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roman vocab 3
terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| common citizen | plebeian |
| member of noble family | patrician |
| men who led government | consuls |
| stone structure that carried water to city | aqueduct |
| city center, often open | forum |
| people elect leaders | republic |
| a racetrack | circus |
| roman forefathers | etruscans |
| army officer | centurion |
| largest division of Roman army ~ 5000 | legion |
| Roman peace | pax romana |
| flowing garment worn by Roman men | toga |
| government representative of the plebeians | tribune |
| a conquered territory of Rome | province |
| area that is now France | gaul |
| General from Carthage | Hannibal |
| Dictator for life 46 BC – 44 BC | julius caesar |
| Led Roman Republic, Pax Romana | Octavian (E) |
| – (E) reunited empire, moved to Constantinople | Constantine I |
| built walls to protect empire | Hadrian (E) |
| writer, poet | Virgil |
| mythical founding twins of Rome | |
| declared Christianity official Roman religion | Theodosius (E) |
| founded the church in Rome | Peter |
| – (E) reunited empire, moved to Constantinople | Constantine I |
| built walls to protect empire | Hadrian (E) |
| writer, poet | Virgil |
| mythical founding twins of Rome | Remus/Romulus |
| declared Christianity official Roman religion | Theodosius (E) |
| founded the church in Rome | Peter |
| fiddled while Rome burned | Nero (E) |
| expanded empire to its greatest | Trajan (E) |
| split empire into east and west | Diocletian (E) |
| assassinated JC | Brutus |
| general, 1st triumvirate, Cleopatra | Mark Antony |
| code of laws | Justinian (E) |