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Senate   in ancient rome the supreme governing body originally made up only of aristocrats  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