Ancient Rome
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| Pax Romana | 200 Years of relative peace under the Emperor Augustus
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| Nero | Unpopular emperor, believed to have played the fiddle while Rome burned to the ground
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| Julius Caesar | Assassinated on the Ides of March, had affair with Cleopatra
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| Octavian/Augustus | Defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra and returned power to the senate
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| Marcus Aurelius Antonius | One of Rome's "Five Good Emperor's" and father to Commodus, He was both scholar and an effective general.
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| Pompeii | City hit first by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
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| Hadrian | Had Pantheon built to increase his popularity and a Wall built in England to protect Roman settlements
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| Caligula | Had the Roman baths built to improve his image, used to practice making scary faces in the mirror
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| Cleopatra | Not of Roman birth, last Pharaoh of Egypt and died by a snakebite
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| Commodus | Emperor more interested in becoming a gladiator or wrestler than ruling
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| Trajan | Had the Forum built during his reign
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| Columns | Doric, Ionic, Corintian
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| Senate | Represents the people
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| Aquaduct | Controls water distribution
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| Circus Maximum | Chariot Racing
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| Bascilla | Courts
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| Gladiators | Usually slaves who fought to one day earn their freedom
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| Romulus and Remus | Brothers who fought over who would originally rule Rome
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| Concrete | Magical substance that allows Roman structures to still stand today
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| Praetorian Guard | Designed to protect the Emperor
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| Slaves | Lowest class in Roman society
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| Women | Had the worst seats in the Collosseum
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| Pantheon | Temple to worship all the Gods, has an oculus
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| Herculaneum | People died on the shores in the boat houses, burned to ashes
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| Three Breaths Theory | Explanation of how people of Pompeii died in their homes
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| Collosseum | Gladiator games and site for execution of criminals
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| Tunnels | Hundreds of these lie beneath the Collosseum
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| "All roads lead to Rome" | All areas conquered by Rome had these built
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