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PC SS U4 C2 V
Unit 4 Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| emperor | the ruler of an empire |
| legion | a group or unit of about three thousand to six thousand soldiers in the Roman army |
| treasury | a place where the money and other riches of a government are kept |
| tax | money collected from citizens by the government |
| fleet | a group of ships |
| persecute | to treat a group of people unfairly and cruelly |
| doctrine | an official set of beliefs |
| strategic | very important as part of gaining advantage |
| sack | to destroy and steal things in a city of building, usually with an army |
| Brutus and Cassius | men who murdered Julius Caesar |
| Mark Antony | Julius Caesar's loyal general who fought against Brutus and Cassius |
| Octavian | Julius Caesar's nephew who fought against Brutus and Cassius and later became ruler of Rome |
| Constantine | the first Christian Roman emperor |