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Roman HEMPIRE
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Republic | A form of government in which the power is in the hands of represenatives and leaders are chosen by the people |
| Patricians | the aristocratic landowners who held most of the power in the roman government |
| Plebeians | In ancient Rome, the common farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up most of the population |
| Tribunes | In ancient Rome, an official elected by the plebeians to protect their rights |
| Consuls | In ancient rome one of the two powerful officials elected to command the army and direct the government |
| Senate | in ancient rome the supreme governing body originally made up only of aristocrats |
| dictator | a political leader given given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time |
| Legion | A military unit of the ancient roman army made up of about 5,000 foot soliders and a group of soliders on horseback |
| Hannibal | A carthaginian general, the mastermind behind the second punic war. |
| Scipio | A Roman general found to match Hannibal devised a plan to attck Carthage |
| Ciecero | Rome greatest orator |
| Civil war | A conflict between two political groups in the same country |
| Julius Caesar | An ambitious and daring leader who brought order to Rome |
| Triumvirate | A group of leaders sharing control of the government Ceasar, Crassus, Pompey |
| Absloute ruler | A ruler who has total power |
| Augustus | The most powerful ruler of rome Octavin his given name accepted the title of exalted one |
| Cleopatra | Egypts last queen, in her quest for power she allied herself with Julius Ceasar and Mark Antony |
| Pax Romana | A period of peace in Rome lasting between 27 B.C and 180 A.D |
| Gladiators | Professional fighters who fought to the death in public arenas. |
| Jesus | A Jew and Roman subject who publicly preached from Jewish tradition to his belif in only one god. |
| Apostles | One of the followers of Jesus who spread and preadched his teachings |
| Peter | First apostle helped spread through Syria and Palestine |
| Paul | His Hebrew name was Saul, was the first real enemy of Christianty, but later had a vision and spent the rest of his life interrpreting the teachings of christ |
| Diaspora | dispersal of jews from there homeland in Palestine |
| Bishop | A high ranking christian official who supervises a number of local churches |
| Pope | The Bishop of Rome, head of Roman catholic church |
| Constatine | A roman emperor who fought three rivals for his title, made christianity the official religion of rome |
| Heresy | Religious belifs that differ form the original teachings of christ |
| Inflation | A decline in value of money accompanied by a rise in prices of goods and services |
| Mercenaries | A solider who is paid to fight in a foreighn army |
| Diocletian | A strong willed army leader who became the new emperor. Restored order, and and increased te empires strength, he doubled the size of the Roman armies. |
| Constaninople | Previously named Byzantium, the new capital of rome named after Constantine |
| Attila | The chieftain of the Huns, terrorized both halves the roman empire |
| Greco Roman culture | An ancient culture that developed from a blending of greek, hellenistic, and roman cultures. |
| Pompeii | A roman town covered in a layer of ash when Mt. Vesuvius erupted |
| Virgil | A poet who spent 10 yrs. the most famous work in Latain writing the Aeneid the epic of the legendary Aeneans |
| Tacitus | A roman historian notable among ancient historians he presented the facts accurately |
| Aqueducts | A pipeline or channel built to carry water to populated areas. |
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