| A | B |
|---|
| emperor | absolute ruler of an empire |
| freedmen (freedom) | former enslaved people |
| princeps | first citizens |
| census | population count |
| Augustus | ruled Rome for 41 years |
| Pater Patriae | Father of the Country |
| Pax Romana | 200 years of peace |
| tariffs | taxes |
| juris prudentes | special lawyers and legal writers |
| standardized | legal procedures were the same in all parts of the empire |
| olive oil | Italian export item |
| domus | house |
| rhetoric | speech and writing |
| Circus Maximus | oval arena that could seat more than 200,000 people |
| gladiators | people who fought animals and one another in arenas |
| pigsticking | a type of hunt |
| inflation | period of ever increasing prices |
| barter | exchange goods without using money |
| rule by divine right | rule based on the theory that a monarch's right to rule comes from God |
| Constantine I | became Roman emperor in 312 A.D. |
| Marcus Aurelius | became Roman emperor in 161 A.D. |
