| A | B |
|---|
| patrician | wealthy landowners in Rome, the minority with rights and power |
| plebeians | peasants and workers in Rome, the majority with few rights |
| aqueduct | structure that transports water |
| Pantheon | Roman temple for all gods |
| Forum | Roman center for government |
| Latins | farmed along Tiber River and overthrew the Etruscans in 509 BC |
| Roman Republic | 509 BC to 31 BC, democracy |
| Pax Romana | 27 BC to 180, peace and prosperity that began with August and the Roman Empire |
| Roman Empire | 31 BC to 476, imperial Rome after the assassination of Julius Caesar |
| Consuls | chief executives during the Roman Republic |
| Assemblies | legislative groups that represented the people |
| Tribunes | represented the Plebeians |
| Twelve Tables | Plebeians requested that laws be written |
| Civil and Criminal | types of laws |
| Justinian's Code | laws adopted by Justinian in the Eastern Roman Empire |
| Punic Wars | Rome versus Carthage over land and sea trade; Rome won and expanded its area of influence |
| Hannibal | Carthaginian leader during the Punic Wars |
| Legion | a unit of trained Roman soldiers |
| Legionnaire | a Roman soldier |
| mosaics | designs made with inlaid pieces of colored tile and class |
