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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tribune | Tribune was a title shared by elected officials in the Roman Republic. yay |
| Plebeian | 1. Of or relating to the common people of ancient Rome: a plebeian magistrate. 2. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of commoners. 3. Unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar: plebeian tastes. |
| partrician | the original aristocratic families of Ancient Rome. In modern English usage, the word is a synonym for "aristocratic". |
| consul | A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic. |
| Laws of the twelve tablets(tables) | was the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. |
| Roman assembly | institutions in ancient Rome. They functioned as the machinery of the Roman legislative branch, and thus (theoretically at least) passed all legislation. |
| roman senate | a political institution in ancient Rome. It was one of the most enduring institutions in Roman history, |
| veto | in latin for "I forbid", is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop a piece of legislation. |
| rebublic | a state under a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, retain supreme control over the government |
| dictator | is a ruler (e.g. absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power (sometimes but not always with military control) but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch |
| Etruscans | the modern English name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany. |
| Romulus and Remus | Rome's twin founders in its traditional foundation myth, |
| 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 |
| Emperor | a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm |
| Julius Caesar | 13 July 100 BC[3] – 15 March 44 BC)[4] was a Roman general and statesman. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. |
| Augustus Caesar | (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. |
| Pompeii | a partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, |
| Herculaneum | (in modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows AD 79, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano, in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. |
| marcus aurelius | (26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. |
| Trajan | Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (18 September 53 – 9 August 117), commonly known as Trajan, was Roman Emperor from 98 to 117 |
| Hadrian | (24 January 76 – 10 July 138), commonly known as Hadrian and after his apotheosis Divus Hadrianus, was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. |
| nero | Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus[1] (15 December 37 – 9 June 68),[2] born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, and commonly known as Nero, was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68. He was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. |
| Tiberius | (November 16, 42 BC – March 16, AD 37) |
| Caligula | (31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41), commonly known as Caligula and sometimes Gaius, was Roman Emperor from 37 to 41. |
| constantine | Constantine most commonly refers to one of the following: Constantine (name), a given name and surname Constantine I, Roman Emperor from 306 to 337, commonly known as Constantine the Great |
| Hannibal | son of Hamilcar Barca[n 1] (248–183 or 182 BC)[n 2] was a Carthaginian military commander and tactician who is popularly credited as one of the most talented commanders in history. |
| Carthage(Carthaginians) | (Latin: Carthago or Karthago, Ancient Greek: Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Arabic: قرطاج Qarṭāj, Berber: ⴽⴰⵔⵜⴰⵊⴻⵏ Kartajen |
| Punic wars | were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 to 146 BC |
| Gaul | a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, |
| Vercengetorix | (c. 82 BC – 46 BC) was the chieftain of the Arverni tribe, who united the Gauls in an ultimately unsuccessful revolt against Roman forces during the last phase of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. |
| Attila the hun | also known as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453 |
| crassus | Crassus grew up as the son of a consul and distinguished general. |
| inflation | •In economics, inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time |
| gladius | •Gladius is a Latin word for sword. Early ancient Roman swords were similar to those used by the Greeks. |
| scutum | A roman shield |
| Ballista | an ancient missile weapon which launched a large projectile at a distant target. |
| Triumvirate | |
| Paul | |
| Judea | |
| Pontius Pilate | |
| Catacombs | |
| Diocletian | |
| cohort | |
| pilum | |
| pliny | |
| virgil | |
| livy | |
| seneca | |
| cassis | |
| Lorica Segmentata | |
| catapult | |
| groma | |
| milarium | |
| Beware the Ides of march | |
| Cleopatra | |
| roman legion | |
| Praetorian guard | |
| centurian | |
| Crossing the rubicon | |
| assassinate | |
| Et tu brute | |
| Scipio africanus | |
| pax romana | |
| appian way | |
| aqueduct | |
| collosseum | |
| pantheon | |
| oculus | |
| gladiators | |
| Circus maximus | |
| cuniculus | |
| veto | |
| Roman Forum | |
| palantine hills | |
| fasces | |
| SPQR | |
| Republic | |
| Mercenary | |
| Tiber River | |
| Baths of Caracalla | |
| Londinium | |
| cicero | |
| tyrrhenian sea | |
| adriatic sea | |
| alps | |
| Appennine mountains | |
| Dictator | |
| Christianity | |
| Martyr | |
| epistle | |
| toga | |
| Roman Empire | |
| Diocletian | |
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