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| Pantheon | Temple dedicated to all of the Roman Gods |
| Forum | The roman center for politics and trade |
| Colliseum | Large stadium built for public entertainment such as Gladiator battles |
| Aqueducts | an example of Roman technology, they were built to move water over large areas of land |
| Pax Romana | Rome's 200 year period of peace and prosperity |
| Latin | the official language of the Roman Empire it influenced many other languages |
| Apostles | followers of Jesus of Nazareth who spread his teachings and wrote accounnts of his life |
| Paul | one of the major apostles, he played a major role in making Christianity an independent religion separate from Judaism |
| Pope | the Patriarch of Rome, became the religious leader for the western Roman empire |
| Constantine | The first Christian emperor, he made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire, and moved the capital of the empire to Constantinople |
| Theodosius | Emperor of Rome who banned all reliugions other than Christianity |
| New Testament | A collection of writings by Jesus' followers that tell of Jesus's teachings and life, it is part of the Holy Bible |
| Bishops | religious leaders in the early Christian Church |
| The Roman Arch | an architectural design that was able to support more weight than previous structures |
| Church Councils | early meetings by Christian leaders designed to establish official church doctrines or beliefs |
| Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided Rome into two separate halves (Eastern and Western) |
| Ptolemy | famous Egyptian Astronomer who made great advancements in Astronomy and planetary motion during the Pax Romana |
| The Aeneid | written by Virgil it is a great piece of Roman literature and is somewhat similar to the Odyssey |
| Constantinople | The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, named after Constantine |
| Odoacer | Visigoth king who conquered Rome in 476 AD, ending the Rule of Roman Emperors |
| Germanic Tribes | Groups from Northern and Eastern Europe who invaded Rome's empire repeatedly, weakening the empire |
