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Ancient Rome vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| patricians | Noble, powerful citizens of Rome |
| plebeians | Rome's common people |
| legions | groups of soldiers |
| tripartile | consisting of three parts |
| forum | Rome's public meeting place |
| republic | A government in which people elect their leaders |
| orator | A person who is a public speaker |
| provinces | outlying areas that Rome controlled |
| Bible | The holy book of Christianity |
| Constantine | The first Roman emperor to become a Christian |
| aqueduct | A raised channel used to carry water |
| Messiah | A word that means "God's chosen one" in Hebrew |
| Justinian | Ruler of the Byzantine Empire from AD 527 to |
| Christianity | A religion that began in the first century AD |
| Attila | A famous leader of the Huns |
| resurrection | What Christians call Jesus's rise from the dead |
| persecution | punishing a group because of its beliefs |
| Pax Romana | A peaceful period that lasted for the first 200 years of the Roman Empire |