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| Patricans | the highest class in Rome - the noble families of Rome |
| Plebians | merchants, farmers, and artisans of Rome |
| Senate | a council of men who ruled Rome |
| Tribunes | elected officials who protected the rights of the poor people |
| Civil War | a war fought between people of the same country |
| Twelve tables | a code of law for the Romans, engraved in copper and displayed to public view |
| Representative Democracy | a government in which the laws are made by men chosen by the people |
| Republic | a form of government in which leaders are chosen by the people to meet the needs of the people |
| Assemblies | the three groups that made the laws in Rome - led to our three branches of government in America |
| Migration | the movement of Indo-Europeans across the Alps and into the warmer climate of Italy |
| Empire | a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority |
| Tarquin | The last Etruscan King |
| Hannibal | Leader of the Carthaginian military |
| Scipio | Leader of the Roman military |
| Caesar | military strategist who appointed himself leader of Gaul and then dictator of Rome |
| Abraham | Founder of Judaism |
| Gaul | Today called France |
| Wailing Wall | Place of Worship for Jews |
| Jerusalem | Holiest city in the world |
| Country Jerusalem is located | Israel |
| Jesus | Founder of Christianity |
| Matthew, Mark, Luke and John | Disciples |
| The Torah | Holy book of Judaism |
| Mt. Sinai | Where the 10 commandments were delivered to Moses |
| December 25th | Date Christians celebrate the birht of Jesus |
| Coliseum | Building where gladiators fought |
| Palestine | Where disciples spread Christianity after Jesus' death |
| Constantine | Emperor who declared support for Christianity |
| Theodosious | Emperor who made Christianity the official religion of Rome |
