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Chapter 14, 15, 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| soliders in the Roman army | legionaries |
| one ruler who has an absolute power | dictator |
| large estate farms near Rome | latifundias |
| power to cancel another persons decision | veto |
| tax collectors in Rome provinces | publicians |
| officials who protected the citizens rights | tribunes |
| ordinary citizens of Rome | plebians |
| people who fought in an arena | gladiators |
| speical lawyers and legal writers | Juris prudentes |
| population count | census |
| taxes placed on goods coming into the country | tariffs |
| ruler of the empire of land from Rhine and Danube rivers | Augustus |
| absolute ruler of an empire | emperor |
| 200-year peace | Pax Romana |
| Augustus's father through adoption | Caesar |
| People not of Jewish faith | Gentiles |
| Person who spreads religious beliefs | Missionary |
| sacred writtings of religion | Scriptures |
| A leader of a monastery | Abbot |
| Another name for a church | Parish |
| Doctrines that church authorities disapprove | heresy |
| Several churches grouped together | Diocese |
| The most important top five bishops | Patriarchs |
| Rome and Carthage fought in what three wars? | Punic Wars |
| Julius Caesar was killed because Romans feared of what? | He would become king of Rome |
| Who controlled Rome after Julius Caesar was killed? | Octavian |
| Where were Chariot races held? | Circus Maximus |