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6th Grade - Rome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| REPUBLIC | POLITICAL SYSTEM - PEOPLE ELECT LEADERS TO GOVERN |
| SENATE | COUNCIL OF RICH POWERFUL ROMANS WHO RUN THE CITY |
| FORUM | LARGE PUBLIC SQUARE WHERE AFFAIRS AND POLITICS DISCUSSED |
| EMPIRE | GOVERNMENT INCLUDES MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLES AND LANDS UNDER SINGLE RULE |
| ETRUSCANS | FIRST CIVILIZED PEOPLE OF ITALY |
| ROMULUS | MYTH - KILLED TWIN BROTHER REMUS. FIRST KING OF ROME |
| CITIZENS | PEOPLE WHO TAKE PART IN GOVERNMENT |
| PLEBEIAN | LOWER CLASS ROMANS - FROM TRADESMEN TO POOR |
| REMUS | MYTH - WAS KILLED BY TWIN BROTHER ROMULUS |
| LATIN | LANGUAGE ANCIENT ROME - STILL TAUGHT TODAY |
| COLOSSEUM | HUGE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER FOR GLADIATOR AND ANIMAL FIGHTS |
| PATRICIANS | UPPER CLASS - NOBLES |
| BARBARIAN | GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE OF ROMAN WORLD |
| PAX ROMANA | ROMAN PEACE - TIME OF CULTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION ACHIEVEMENTS |
| GLADIATORS | MEN WHO FOUGHT IN PUBLIC ARENAS |
| PANTHEON | TEMPLE WITH DOME DEDICATED TO ROMAN GODS |
| AQUEDUCTS | CONSTRUCTED WATERWAY SYSTEM BROUGHT WATER TO CITIES |
| CIRCUS MAXIMUS | CHARIOT RACING STADIUM AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE |
| BATHS | LARGE PUBLIC POOL |
| LEGION | MILITARY UNIT WITH ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND MEN |
| CHARIOT | LIGHTWEIGHT TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE PULLED BY HORSES |
| MOUNT VESUVIUS | VOLCANO ERUPTED IN 79 AD KILLING THOUSANDS OF ROMANS |
| JULIUS CAESAR | GREAT AND POWERFUL GENERAL |
| CONSUL | TWO SENATORS ELECTED TO BE IN CHARGE OF ARMY |
| POMPEII | ROMAN CITY BURIED BY ASH FROM VOLCANO |
| AUGUSTUS CAESAR | FIRST EMPEROR OF ROME |
| MAGISTRATE | JUDGE FOR MINOR OFFENSES |
| CLERGY | DEDICATED MINISTERS OR PRIESTS OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH |
| CONSTANTINOPLE | CAPITAL OF EASTERN HALF OF ROMAN EMPIRE |
| JUSTINIAN CODE | COLLECTION OF ROMAN LAWS WRITTEN BY EMPEROR JUSTINIAN |
| TWELVE TABLES | FIRST WRITTEN LAWS OF ANCIENT ROME 449 BCE |
| CHRISTIANITY | MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION SPREAD IN ROME BEGINNING IN 300s CE |
| PUNIC WARS | BETWEEN CARTHAGE AND ROME - ESTABLISHED ROME’S DOMINANCE IN MEDITERRANEAN AREA |
| DICTATOR | JUDGE WITH FULL AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM |
| HANNIBAL | MILITARY LEADER OF CARTHAGE IN PUNIC WAR |