| A | B |
|---|
| Rome's first emperor | Augustus Caesar |
| an account written some time after an event has occured | secondary source |
| Julius Caesar's title? | "dictator for life" |
| buildings, tools, and other objects that shape how people live | material culture |
| things made by human hands | artifacts |
| a record that was created at or near the time of an event | primary source |
| stories passed down through time | myths and legends |
| legendary founders of Rome | Romulus and Remus |
| one of the best places to study the material culture of Rome | Pompeii |
| two types of problems created by the growth of the Roman Empire | economic and social problems |
| to murder a well-known or important person | assassinate |
| Pax Romana | Roman Peace |
| Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius | "The Good Emperors" |
| He divided the Empire because he believed it was too large to rule effectively | Diocletian |
| membership in a political community with both rights and responsibilities | citizenship |
| Slavery, government corruption, decline of the cities, high taxes, civil wars | internal causes of the Fall of the Roman Empire |
| main external cause of the fall of the Roman Empire | barbarian invasions |
| self-sufficient country estates that wealthy Romans left the city for | latifundia |
| self-governing | autonomous |
| Led by Attila, these Central Asian barbarians forced local Germanic tribes into the Roman Empire | Huns |
| leader of the Huns, known as the "Scourge of God" | Attila |
| emperor who granted Roman citizenship to all free men | Caracalla |
| The year the Roman Republic began | 509 B.C. |
| religion that Constantine allowed to be practiced freely in the 300s | Christianity |
| structures built by a government for public use | public works |
| developed by the Romans for stronger structures | concrete |
| stone and concrete arches that support a covered channel to transport water | aqueduct |
| consisting of many different cultures and religions | multicultural |
| "Civis romanus sum" | "I am a Roman citizen" |
| languages based on Latin ie: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian | Romance languages |
