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Chapter 14, 15, 16
Question | Answer |
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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 |