| A | B |
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| Alaric | King of the Visigoths sacked Rome |
| anarchy | Country in which there is no ruler |
| aqueducts | Trench suspended to bring water throughout Rome |
| Attilla | Leader of Huns, led conquest into roman empire |
| Carthage | Northern province in Africa, led an empire expanding and controlling the Mediterranean before Rome, engineering stuff in which they had first plumbing, apartments, and sewers |
| censors | Top of chain in ladder of power, like presidents |
| checks and balances | Monitor the other side, used in current government |
| Cleopatra | Egyptian ruler marries or has relationship with Caesar |
| collegia | Groups of trade associations in ancient Rome |
| Colonus | A tenant farmer |
| Commodus | Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus signaled the beginning of end of the Roman Empire. |
| Constantine | King in the later era of Rome, ruler of Byzantine empire |
| Constantinople | Capital of Eastern Roman empire ( Byzantium) |
| consuls | one of the two chief magistrates who were elected to govern annually |
| equites | a privileged class of Romans of a rank above the common people, whose members served as cavalry |
| Galen | the most outstanding physician of antiquity after Hippocrates |
| Hadrian | An emperor who Romanize captured cities |
| Huns | Barbarian group |
| indemnity | A toll payed in return for war damages |
| inflation | An increase in price due to the decrease in value of the currency |
| latifundia | an agricultural estate, especially one that was worked by slaves |
| legion | an army division of 3,000 to 6,000 soldiers, including cavalry |
| Marc Antony | Roman statesman and general, who defeated the assassins of Julius Caesar |
| Marcus Aurelius | Roman general Reforms: |
| Marius | Roman general and statesman, who led the Populares during the civil war of 88-86 bc. |
| martyrs | somebody who chooses to die rather than deny a strongly held belief, especially a religious belief |
| Nazareth | Where Jesus grew up |
| Nero | Horrible roman emporer, rome burned because of him. |
| paterfamilias | a man in the role of father and head of a household |
| patriarchs | Leader of something ex. A Father in a house |
| patricians | Father figures |
| Pax Romana | the long period of peace and stability that existed under the Roman Empire, especially in the 2nd century ad |
| plebeians | one of the ordinary citizens of ancient Rome as distinct from the patricians |
| Pompey | Roman general and statesman, the erstwhile ally and son-in-law of Julius Caesar, but later Caesar?s arch-rival |
| pope | Head of catholic religion. |
| praetors | any of several magistrates ranking immediately below the consuls and acting as the chief law officers of the state |
| Ptolemy | astronomer and mathematician, engineer, architect (earth center of universe) |
| rabbis | A scholar of the Torah |
| republic | a political system or form of government in which people elect representatives to exercise power for them |
| Romulus | in Roman mythology, the founder of the city of Rome. He was the son of Mars and twin brother of Remus, whom he is said to have killed |
| Romulus Augustulus | Roman emperor of the West (475-476). Was overthrown by Barbarians |
| Spartacus | leader of the historic insurrection of Roman slaves |
| Tarsus | In Asia Minor; Paul nee Saul Christian Martyr was born there |
| Tiber River | River through rome |
| tribunes | a representative of the common people in the ancient Roman republic, elected annually |
| veto | A political opposition |
