| A | B |
|---|
| republic | citazens who have the right to select their leaders |
| patricians | Powerful nobility in the Senate |
| plebians | ordinary citizens, majority |
| consuls | the 2 men who lead the government |
| veto | rejection of a bill by the president |
| dictator | an official who had all powers of the king but could only hold office for 6 months |
| Romulus & Remus | founders of Rome who supposedly were raised by a wolf |
| slaves | foreigners taken in battle |
| Julius Caesar | a dictator that became permanent & was murdered because of his power |
| Octavian | Rome's first emperor |
| Rome | the capital city of the Roman Empire |
| Assemblies | legislative body made up of plebians |
| Carthage | ancient city on the north coast of Africa |
| Gauls | people that lived in the central part of Europe that were conquured by Julius Caesar |
| Tiber River | a river that goes through Italy leading to Rome |
| the Senate | made up of patricians |
| aqueducts | structures that carried water over long distances |
| Twelve Tables | codified laws of Rome |
| Hadrian | Roman emperor, wall in Britain |
| dictator | ultimate ruler, appointed in time of crisis |
| Colosseum | Rome's greatest building ( arena) |
| Circus Maximus | an arena |
| Pax Romana | 200 years of peace |
| civil service | paid government service |
| Messiah | a savior in Judaism & Christianity |
| gospel | the first 4 books of the New Testament in the Christian Bible |
| disciple | a follower of a person or belief |
| Pantheon | Roman temple |
| Apostles | early followers of Jesus |
| Jesus | founder of Christianity |
| Paul | disciple of Jesus |
| Emperor Constantine | Roman emperor legalized Christianity |
| Ptolemy | astronomer |
| mercenary | a foreign soldier who serves in an army only for pay |
| inflation | an economic situation in which there is more money of less value |
| First Triumvirate | Pompey, Julius Caesar, Crassus |
| doctrine | principle, position or policy |
| Constantinople | ancient city of Byzantium |
