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Chapter 6 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a form of government in which the power is in the hands of representatives and leaders are elected by the people | Republic |
| in ancient Rome, a member of the wealthy privileged ed upper class | Patrician |
| in ancient Rome, one of the common farmers artisans and merchants who made a most of the population | Plebeian |
| in ancient Rome, an official elected by the plebeian to protect their rights | Tribune |
| in the Roman republic, one of the two powerful officials elected each year to command the army and direct the government | Consul |
| in ancient Rome, the supreme governing body originally made up of only aristocrats | Senate |
| an ancient Rome, a political leader, given an absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time | Dictator |
| A military unit of the ancient Roman army made up of about 5000 foot soldiers in a group of soldiers on horseback | Legion |
| A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage 264 to 146 BC which resulted in the destruction of cartridge at Rome‘s dominance over the western Mediterranean | Punic Wars |
| General of Carnian army, who wanted to attack Rome to get revenge on Rome for cartridges defeat also lost a bunch of elephants | Hannibal |
| A conflict between two political groups, who within the same country | civil War |
| A Roman general and dictator in the first century BC in military campaigns to secure Roman role over the prominence of goal, president France, and he gained much prestige | Julius Caesar |
| an ancient realm, a group of three leaders sharing control of the government | Triumvirate |
| Gaius Julie Caesar ,Octavian Augusta Caesar 63 BC to 1480 the first Roman empire in 27 BC to 1480 who reformed performed Rome patron arts and literature and was the air to Julius Caesar also called Octavian | Augustus |
| A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman empire lasting from 27 BC-180 ADVANCED | Pax Romana |
| crucified by the Romans, and is the source of Christian religion | Jesus |
| One of the followers of Jesus who preached and spread his teachings | apostle |
| say who died in 67 AD missionary and apostle to the Gentiles and the author of several of the epistles | Paul |
| The dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine, especially during the period of more than 1800 years that followed the Romans destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD | DIASPORA |
| The first Roman empire to convert to Christianity, who transformed it from a persecuted religion into the favorite religion of the Roman empire by the issuing of Edict of milian in 313 AD for religious tolerance | Constantine |
| A high ranking Christian official who supervised the number of local churches (lowest rank) | Bishop |
| originally Simon was leading a parcel of Jesus and a fisherman Lee and a traditional leader in the early Christian church (also a bishop) | Peter |
| A decline in the value of money accomplished by rise in the price of goods and services | Inflation |
| A soldier who was paid to fight in the foreign army | mercenary |
| Roman Empire from 284 to 305 A.D. who divided the empire into four administrative units 293 A.D. and instigated the last severe persecution of the Christians in 303 A.D. | Diocletian |
| A city founded by the Roman emperor Constantine, which is the great capital of the eastern part of the Roman empire | Constantinople |
| The fearsome ruler of the Hunnic empire lasting from 434 A.D. until 400 5380 leading brutal widespread campaigns against the eastern and western Roman empires | Attila |
| an ancient culture that developed from a blending of Greek Hellenistic and Roman cultures | Greco-Roman Culture |
| an ancient city in southwest Italy, when the Bay of Naples, it was buried along with herculaneum buying an eruption of the nearby Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. | Pompeii |
| an ancient Roman poet, who was the author of Aeneid which is one of the great epics of western literature | Virgil |
| Publius Cornelius a Roman historian and orator who was famous as a prose stylist, his works include the histories dealing with appeared 68 to 96 AD and the Annals dealing with the 14 to 68 AD | Tacitus |
| A pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas | Aquaduct |
| crucified by the Romans, and is the source of Christian religion | Jesus |
| One of the followers of Jesus who preached and spread his teachings | apostle |
| say who died in 67 AD missionary and apostle to the Gentiles and the author of several of the epistles | Paul |
| The dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine, especially during the period of more than 1800 years that followed the Romans destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD | DIASPORA |
| The first Roman empire to convert to Christianity, who transformed it from a persecuted religion into the favorite religion of the Roman empire by the issuing of Edict of milian in 313 AD for religious tolerance | Constantine |
| A high ranking Christian official who supervised the number of local churches (lowest rank) | Bishop |
| originally Simon was leading a parcel of Jesus and a fisherman Lee and a traditional leader in the early Christian church (also a bishop) | Peter |
| A decline in the value of money accomplished by rise in the price of goods and services | Inflation |
| A soldier who was paid to fight in the foreign army | mercenary |
| Roman Empire from 284 to 305 A.D. who divided the empire into four administrative units 293 A.D. and instigated the last severe persecution of the Christians in 303 A.D. | Diocletian |
| A city founded by the Roman emperor Constantine, which is the great capital of the eastern part of the Roman empire | Constantinople |
| The fearsome ruler of the Hunnic empire lasting from 434 A.D. until 400 5380 leading brutal widespread campaigns against the eastern and western Roman empires | Attila |
| an ancient culture that developed from a blending of Greek Hellenistic and Roman cultures | Greco-Roman Culture |
| an ancient city in southwest Italy, when the Bay of Naples, it was buried along with herculaneum buying an eruption of the nearby Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. | Pompeii |
| an ancient Roman poet, who was the author of Aeneid which is one of the great epics of western literature | Virgil |
| Publius Cornelius a Roman historian and orator who was famous as a prose stylist, his works include the histories dealing with appeared 68 to 96 AD and the Annals dealing with the 14 to 68 AD | Tacitus |
| A pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas | Aquaduct |