| A | B |
|---|
| Gracchus | The last name of two brothers who brought out reform for the poor |
| Sulla | The champiion of the Senate in Rome's first civil war. |
| Triumvirate | Rule by three men |
| Edict of Milan | The edict that made Christianity a legal religion |
| Julius Caesar | Master of the Roman World in 45 B.C. |
| Rubicon | The river Caesar crossed against the Senate's orders on his way to Rome |
| Lepidus | Who joined Mark Antony & Octavian to form the Second Triumvirate |
| Constantine | The first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity |
| Octavian | Became the undisputed master of the entire Roman empire in 31 B.C. |
| Actium | Where Antony's fleet was defeated by the fleet of Octavian |
| Pontifex Maximus | Supreme Pontiff |
| New Testament | refers to Octavian as Caesar Augustus |
| Caesar Augustus | Ruled Rome during the birth of Christ |
| A.D.14 | Caesar Augustus died |
| Pax Romana | The 200 year period of Roman peace and prosperity |
| Tiberius | ruled the Roman empire during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ |
| Vesuvius | The volcano that erupted in A.D. 79 burying the city of Pompeii |
| Five good emperors | Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, & Marcus Aurelius |
| Hadrian's Wall | A stone wall in Northern Britain built to protect the empire's frontier from raids by Picts and Scots |
| Nero | Roman emperor who began the first great persecution of Christians |
