| A | B |
|---|
| plebians | common people in Rome |
| Twelve Tables | first written Roman laws |
| veto | to reject |
| triumvirate | three person group of rulers |
| latifundias | large farm estates |
| Roman Republic | representative government of Rome |
| Carthage | fought against Rome in the Punic Wars |
| Augustus | first Roman emperor |
| Constantine | Roman emperor who tried to save the empire |
| Nero | Roman emperor who watched Rome burn |
| Caesar | was assinated because people feared he would become king |
| collosseum | where Romans would go to watch gladiators |
| Pax Romana | a 200 year period of Roman peace |
| Circus Maximus | where Romans would go to watch chariot races |
| Spartacus | led a slave revolt |
| Latins | first people to settle in Rome |
| patricians | wealthy landholders in Rome |
| Roman Senate | powerful 300 member council |
| phalanx | Roman battle formation |
| Hannibal | led Carthage during the Punic Wars |
| Gracchus brothers | Roman tribunes who tried to help the poor |
