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Roman Empire
| Term | Definion |
|---|---|
| Octavian | The first Roman emperor |
| Augustus | the name Octavian took |
| deified | officially declare a person to be a god |
| Succession | one person or thing following another |
| Marcus Aurelius | an emperor who wrote a famous book about Philosophy |
| Pax Romana | roman peace, lasting from 30BCE to 180 CE prosperity and peace throughout the empire. 6.5 million people went through their lives with relative peace. |
| Hadrien | an emperor who traveled through the empire building walls separating roman provinces from non-roman lands |
| Roman Arches | semi circles which supported sturdy bridges |
| All roads lead to Rome | an old saying. In ancient Italy, it was true. Major roads extended out from the city . More than 50,000 miles (80,467 km) of paved roads crisscrossed the Roman empire, linking cities and forts. Roman roads were built to last. Some are still used today. |
| Aqueduct | a channel that brings water to land |
| Pantheon | a temple in Rome dedicated to all the gods, has the largest concrete dome in the world |
| concrete | building material made by mixing small stones and sand with limestone, clay, and water |
| Stable currency | a system of money that value of money does not go up much over time |
| Site of encounter | Place where People of different cultures meet and exchange Products, ideas and technologies |
| Greco-Roman | something that combines elements of Greek and Roman culture and traditions |
| mosaic | design formed with small tiles of glass, stone, or pottery |
| Romance Languages | language that developed from Latin, such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian |
| Oratory | art of giving speeches |
| Odes | Horades's famous group of poems |
| satires | work of literature that makes fun of its subject, often mocking vice or folly |
| Cluadius Ptolemy | an important astronomer and mathematician from Egypt who wrote the Almagest |
| Pliny the Elder | a scholar and writer who wrote Natural History which is an encyclopedia on scientific matters |
| Seneca | He wrote about the stoic philosophy |
| Gladiators | a man who fought as part of public entertainment in ancient Rome |
| Twelve Tables | laws set down relating to family relations, property, inheritance, and other important issues. |
| Colosseum | A round stadium in Rome where Gladiatorial matches were held |
| Galen | The best-known physician who was a Greek carefully dissected, animals such as monkeys. He did this to study how bodies work. he was the first to discover that arteries and veins carry blood. Doctors used his writings for more than a thousand years |
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