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| Tiber River | The physical feature where Rome was built. It was shallow making it easy to cross. |
| Republic | A style of government run by elected leaders chosen by the people to represent their views. |
| Plebeians | Rome’s lower class who rebelled when they weren’t being listened to; Artisans, laborers, farmers. |
| Patricians | Rome’s upper class citizens who ran the government. |
| Magistrate | Upper class citizens that were elected into power by the people. |
| Consuls | The title of the two upper class citizens elected from the magistrates. |
| Roman Senate | A group of upper class Romans that advised the leaders. |
| Roman Assembly | A group that protected the rights of the plebeians [lower class]. |
| Veto | The action of stopping a law from being passed when one group wants it to and another doesn’t. |
| Checks and Balances | A method of balancing power so that one group doesn’t become too powerful. |
| Punic Wars | A series of wars between Rome and Carthage, a city in northern Africa; fought over resources, land, control, power. |
| Gladiator | A slave or captive, who was forced to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal. |
| Roman Empire | A time in Rome when the government was ruled by a dictator. |
| Dictator | A ruler during the Roman Empire. This person had total power of the empire of Rome. |
| Julius Caesar | A great general who fought for the plebeians rights and overthrew the Republic. |
| Augustus Caesar | First emperor of the Roman Empire. |
| Pax Romana | Th Roman Golden Age during the first 200 years of the Roman Empire. |
| Aqueduct | Raised tunnels used to carry water from the mountains to the cities. |
| Constantine | The first Christian emperor of Rome. |
| Byzantine Empire | The Eastern Empire of the Roman Empire. |
