| A | B |
|---|
| republic | citazens who have the right to select their leaders |
| patricians | the 300 upper classmen in the senate |
| plebians | ordinary citizens |
| consuls | the 2 men who lead the government |
| Punic Wars | Between Carthage and Rome |
| 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 |
| Etruscans | ancient people who lived in the area which is now Rome |
| Julius Caesar | a dictator that became permanent & was murdered because of his power |
| Octavian | Rome's first emperor |
| Rome | the capital city of Italy |
| Italy | boot shaped country in southern Europe |
| Carthage | was an 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 |
| aqueducts | structures that carried water over long distances |
| Greece | a country in the south eastern part of Europe |
| Collosseum | Rome's greatest building ( arena) |
| Messiah | a savior in Judiism & Christianity |
| gospel | the first 4 books of the New Testament in the Christian Bible |
| disciple/apostle | a follower of a person or belief |
| martyr | a person who chooses to die for their beliefs |
| Jesus | Messiah; considered the son of God by Christians |
| Paul | disciple of Jesus |
| Pax Romana | A time of peace and prosperity |
| Judea | the name of the southern half of the kingdom of the Isralites |
| 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 |
| Constantine | emperor of Rome from who coverted to Christianity |
| Diocletian | emperor of Rome who split the empire in to two parts |
| Constantinople | ancient city of Byzantium became the capitol of the Roman Empire |
