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Ancient Rome Review
Mrs. Groves
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Etruscans | A group of people that lived in northern Rome. |
| Republic | A type of government where people choose their officials, but most of the power is held by wealthy land owners. |
| Patrician | Members of the landholding upperclass. |
| Consul | Someone whose job is to supervise the business of government and command armies. |
| Dictator | A ruler who has complete control over a government. |
| Plebian | The farmers, merchants, and artisans who made up most of the population, were citizens, but had little influence over the government. |
| Tribute | Elected officials who could veto laws. |
| Veto | To block a law. |
| Legion | Basic military unit of 5,000 men. |
| Imperialism | Establishing control over foreign lands and people. |
| Latifundia | Large farming estates. |
| Census | Population count. |
| Tiberious and Gaius Grecchus | Two young plebeians. |
| Julius Caesar | A brillant general and ambitious military commander. |
| Augustus | Ruled over the Roman Empire like a king. |
| Hadrian | Coded Roman Law and had soldiers create a wall across Britain. |
| Satirize | To make fun of. |
| Mosaic | Pictures made from chips of colored stone. |
| Engineering | The application of science and mathematics to develop structures and machines. |
| Aqueduct | Bridge-like structures that carried water from hills to Roman cities. |
| Virgil | A poet in Ancient Rome who wrote the pic poem, Aeneid |
| Ptolemy | An astronomer and mathematician in Ancient Rome who proposed the theory that the Earth is the center of the universe. |
| Monotheistic | Believing that there was only one god. |
| Torah | The Israelites' most sacred text that tells the history of the ancient Israelites and their relationship with god. |
| Covenant | A promise or agreement. |
| Patriarchal | Men held the greatest legal and moral authority. |
| Sabbath | A holy day for rest and worship. |
| Prophet | Spiritual leaders that interpreted god's will. |
| Ethics | Moral standards of behavior. |
| Diaspora | The spreading out of Jewish people. |
| Abraham | The father of the Israelites and their religion, Judaism. |
| Moses | An Israelite who renewed god's covenant with the Israelites. |
| David | The strong and wise second king of Israel who established Jerusalem as its national capital and led successful military campaigns creating secure borders for Israel. |
| Solomon | David's son, and the third king of Rome who increased the power of the capital and country as a whole. |
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