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Rome Study Stack
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| Cleopatra VII Philopator (Late 69 BC[1] – August 12, 30 BC) was an ancient Greek[2][3] queen and the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. | Cleopatra |
| an army of 3000 to 600 men (including cavelry) | Roman Legion |
| Praetoian guard | |
| Centurion | |
| "Crossing the Rubicon" | |
| To murder for political reasons | Assasinate |
| "Et tu Brute" | |
| Scipio Africanus | |
| Pax Romana | |
| Appian Way | |
| A structure that carries water over long distances | Aqueduct |
| (42* N, 12* E) a large amphiteater built in Rome around A.D. 70; site of contests and combats between people and animals | Colosseum |
| the chief temple of the Greek goddess Athena on the hill | Pantheon |
| Oculus | |
| in ancient Rome, a person who fought to the death in an arena for the entertainment of the public; usually a slave | Gladiators |
| Circus Maximum | |
| Cuniculus | |
| the latin word for "forbid"; the rejection of a bill by the president or of any planned action or railroads | Veto |
| Roman Forum | |
| Palatine Hills | |
| Fasces | |
| S.P.Q.R | |
| a type of government in which citizens who have the right to vote select their leaders ; the leaders rule in the name of the people | Republic |
| a foreign soldier who serves in an army only for pay | Mercenary |
| a major river in Italy; Rome is built on its banks | Tiber River |
| Baths of Caracalla | |
| Londinium | |
| Tyrrhenian Sea | |
| Adriatic | |
| Alps | |
| Apennine Mountains | |
| a person in the ancient Romean Republic appointed to rule for six monoths in times of emergency, with all the powers of a king | Dictator |
| the Christian religon, based on the life and teachings of Jesus and on the Christian holy book, the bible | Christinanity |
| Martyr | |
| Toga | |
| Celts | |
| Britain | |
| Helvetia | |
| an economic situation in which there is more money of less value | Inflation |
| Denarii | |
| Visigoths | |
| Ostrogoths | |
| Vandles | |
| Latin | |
| Cohort | |
| Spartacus | |
| Seneca | |
| Martial | |
| Province | |
| Rubicon River | |
| Germania | |
| Messiah | |
| Gospel | |
| Epistle | |
| Martyr | |
| Tribune | |
| Plebeian | |
| Patrician | |
| Consul | |
| Laws of the Twelve Tablets (tables) | |
| Roman Assembly | |
| Roman Senete | |
| Cicero | |
| Veto | |
| Republic | |
| Etruscans | |
| Romulus and Remus | |
| Pax Romana | |
| Emporer | |
| Julis Caesar | |
| Julis Caesar | |
| Augustus Caesar | |
| Pompeii | |
| Herculaneum | |
| Marcus A | |
| Roman Legion | |
| Praetoian guard | |
| Centurion | |
| "Crossing the Rubicon | |
| Assasonate | |
| "Et tu Brute" | |
| Scipio Africanus | |
| Pax Romana | |
| Appian Way | |
| Aqueduct | |
| Colosseum | |
| Pantheon | |
| Oculus | |
| Circus Maximum | |
| Cuniculus | |
| Veto | |
| Roman Forum | |
| Palatine Hills | |
| Republic | |
| Mercenary | |
| Tiber River | |
| Baths of Caracalla | |
| Londinium | |
| Tyrrhenian Sea | |
| Adriatic | |
| Alps | |
| Apennine Mountains | |
| Christinanity | |
| Martyr | |
| Epistle | |
| Toga | |
| Celts | |
| Britain | |
| Helvetia | |
| Inflation | |
| Denarii | |
| Visigoths | |
| Ostrogoths | |
| Vandles | |
| Latin | |
| Cohort | |
| Spartacus | |
| Seneca | |
| Martial | |
| Province | |
| Rubicon River | |
| Germania | |
| Messiah | |
| Disciple | |
| Gospel | |
| Martyr | |
| Tribune | |
| Plebeian | |
| Patrician | |
| Consul | |
| Laws of the Twelve Tablets (tables) | |
| Roman Assembly | |
| Roman Senete | |
| Cicero | |
| Republic | |
| Etruscans | |
| Romulus and Remus | |
| Pax Romana | |
| Emporer | |
| Julis Caesar | |
| Julis Caesar | |
| Augustus Caesar | |
| Pompeii | |
| Herculaneum | |
| Marcus Aurelious | |
| Trajan | |
| Hadrian | |
| Nero | |
| Tiberius | |
| Caligula | |
| Constantine | |
| Hannibal | |
| Carthage (Cartheginians) | |
| Punic Wars | |
| Gual | |
| Vercegetorix | |
| Attila the Hun | |
| Pompey | |
| Crassus | |
| Gladius | |
| Scutum | |
| Ballista | |
| Trimvirate | |
| (died c.A.D. 64) disiple of jesus, spent his later life spreading Jesus' teachings; hid writeings helped turn Chritianity into an organized religon | Paul |
| Judea | |
| Pontius Pilate | |
| Catacoms | |
| Diocletian | |
| Cohort | |
| Pilum | |
| Pliny | |
| Virgil | |
| Livy | |
| Seneca | |
| Cassis | |
| Lorica Segmentata | |
| Catapult | |
| Groma | |
| Miliarium | |
| "Beware the Ides of March |