| A | B |
|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| province | area with own government and army that are part of an empire divided |
| aqueducts | structures that carried water over long distances |
| Caligula | one of Rome's worst emperors |
| Hadrian | one of Rome's best emperors |
| Collosseum | Rome's greatest building ( arena) |
| Circus | an arena |
| Seneca | a writer |
| martyr | a person who chooses to die for their beliefs |
| Nero | Roman emperor from 54A.D. to 68 A.D. |
| mercenary | a foreign soldier who serves in an army only for pay |
| Constantine | emperor of Rome from 312A.D. to 337 A.D. |
| Constantinople | ancient city of Byzantium |
