | a fierce people from Asia who invaded lands of the Roman empire |
| aqueducts | systems used to move water from place to place |
| Latin | Roman language |
| Romance languages | derived from Latin, languages include Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian |
| Virgil | Poet whose poems told of Rome's early years |
| Etruscans | took over Rome around 600 BC, Romans adopt their alphabet and farming and building skills |
