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Stack #538139
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| republic | a type of government in which citizens who have the right to vote select leaders; the leaders rule in the name of the people |
| patrician | member of a wealthy upper class family in the ancient Rome republic |
| Plebeian | an ordinary citizen in the ancient Rome republic |
| consul | one of two officals who led the ancient rome republic |
| veto | the latin word for "forbid" ; the rejection of a billby the president or of any planned action or rule by a person in power |
| dictator | a person in the ancient rome republic appointed to rule for six mounths in times of emergency, with all the powers of a king. |
| Estruscans | ancient people who lived in etruria in Italy from atleast 650 b.c to about 500 b.c lived before the romans and influenced their cultre |
| Julius Caesar | roman political and military leader; became dictator for life in 44 b.c. Greatly improved the roman Government: was murdered by roman senators because because of his great power |
| Romulus and Remus | twin brothers, according to legend founded Rome in 753 B.C |
| Octavian | Romes first emperor: wise and strong leader whose rule led to peace and wealth: also known as Augustus |
| Tiber River | a major river in Italy: Rome is built on its banks |
| Rome | the capital city of Italy : capital of ancient Rome empire |
| Italy | a boot shaped country in southern Europe, including the islands of sicily and sardinia |
| Carthage | an ancient city on the northern coast of Africa, now a suburb of the city Tunis |
| Gaul | a region inhabited by the Gauls: now present day France and parts of begium, Germany, and Italy |
| province | a unit of an empire; the provinces of the Roman empire each had a governor suported by an army |
| Hadrian | emperor of Rome A.D 117 to 138. one of Romes greatest emperors; worked to unify the empire |
| Greece | a country in mediterianean Europe; site of a great ancient civilization |
| Colosseum | a large amphitheatre built in Rome around A.D 70 ; site of contests and combats between people and animals |
| aqueducts | structurs that carried water over long distances |
| circus | an arena in ancient Rome; also the show held here |
| Martial | Roman poet, wrote poems about the early Roman empire |
| Seneca | writer, philospher and statesman of ancient rome |
| messiah | a savior in judaism and christainity |
| disciple | a follower of a person or belief |
| gospel | in the christain bible the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John which are the first four books of the new testament |
| epistle | a letterin the christain bible, letters written by diciples like Paul to christain groups |
| martyr | a person who chooses to die for a cause he or she believes in |
| Jesus | founder of christanity; believed by christains to be the messiah; executed by the Roman government; followers said he spoke to them after the death and rose bodily to heaven |
| Paul | disciple of Jesus, spent his later life spreading jesus teacjings; his writings heled turn christainanity into an orginized religion |
| Nero | Roman emperor from A.D 54 to 68: known for mistreatment of the christains |
| mercenary | a foriegn soldier who serves in an army only for pay |
| inflation | an economic situation in which there is more money for less value |
| diocletian | emperor of Rome from A.D 284 to 305: reorginized the Roman government |
| constantinople | The ancient capital of Byzantium ; now Istanbul, Turkey |
| Judea | the southern region of ancient Palanstine: existed under Persian, Greek and roman rule; divided between Israel and Jordan in 1948: since 1967 completly occupied by Israel |
| Constantine | Roman emperor 324/337; named constantinople as the new capital; legally sanctioned christain worship |
| Cleopatra | a female given name from greek wordsa meaning fame and father |
| Roman Legion | a division of from 3000 to 6000 men (including calvary)in the Roman Army |
| praetorian guard | the bodyguard of the roman emperors |
| centuirion | (in the ancient Rome army) a commander of a century |
| assassinate | to murder for political reasons |
| El tu Brute | a latin sentence meaning " even you Brutus" |
| Scipio Africanus | Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Haninball |
| Pax Romana | the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions |
| Appian Way | a Roman road in Italy extending from Rome to Brindsi |
| Pantheon | a domed circular temple at Rome |
| oculus | a design representing an eye |
| gladiators | a person who fought to the death in an arena for the entertainment of the public, usully a slave |
| Circus Maximus | an ampitheatre in Rome used in ancient times for chariot racing, and public games |
| cuniculus | a low tunnel as to a burial chamber |
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| fasces | a bundle of rods containig an ax with the projecting |
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