| A | B |
|---|
| Punic Wars | Carthage vs. Rome |
| Rome | Winner of Punic Wars |
| Triparte | Three Branches (Judicial, Executive, Legislative) |
| Separation of Powers | Each branch of government has a different job |
| Twelve Tables | Laws |
| Patricians | The highest class in the Roman Republic |
| Plebeians | Freemen who were not noble; most of the people in the Roman republic |
| Consuls are like our what? | President |
| Pax Romana | 200 Years of Peace |
| Forum | Central open area that became Rome’s center of government and business. |
| Republic | Political system in which people elect representatives to make decisions for them |
| Province | Land outside Italy that the Romans ruled through an appointed governor |
| Siege | Military operation in which a place is surrounded and cut off from outside supplies |
| Senate | Patricians who made the law andvoted for the Consuls |
| Assembly | The legislative branch for plebeians |
| Veto | Overule |
| Dictator | A ruler who has unlimited authority for a limited time |
| Silk Road | Trade network that linked Rome and China |
| Legions | Roman military unit |
| Persecution | Harming a person based on his or her beliefs |
| Barbarian | People who were seen by the Romans as being inferior; fierce, warlike, uneducated |
| Mercenary | Professional soldiers who fight for the army of a foreign power |
| Apostles | Twelve of Jesus’ disciples |
| Realism | Showing things as they really are |
| Rhetoric | Public speaking |
| Stoicism | Greek philosophy which taught that strong self-control could control greed, anger and jealousy |
