| A | B |
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| Rome | Important city on the Italian peninsula |
| Alps | Europe's highest mountain range at the northern border of Italy |
| plebeian | Roman citizens who farmed, traded, and made things for a living |
| patrician | Members of Rome's noble families; they owned large farms |
| republic | A government where citizens choose leaders who voted for them |
| representatives | people in government who are elected to act for others |
| senate | Branch of government that controlled all money collected and spent by the republic |
| tribunes | Branch of the government who were leaders of the citizens assembly |
| consuls | Branch of government that served as army commanders and powerful judges |
| Twelve Tables | Wooden tablets with laws written on them |
| forum | A gravel clearing; center of life in Rome |
| Julius Caesar | Roman general who became the republics dictator |
| civil war | A war between groups within one country |
| Cleopatra | She ruled Egypt and backed Caesar |
| dictatorship | A government under a dictator who has absolute power |
| Augustus | First Roman Emperor; unified the empire and established Pax Romana |
| Pax Romana | Roman Peace |
| Christianity | A religion based on the teachings of Jesus |
| New Testment | The second part of the Christian Bible |
| Jesus | Religious leader and founder of Christianity |
| parable | A simple story that contains a message or truth |
| apostles | Twelve closest followers of Jesus chosen to help teach |
| Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided the empire in two |
| Constantine | Roman emperor who founded Constantinople as the new eastern capital |
