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roman vocab adj
roman vocab
| 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 |
| etruscans | roman forefathers |
| centurion | army officer |
| legion | largest division of Roman army ~ 5000 |
| pax romana | Roman peace |
| toga | flowing garment worn by Roman men |
| tribute | government representative of the plebeians |
| province | a conquered territory of Rome |
| gaul | area that is now France |
| Hannibal | General from Carthage |
| Julius Caesar | Dictator for life 46 BC – 44 BC |
| Octavian | Led Roman Republic, Pax Romana |
| Constantine | reunited empire, moved to Constantinople |
| Hadrian | built walls to protect empire |
| Virgil | writer, poet |
| Remus/Romulus | mythical founding twins of Rome |
| theodosius | declared Christianity official Roman religion |
| peter | founded the church in Rome |
| nero | fiddled while Rome burned |
| trajan | expanded empire to its greatest |
| diocletin | split empire into east and west |
| brutus | assassinated JC |
| mark antony | general, 1st triumvirate, Cleopatra |
| justinian | code of laws |