| A | B |
|---|
| Augustus | Means "The Revered One"; First Roman Emperor |
| Battle of Cannae | 216 BCE; Victory for Hannibal |
| Edict of Milan | Official Tolerance of Christianity |
| 476CE | Fall of Western Roman Empire |
| Etruscans | Built the city of Rome |
| Nero | Heir of Caligula; Last Julio-Claudian emperor |
| Nerva | First of Five Good Emperors |
| Sadducees | Favored Cooperation with Romans |
| Marc Antony | Member of 2nd Triumvirate |
| Pompey | Roman General; Member of 1st Triumvirate |
| 12 Tables of 450BCE | Early Roman Code of Laws |
| 218-202BCE | Second Punic War |
| Battle of Zama | 202BCE; Victory for Scipio |
| Paterfamilias | Male Dominated Household |
| Latifundia | Large Landed Estates |
| 44BCE | Assassination of Caesar |
| Censors | Counted People and Property |
| Senate | Non-lawmaking body; decree powers |
| 509BCE | Etruscan Kings Overthrown |
| Diocletian | Split Empire into Four Zones |
| 378CE | Battle of Adrianople; Romans defeated |
| Constantine | Built capital of Eastern Roman Empire; Splits empire into East & West |
| Huns | Barbarians from Asia: Scourge of Rome |
| Hadrian | Good Emperor; Built Wall |
| Goths | Germanic tribes that invade Rome |
| 287BCE | Council of Plebes gets veto power |
| Carthage | Phoenician colony; Major trading empire |
| Patricians | Wealthy landowners; Aristocrats |
| Virgil | Wrote "The Aeneid" |
| Livy | Wrote "The History of Rome" |
| Marcus Auerilus | Good Emperor; Philosopher King |
| Julio-Claudian | Line of Emperors; Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero |
| Zealots | Favored violent overthrow of Romans |
| Jesus | Some viewed him as the Messiah |
| Essenes | Awaited the Messiah |
| Ides of March | March 15 |
| 285-305CE | Reign of Diocletian |
| 306-337CE | Reign of Constantine |
| Latium Plain | Rome was founded here |
| Hannibal | Carthagian general; Successfully invaded Rome |
| Alps | Mountains; Crossed by Hannibal |
| Scipio | Defeated Hannibal at Zama |
| 60BCE | First Triumvirate formed |
| 45BCE | Ceasar named Dictator for Life |
| 43BCE | Second Triumvirate formed |
| Octavian | Heir of Julius Ceasar; Becomes Emperor Augustus |
| Pax Romana | Roman Peace; 200 years |
| 64CE | Great Fire of Rome |
| First Triumvirate | Ruled by Pompey, Crassus, & Caesar |
| Second Triumvirate | Ruled by Octavian, Marc Antony, Lepidus |
| Plebeians | Lower class; Commoners with little rights & freedoms |
| Consuls | Chief leaders during the republic; 1 military, 1 domestic |
| Preators | Administered the laws; judges |
| Battle of Actium | 31BCE; Ended 2nd Triumvirate |
| 753BCE | Mythical founding of Rome |
| Punic Wars | Wars between Rome and Carthage; Rome wins |
| Marius | Roman general; first to pay troops with his own money |
| Cleopatra | Last Egyptian pharaoh |
| Roman Legion | 5,000 men |
| Praetorian Guard | Emperors personal guard; ancient secret service |
| Julius Caesar | Dictator for life; Assassinated by members of the Senate |
| Five Good Emperors | Ruled during the Pax Romana; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, Marcus Auerilus |
| Roman Colosseum | Built to house entertainment; Gladiators fought here |
| 79CE | Mt. Vesuvius erupts; Buries cities of Pompeii & Herculaneum |
| Spartacus | Led slave revolt to almost victory |
| Pontius Pilate | Roman governor of Judea |
| Theodosius | Made Christianity the offical religion of Rome |
| Romulus Augustulus | Last Western Roman Emperor |
| Mossada | Final siege of the Jewish Revolt |
| Aqueducts | Used to bring fresh water into Rome from the mountains |
