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Mrs. Groves

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Etruscans   A group of people that lived in northern Rome.  
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Republic   A type of government where people choose their officials, but most of the power is held by wealthy land owners.  
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Patrician   Members of the landholding upperclass.  
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Consul   Someone whose job is to supervise the business of government and command armies.  
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Dictator   A ruler who has complete control over a government.  
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Plebian   The farmers, merchants, and artisans who made up most of the population, were citizens, but had little influence over the government.  
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Tribute   Elected officials who could veto laws.  
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Veto   To block a law.  
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Legion   Basic military unit of 5,000 men.  
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Imperialism   Establishing control over foreign lands and people.  
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Latifundia   Large farming estates.  
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Census   Population count.  
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Tiberious and Gaius Grecchus   Two young plebeians.  
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Julius Caesar   A brillant general and ambitious military commander.  
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Augustus   Ruled over the Roman Empire like a king.  
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Hadrian   Coded Roman Law and had soldiers create a wall across Britain.  
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Satirize   To make fun of.  
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Mosaic   Pictures made from chips of colored stone.  
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Engineering   The application of science and mathematics to develop structures and machines.  
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Aqueduct   Bridge-like structures that carried water from hills to Roman cities.  
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Virgil   A poet in Ancient Rome who wrote the pic poem, Aeneid  
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Ptolemy   An astronomer and mathematician in Ancient Rome who proposed the theory that the Earth is the center of the universe.  
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Monotheistic   Believing that there was only one god.  
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Torah   The Israelites' most sacred text that tells the history of the ancient Israelites and their relationship with god.  
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Covenant   A promise or agreement.  
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Patriarchal   Men held the greatest legal and moral authority.  
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Sabbath   A holy day for rest and worship.  
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Prophet   Spiritual leaders that interpreted god's will.  
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Ethics   Moral standards of behavior.  
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Diaspora   The spreading out of Jewish people.  
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Abraham   The father of the Israelites and their religion, Judaism.  
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Moses   An Israelite who renewed god's covenant with the Israelites.  
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David   The strong and wise second king of Israel who established Jerusalem as its national capital and led successful military campaigns creating secure borders for Israel.  
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Solomon   David's son, and the third king of Rome who increased the power of the capital and country as a whole.  
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