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world hitsory
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pax romana | period of roman peace from 27 b.c.e to 180 c.e from the beginning of Augustus's reign until the death of Marcus Aurelius.. literally means "the roman peace" |
| republic | form of govermnent in which voters elect their leaders |
| crucifixion | roman method of execution in which the accused was placed on a cross and left to die a slow death from suffocation |
| equites | class of roman business people who had wealth but little political power |
| consuls | chief executives in early rome who ran the goverment and served as army commanders |
| veto | to refuse to approve a measure |
| checks and balances | system that prevented any one part of a goverment from becoming too powerful |
| latifundia | large roman estates, found in the provinces; often produced grain for rome |
| indemnity | money for war damages |
| praetor | military commander and judge in ancient rome |
| censor | person registered citizens according to their wealth to determine how much they should pay in taxes |
| paterfamilias | father of the family had absolute authority |
| tribune | roman official elected by the assembly of tribes |
| dictator | leader with absolute power |
| legion | most important military unit in the roman army |
| patricians | citizens in control of roman goverment |
| plebians | citizens in rome not of the aristocratic class |
| anarchy | absence of any goverment at all |
| aqueducts | bridgelike structures that carried water from an area with water to the city |
| colonsus | roman tenant farmer who replaced slaves on large estates |
| collegia | workers trade associations in ancient rome |
| rabbis | jewish scholars learned in scriptures and in commentaries on religious law |
| inflation | increase in prices |
| martyrs | persons put to death becaused they refused to renounce certain beliefs |
| patriarchs | bishops for administrative centers for the church in the last yrs of the roman empire |
| pope | father of catholic churches |
| julius caesar | helps the roman empire to get stronger |
| constatine | |
| hannibal | fights with africanus |
| marc antony | marries cleopatra, later comits suicide |
| cleopatra | marries marc antony |
| spartacus | famous slave that rebelled |
| sulla | |
| scripio africanus | fights with hannibal |
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