| A | B |
|---|
| Diocletian | last major emperor to enforce persecution of christians/he soon realized that Christianity was too powerful to be destroyed by force |
| Constantine | first Christian Empereor/issued Edict of Milan |
| Edict of Milan | 313 CE proclamation that tolerated Christianity in Rome |
| Council of Nicea | 325 CE which standardized many Christian faiths |
| Theodosius | adopted Christianity as the onlyl official religion - 380 CE |
| Pax Omana | The Roman Peace started by Augustus which allowed Rome to Profit from Improved Trade |
| Second Triumvirate | The second tense alliance between three generals after which Lepidus is banished, Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide, and Octavian becomes emperor and he is renamed Augustus |
| First Triumvirate | A tense alliance betweeen Julius Caesar, Crasus, and Pompey |
| Latifundia System | Large scale system of agricultural plantations, owned by important patricians in the senate and worked by slaves |
| Greeks | Group that most influenced the Etruscans and the Romans through the Etruscans |
| Appenine Mountains | Mountain Range that runs down the middle of Italy |
