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Roman Vocab CW1
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 |
| Etruscans | roman forefathers |
| Conturion | Army Officer |
| Legion | largest division of Roman army ~ 5000 |
| Pax Romana | Roman peace |
| Toga | flowing garment worn by Roman men |
| Tribune | government representative of the plebeians |
| Province | a conquered territory of Rome |
| Gaul | area that is now France area that is now France |
| Hannibal | General from Carthage |
| Julius Caesar | Dictator for life 46 BC – 44 BC |
| Octavian | Roman Republic, Pax Romana |
| Constantine I | reunited empire, moved to Constantinople |
| Virgil | Witer poet |
| Remus Romuls | mythical founding twins of Rome |
| Theodosius | 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 |
| Diocletian | split empire into east and west |
| Brutus | assassinated JC |
| Mark Antony | general, 1st triumvirate, Cleopatra |
| Justinian | code of laws |