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Roman Vocabulary
terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plebeian | common citizen |
| Patrician | member of noble family |
| Consuls | two men who led government |
| Aqueduct | stone structure that carried water to a city |
| Forum | city center, often open |
| Republic | people elect leaders |
| Circus | a racetrack |
| Etruscans | roman forefathers |
| Centurion | army officer |
| Legion | largest division of roman army-5000 |
| Pax Roman | roman peace |
| Toga | flowing garment worn by roman men |
| Tribune | government representative |
| Province | a conquered territory of rome |
| Gual | area that is now France |
| Hannibal | general from Carthage |
| Julis Caesar | Dictator for life 46BC-44BC |
| Octavian | led roman republic, pax roman |
| Constantine 1 | reunited empire,moved to Constantinople |
| Hadrian | built walls to protect empire |
| Virgil | writer, poet |
| Remus/Romulus | mythical founding twins of rome |
| Theodosius | declared christianity offical roman religion |
| Peter | founded the church in rome |
| Nero | fiddled while rome burned |
| Trajan | expanded empire to its greateset |
| Diocletian | split empire into east and west |
| Brutus | assassinates JC |
| Mark Antony | general, 1st triumvirate, cleopatra |
| Justinian | code of laws |