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Unit 6 Ancient Rome

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River that Rome was built onTiber
Upper class of Roman societyPatrician
Lower class of Roman societyPlebian
Island SW of Italy that was colonized by Greece & CarthageSicily
Peninsula located in Southern EuropeItaly
Business section of Rome where the Senate metForum
Division of Roman army having 6000 menLegion
To reject a lawVeto
Twin brothers, raised by wolves, who founded RomeRomulus & Remus
Government where people elect officials to represent themRepublic
Roman law codes placed in the forumThe Twelve Tables
Legendary date of the founding of Rome753 B.C.
Tribe first to settle the area around RomeLatins
Government body that represented the upper classesSenate
Land Romans conquered in W. Europe that we call FranceGaul
Traditional date of the fall of Rome476 A.D.
Series of conflicts fought between Carthage & RomePunic Wars
2 officials that represented the lower class & were elected by Roman AssemblyTribunes
2 elected officials who served 1 year & enforced Roman lawConsuls
Tribe that conquered area around Rome, ruled 100 years, & built city of RomeEtruscans
Queen of Egypt who kills herself after Marc Antony's suicideCleopatra
Roman general who took control of N. AfricaLepidus
Ruled until 14 AD & quoted for saying he found RomeOctavian
General and best friend of CaesarMarc Antony
Title given to OctavianAugustus
The head god of the romansJupiter
The large facility in Rome where Athletic events were heldColosseum
A division of the Roman Army of around 6,000 foot solidersLegion
Roman bridges that brought water from the mountainsAqueducts
wrote a 142 volume history of RomeLivy
a very famous roman speaker who is considered to be the greatest writer of Latin prose.Virgil
the belief that virtue is obtained through reason and reason is obtained by remaining indiffernt to the external world and to passion, emotion or pain.Stoicism
A powerful speech delivered to a group of peopleOration
The author of the book the AeniadCicero
This person was killed on the Ides of MarchJulius Caesar
This Roman Senator participated in the plot to kill Julius CaesarTiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus
The language of the romans that later became the official language of the Catholic ChurchLatin
The Legendary Founders of RomeRomulus and Remus


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