| A | B |
|---|
| ROME BECOMES A REPUBLIC | 509 B.C |
| ROMANS ADOPT TWELVE TABLES | c.451 B.C. |
| ROME CONTROLS MOST OF ITALY | c. 267 B.C. |
| PUNIC WAR BEGINS | 264 B.C. |
| OCTAVIAN BECOMES ROME'S FIRST EMPEROR | 27 B.C |
| JEWS REVOLT AGAINST ROMANS | A.D. 66 |
| RULE OF GOOD EMPERORS BEGINS | A.D. 96 |
| PAX ROMANA ENDS | c.A.D 180 |
| REPUBLIC | A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH CITIZENS ELECT THEIR LEADERS |
| LEGION | LARGE GROUPS OF ROMAN SOLDIERS |
| PATRICIAN | THE RULING CLASS OF ANCIENT ROME |
| PLEBEIAN | ORDINARY CITIZENS OF ANCIENT ROME |
| CONSUL | HEAD OF GOVERNMENT, USUALLY WITH A LIMITED TERM IN OFFICE |
| VETO | TO REJECT |
| PRAETORS | GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO INTREPRET THE LAW AND SERVE AS JUDGES |
| TRIBUNE | AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF ORDINARY CITIZENS |
| DICTATOR | A PERSON GRANTED ABSOLUTE POWER |
| CIVIC DUTY | THE IDEA THAT CITIZENS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THEIR COUNTRY |
| TRIUMVIRATE | THREE RULERS WHO SHARE EQUAL POWER |
| PAX ROMANA | ROMAN PEACE |
| PROCONSUL | GOVERNOR |
