| A | B |
|---|
| Roman Lake | it describes the size of the Roman Empire - actually refers to the Mediterranean Sea |
| "Veni, Vidi, Vici" | Julius Caesar's slogan, for conquering lands "I came, I saw, I conquered" |
| aqueducts | bringing water to crops |
| aristocracy | upper class |
| Patricians | the upper class in Rome |
| Plebians | the lower class in Rome |
| barbarians | refers to people without any culture - Romans & Chinese to outsiders |
| census | counting the number of people in an area |
| Colosseum | a large place for entertainment - a stadium |
| conquest | to take over an area |
| Constantine the Great | Roman Emperor - he made Christianity the official religion in Rome 312 AD |
| imperial | royal, king, ruling class |
| constitution | written laws |
| Emperor Caesar Augustus | established Pax Romana [200 years of Roman peace] Rome reached the height of culture [30 BCE - 14 AD] |
| engineer | to build things such as bridges, sewer lines |
| Jesus Christ | born in the eastern end of the Roman Empire during the time of Caesar in 0 AD - founder of Christianity |
| Julius Caesar | Roman military leader - conquered lands for Rome |
| Latin | language spoken by the upper class of Rome |
| Law of Twelve Tables | Roman law written down - guaranteed rights for all people |
| monarch | king |
| Nero | Roman Emperor who persecuted Christians |
| Pax Romana | 200 years of Roman peace |
| purple | the color of royalty/ upper class clothing |
| Representative Democracy | govt.: people elect others to run the government for them |
| Indirect Democracy | another term for Representative Democracy |
