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Roman Vocab ssf
Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plebeian | common citizen |
| patrician | member of noble family |
| consuls | 2 men who led government |
| aqueduct | stone structure that carried water to city |
| forum | city center, often open |
| republic | people elect leaders |
| circus | a racetrack |
| Estruscans | roman forefathers |
| Centurion | army officer |
| legion | largest division of roman army~5000 |
| Pax Romana | roman peace |
| Togo | flowing garment worn by roman men |
| Tribune | government representative of the plebeians |
| Province | a conquered territory of Rome |
| Gaul | Area that is now france |
| Hannibal | General from Carthage |
| Julius Ceaser | Dictator for life 46BC - 44BC |
| Octavian | Led Roman republic, Pax Romana |
| Constantine I | Reunited Empire, moved to constantinople |
| Hadrian | built walls to protect empire |
| Virgil | writer, poet |
| Remus/Romulus | mythical founding twins of rome |
| Theodosius | declared christianity the official religion of rome |
| Peter | founded the church in rome |
| Nero | Fiddled while rome burned |
| Trajan | expanded empire to its greatest |
| Diocletian | split empire into east and west |
| Brutus | assassinated JC |
| Mark Antony | general, 1st triumvirate, Cleopatra |
| Justinian | Code of laws |