| A | B |
|---|
| Julius Caesar | Roman military leader - conquered lands for Rome |
| Judaism | the 1st monotheistic religion [belief system] ? centered around the belief in 1 God [Yahweh] ? [ ] |
| Latin | language spoken by the upper class of Rome |
| Law of Twelve Tables | Roman law written down - guaranteed rights for all people |
| monarch | king |
| monotheism | belief in 1 God |
| Nero | Roman Emperor who persecuted Christians ? guy was considered to be eccentric / slightly crazy .. |
| Paganism | polytheism during the Romans ? an organized set of beliefs & gods with ceremonies & rituals |
| Patricians | the upper class in Rome |
| Pax Romana | 200 years of Roman peace |
| Plebeians | the lower class in Rome |
| purple | the color of royalty/ upper class clothing |
| Representative Democracy | govt.: people elect others to run the government for them |
| Roman Lake | it describes the size of the Roman Empire - actually refers to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Virgil | a Roman poet ? 70 - 19 BC ?. He wrote the Aeneid ? a poem which filled 12 books |
