| A | B |
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| apostles | later name for Jesus' disciples |
| patricians | name giver to the privileged class of Rome |
| Tacitus | Author of the Annals and Histories |
| zealots | Jews who wanted to ride their homeland of Romans |
| Byzantium | Greek city that became the capital of the empire in AD 330 |
| Alaric | King of the Visigoths in 408 |
| Punic Wars | Series of wars between Rome and Carthage |
| plebeians | name given to the common people of Rome |
| Virgil | author of the Aeneid |
| City of God | Bishop Augustine's most famous book |
| Twelve Tables | Written laws that provided the basis for the Roman legal system |
| gravitas | Rome name for the qualities of discipline, strength, and loyalty |
| Julius Caesar | Roman dictator assassiinated on 3/15/44 BC |
| republic | Government in which the citizens vote for the leaders |
| Augustus | Roman title that meant "exalted one" |
| Huns | nomadic people from central Asia who terried the Germanic tribes |
| Greco-Roman | Name given to a blending of Greek and Roman culture |
| Tribal Assembly | Democratic branch f the government organized by the plebeians |
| Carthage | Phoenician colony |
| St. Jerome | Eyewitness to the fall of Rome that described it as the end of the world |
| Constantine | First Roman emperor to convert to Christianity |
| Attila | Leader of the Huns |
| Hannibal | Carthaginian general who vowed revenge on Rome |
| Gracchus | Two brothers who propsed land reforms and died for it |
| dictator | official, who in times of dange, had absolute power for 6 months |
| Forum | heart of Roman life |
| Colosseum | huge arena that could hold 50,000 |
| mercenaries | foreign soldiers who fought for money |
| Livy | author of a series of Roman history books |
| Diocletian | military leader and son of a slave who took power in AD 284 |
| Scipio | Roman general who finally defeated Hannibal |
| Senate | aristocratic branch of the government |
| triumvirate | "rule of three" |
| pater familias | Head of the family who exercised total control |
| Leo I | pope who negotiated the withdrawal of the Huns in AD 452 |
| Nicene Creed | Basic beliefs of the church as defined in AD 325 |
| Goths | General terms for the northern barbarians |
| Edward Gibbon | author who argued that Rome fell due to its size |
| consuls | chief executives of the Roman republican government |
| civil service | government system who ran the empire day to day |
| Pax Romana | Period of peace and prosperity from 27 BC to AD 181 |
| Octavian | Julius Caesar's nephew and ruler of Rome for 41 years |
| Edict of Milan | Announcement that granted freedom of religion |
| Diaspora | Dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in AD 70 |
| Paul | Jew named Saul who dedicated his life to spreading the teachings of Jesus |
| Judea | Jewish homeland that became a Roman province in AD 6 |
| inflation | a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in price |
| heresy | Any belief that contradicted the teachings of the church |
| Peter | first apostle who came to be viewed as the first pope |
| Jesus Christ | Jew who founded the Christian religion |
