Rome Review Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Cicero | Rome’s greatest public speaker |
Sicily | an island that is part of Italy |
latifundia | large farming estates worked by enslaved people |
patrician | wealthy landowner |
plebian | middle class citizen |
Roman Confederation | a system of rule where Romans gave full citizenship to some conquered peoples |
Pax Romana | 200 years of peace that began with the rule of Augustus |
dictator | a person who ruled with complete power |
Aeneid | legend of Trojan hero said to have begun Rome |
Romulus and Remus | two brothers that were saved by a wolf… eventually Romulus founded Rome |
Beware the Ides of March! | Caesar was attacked and killed on the senate steps on March 15, 44 BCE. He was killed by “friends”!!! Et tu, Brute? |
The first Imperator | Octavian renamed himself Augustus, “the revered or majestic one” and began the Roman Empire. |
Twelve Tables | Rome’s first written laws. |
Cincinnatus | a dictator who served 16 days, just long enough to avert danger and step down. |
The Roman alphabet | drew influence from both the Phoenicians and the Greeks. |
Hannibal | a general in the Second Punic War-he used elephants in battle and had his troops ride over the Alps to attack from the north. |
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