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Ancient Rome T-2
Social Studies T-2 Mr. B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cleopatra | Late 69 BC–August 12, 30 BC was an ancient Greek queen and the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's death. spoke Greek and refused to learn Egyptian, Cleopatra did learn Egyptian and said she was Egyptian goddess Isis. |
| Roman Legion | heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It consisted of several cohorts of heavy infantry known as legionaries. |
| Praetorian Guard | A force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. The title was already used during the Roman Republic for the guards of Roman generals. |
| Centurion | a professional officer of the Roman army |
| "Crossing the Rubicon" | The crossing of a small stream in northern Italy became one of ancient history's most pivotal events. From it sprang the Roman Empire and the genesis of modern European culture. |
| assasinate | To kill in secrecy, often for political reasons |
| "Et tu brute?" | a Latin phrase often used poetically to represent the last words of Roman dictator Julius Caesar to his friend Marcus Brutus at the moment of his murder by stabbing. It can be variously translated as "You too, Brutus?" the quotation is found as betrayal |
| Scipio Aficanus | |
| Pax Romana | the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Sometimes refered to as the Pax Augustus |
| Appian Way | One of the earliest and most important roads in the Roman republic, connects Rome, Brindisi, Apulia, and is in northeast italy |
| aqueduct | aqueducts, with water being supplied by eleven aqueducts constructed over a period of about 500 years. They served drinking water and supplied the numerous baths and fountains in the city, as well as finally being emptied into the sewers. |
| colosseum | the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. n engineering. its construction started in 72 AD Vespasian, was completed in 80 AD Titus Capable of seating 50,000 spectators,the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and battles, re-enactments |
| Parthenon | dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their protector. Its construction began in 447 BC and was completed in 438 BC, although decorations of the Parthenon continued until 432 BC. It consists of dortic style columns |
| oculus | a circular window |
| gladiator | A gladiator (Latin: gladiator, "swordsman", from gladius, "sword") was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic |
| Circus Maximus | an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium |
| cuniculus | |
| Roman Forum | a small open rectangle surrounded by the ruins of ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this marketplace |
| Palatine Hills | |
| Fasces | |
| S.P.Q.R. | |
| republic | |
| mercenary | |
| Tiber River | |
| Baths of Caracalla | |
| Londinium | |
| Tyrrhenian Sea | |
| Adriatic Sea | |
| Alps | |
| Apennine Mountains | |
| Dictator | |
| Christianity | |
| Cicero | |
| toga | |
| Celts | |
| Britain | |
| Helvetia | |
| inflation | |
| denarii | |
| Visigoths | |
| Osogoths | |
| Vandals | |
| Latin | |
| Cohort | |
| Spartacus | |
| Seneca | |
| Martial | |
| Province | |
| Rubicon River | |
| Germania | |
| Messiah | |
| Disciple | |
| Gospel | |
| Epistle | |
| Martyr | |
| Tribute | |
| plebian | |
| partrician | |
| consul | |
| Laws of the Twelve Tablets (Tables) | |
| Roman assembly | |
| Roman Senate | |
| veto | |
| Etruscans | |
| Romulus and Remus | |
| emperor | |
| Julius Caesar | |
| Julius Caesar | purposefully 2nd |
| Augustus Caesar | |
| Pompeii | |
| Herculaneum | |
| Marcus Aurelius | |
| Tajan | |
| Hadrian | |
| Nero | |
| Tiberius | |
| Caligula | |
| Constantine | |
| Hannibal | |
| Carhtage (Carthaginians) | |
| Punic Wars | |
| Gaul | |
| Vercengetorix | |
| Attila the Hun | |
| Pompey | |
| Crassus | |
| Gladius | |
| Scutum | |
| Ballista | |
| Triumvirate | |
| Paul | |
| Judea | |
| Pontius Pilate | |
| Catacombs | |
| Diocletian | |
| Pilum | |
| Pliny | |
| Virgil | |
| Livy | |
| Seneca | |
| Cassis | |
| Lorica Segmentata | |
| Catapult | |
| Groma | |
| Miliarium | |
| "Beware the Ides of March" |
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