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Question | Answer |
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pax roman | Roman peace", a long period of peace/prosperity, began with augustus caesar |
Aqueducts | channel that moves water over land |
Augustus | Title meaning venerable/ honored one |
Defied | officially declared a god. |
Empire | state containing several countries/ territories |
Villa | large country home |
Veto | stop or cancel the action of a government official/body |
Latins | group of people who lived in rome/neighboring cities |
Republic | government in which citizens have right to vote/elect officials |
Forum | an open area in a city filled with public bulidings |
concrete | building material mix of stones, sand limestone, clay and water |
gladiator | man who fought another man or animal for entertainment. |
soothsayer | person who can foresee the future |
Republic to empire | Julian caesar made himself dictator for life in 44 Bc after the civil war . |
Roman woman's daily life | Roman women could own personal property businesses and participate in social life |
republic purpose | created the Republic so that no one individual/ group had too much power |
Roman gods | Romans adopted many greeks gods and gave them latin names also adopted gods from other culture as well and had gods fore everything. |
romes River | Tiber river |
Italy,s geography | italy is mountainous but less rugged easier to get around has good farmland and usable rivers |
Roman Law Legacy | Roman law used everywhere they ruled later influenced laws and legal system of modern countries. |