click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ancient Rome 77
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Latins | The ancestors of the Romans Migrated into Italy, settled along the Tiber River in small villages scattered over seven low lying hills (800 BC) Herded & farmed Their villages grew into Rome |
| Romulus & Remus | By legend, two twin brothers that founded Rome Romans regarded the tale highly because they were said to be sons of a Latin woman and the war god, Mars. This lends the Romans a divine origin. Cultural Developments, Religion & Values |
| Etruscans | a culture in central Italy, most powerful group, influenced by Greeks |
| Republic | Government that Romans had where citizens elect some of the officials |
| Senate | |
| Patricians | |
| Consuls | |
| Dictator | |
| Plebeians | |
| Tribunes | |
| Veto | |
| Family (power structures) | |
| Roman Religion (describe) | |
| Legion | |
| Carthage | |
| "Punicus" | |
| 1st Punic War | |
| 2nd Punic War | |
| 3rd Punic War | |
| Imperialism | |
| "Mare Nostrum" | |
| Latifundia | |
| Tiberius | |
| Gaus Gracchus | |
| Civil War | |
| Julius Ceasar | |
| Pompey | |
| "Veni Vidi Vici" | |
| Roman Calendar | |
| Augustus | |
| Census | |
| Caligula | |
| Nero | |
| Hadrian | |
| Marcus Aurelius | |
| "Pax Romana" | |
| Circus Maximus | |
| Gladiators | |
| Virgil | |
| Horace | |
| Satirize | |
| Livy | |
| Tacitus | |
| Mosaic | |
| Engineering | |
| Aqueducts | |
| Ptolemy |