| A | B |
|---|
| Diocletian | Emperor that divided the empire into two parts |
| Constantine | Emperor that legalized Christianity |
| 476 AD | Date of the fall of (western) Roman empire |
| carthage | City beaten by Rome in the Punic Wars |
| germanic tribes | invaders that put pressure on Roman borders |
| inflation | when prices rise and wages stay the same |
| Augustus Caesar | created a common coinage, civil service and rule by law in the Roman Empire |
| Marc Antony | defeated by Augustus Caesar after the death of Julius |
| representative democracy | form of government under the Roman Republic |
| patricians | highest social class, nobility |
| plebians | majority of citizes in Rome (excluding slaves) |
| moral decay | loss of values, right and wrong, factor of fall of Roman Empire |
| Hannibal | Carthaginian general |
| trade competition | reason for the Punic Wars |
| high taxes | problem in Rome during the Republic and Empire |
| Tiber | river that runs through Rome |
| parts of the Roman Republic | assemblies, tribunes, senate, counsuls |
| senate | ruling body in the Roman Republic |
