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 |