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| Etruscans | a civilization that lived mostly north of Rome.
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| republic | a government where the people chose some of the officals.
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| patricians | members of the land holding upper class
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| consuls | two people from the patrician class, job was to supervise the business of government and command the armies.
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| dictator | ruler who had complete control over a governement.
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| plebeians | social class made up of farmers,merchants, and artisans. who made up most of the population.
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| tribunes | 10 people who presided over plebian assembly and advocated for them.
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| veto | to cancel, or block laws.
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| legion | basic military unit, included 5,000 men.
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| imperialism | establishing control over foreign lands and peoples.
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| latifundia | wealthy families bought up huge farming estates.
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| Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | two young plebeian brothers, were first to reform.
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| Julius Caesar | an ambitious military commander, who became emperor of Rome.
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| Octavian | became ruler after many civil wars after Julius Caesar died
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| Augustus | mean Exalted One, given this name after becoming ruler.
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| census | population count
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| Hadrian | emperor of Rome and codified the Roman law, and making it the same for all provinces.
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| Virgil | Poet who wrote Aeneid, and tried to show Rome's past through his poems.
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| Satirize | to make fun of . poets used this in their poems to make them comical.
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| mosaic | picture made from chips of colored stone or glass.
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| engineering | Roman excelled in this, it is an application of science and math.
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| aqueducts | bridgelike stone structures that carry water from the hills into Roman cities.
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| Ptolemy | this man proposed a theory that the Earth was the center of the universe.
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| messiah | anointed king sent by God.
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| apostles | a term meaning "a person sent forth"
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| Paul | a Jew, who played the most influential role in spreading Christianity.
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| Constantine | emperor of Rome, who issued the Edict of Milan and was the first Christian emperor.
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| martyrs | people who suffer or are killed because of there beliefs.
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| clergy | a group of people who conduct Christian services.
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| bishop | a high Church official responsible for everyone in his diocese
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| patriarch | a person which authority over other bishops in their area
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| popes | people who claimed to have more authority over all other bishops of Rome.
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| heresies | beliefs contrary to official Church teachings
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| Augustine | Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, one of the greatest scholars of the early Church.
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| Diocletian | Emperor of Rome who set out to restore order.
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| Inflation | rapid rise of prices
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| Constantinople | Capital of Byzantium. which was renamed by Constantine.
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| Huns | nomadic people who migrated from central Asia towards eastern Europe.
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| Mercenaries | foreign soldiers serving for pay, to defend borders.
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| Pax Romana | Also means Roman Peace. A time in Rome's history where there was peace.
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| Punic Wars | Three wars that were between Roman and Carthage.
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