| A | B |
|---|
| republic | Government in which citizens elect their leaders |
| veto | means to reject and in Latin means to forbid |
| Apennines | The mountain range that runs north and south in Italy |
| Patrician | Roman ruling class made up of wealthy landowners |
| Plebeians | Roman social class made up of artisans, shopkeepers, and farmers |
| Dictator | a ruler with complete control over the state |
| reform | political change to make things better |
| gladiator | a person who fought animals and other people as public amusement |
| aqueduct | a human-mde channel for carrying water long distances |
| Julius Caesar | was a military hero and Rome's most famous leader |
| Pax Romana | means "Roman Peace". It was a long era of peace and safety in the Roman Empire |
| Constantine | moved the capital form Rome to a city renamed for him. |
| Cincinnatus | the best-known early Roman dictator of the Republic |
| Twelve Tables | Adopted around 451 B.C., Rome's fist code of law |
| Forum | a marketplace and public square |
| Nero | musical emperor is said to have "fiddled while Rome burned" in A.d. 64 |
| Diocletian | divided the empire into 4 parts; set prices and wages |
| Theodora | strong-willed woman who favored women's rights, wife of emperor |
| Justinian | created a law code, expanded the empire into Italy and North Africa |
| vault | curved ceiling |
| Spartacus | gladiator who led a slave revolt against the Roman army |
| Germanic Tribes | invaders from Nortern Europe, set up kingdoms in Rome |
| Virgil | wrote the epic poem that described the ideal Roman |
| inflation | rapidly increasing prices which occurs when money loses value |
| barter | exchange of goods without using money |
| Odoacer | Germanic general who overthrows Western Emperor, marks the end of Roman Empire |
| Augustus | the first Roman Emperor and name means "majestic one" |
| Cicero | political leader, writer, Rome's greatest public speaker; called for a representative government |
| Nero | "fiddled while Rome burned" |
| Actium | winning this battle gave Octavian sole leadership of Rome |
| Livy | famous historian who wrote "History of Rome" |
| Roman Art | made to look realistic |
| Theodosius | divided the Roman Empire into the East and the West |
| 12 month calendar | reform of Julius Caesar |
