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Roman History Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Veto | to Block laws the could be harmful |
| Etruscans | People who lived mosly north of rome |
| Republic | type of goverment |
| Patricias | Memebers of the landholding upper class |
| Consuls | They Supercised the business of goverment and command he armies |
| Dicator | ruler who has complete control over goverment |
| Plebeians | farmers merachanets and artisans who made up most of the population |
| Tribunes | procted their intrests and did stuff to protect the plebians |
| Imperilism | establshing conrol over peoples and forgin lands |
| Latifundia | huge farming estates |
| census | Population Count |
| Satirize | make fun of roman society |
| Mosaic | picture made from chips or colered stone or glass |
| aqueducts | bridelike stone structrues that carried water from the hills into the roman cities |
| Messiah | annotied kindg sent by god |
| Legion | Basic unit of the ancinet rome army made up to about 5,000 soidleers |
| aposltes | greek means a person sent forth |
| Maytrs | people who die for their regilon |
| Clegry | a group if people who conduct christen serives |
| Bishop | high church offical resoisbke for eveyone in his diocese |
| Patriasch | exericed athoury over bishops in the area |
| inflation | rapid rise over prices |
| huns | migrated from centreal asia toward esatern europe |
| mercenaries | foregin soliders serving for pay to defnd its borders |
| Julis Ceaser | Attmeped to make reforms help save the ailing republic Made himself absulte ruler |
| Consrantine | Moved roamn power eastward bu buliding a capital at constanipotle granted toleration by christians through the edict of Milan |
| Dicoletaion | divided the empite into 2 parts estern and western |
| Marcus Aurelius | last great emperor of the Pax EEomana |
| Octivan/ Augstus | Declared exalted one and first citzen by senate first ruler of the pax romanan |