Terms : Hide Images
| 4787353746 | Republic | A government of elected officials. | 0 | |
| 4787353747 | Senate | The elected officials in the Roman Republic (only the wealthiest were represented) | 1 | |
| 4787353748 | Magistrates | Officials who carried out the day-to-day operations of the government who were selected by plebeians | 2 | |
| 4787353749 | Tribunes | Elected to represent the plebeians | 3 | |
| 4787353750 | Consuls | Elected to preside over the government and to serve as commanders of armies in military campaigns (had veto powers) | 4 | |
| 4787353751 | Checks and Balances | A way of dividing power to keep any part of government from becoming excessively powerful | 5 | |
| 4787353752 | Law of Twelve Tables | Written laws that were put on display | 6 | |
| 4787353753 | Cicero | One of the greatest members of the legal profession in Rome. | 7 | |
| 4787353754 | Carthage | A city-state across the Mediterranean on the north coast of Africa; fought Punic Wars with Rome | 8 | |
| 4787353755 | Punic Wars | Three wars between Rome and Carthage; Rome destroyed Carthage in the end | 9 | |
| 4787353756 | Vandals | Nomads who took Carthage and conquered Rome | 10 | |
| 4787353757 | Legions | Roman armies | 11 | |
| 4787353758 | Latifundia | Huge farmland bought by patricians | 12 | |
| 4787353759 | Spartacus Rebellion | When a slave named Spartacus led one of the largest slave revolts in history against Rome; thousands of slaves killed | 13 | |
| 4787353760 | Marius | A general who was elected six times to the consulship; Sulla beat him; uncle of Julius Caesar | 14 | |
| 4787353761 | Sulla | General who came from a more patrician family and beat Marius; drove from city by Julius Caesar | 15 | |
| 4787353762 | Pompey Magnus | Successful general who was beat by Julius Caesar | 16 | |
| 4787353763 | Julius Caesar | Became sole consul and dictator for life; killed by Roman Senate due to him gaining so much power | 17 | |
| 4787353764 | Marc Antony | General who was beaten by Octavian | 18 | |
| 4787353765 | Octavian | Later known as Augustus; beat Marc Antony and became the first emperor; started Roman Empire | 19 | |
| 4787353766 | Battle of Actium | Battle between Octavian and Marc Antony for power; Octavian won | 20 | |
| 4787353767 | Pax Romana | Roman peacetime | 21 | |
| 4787353768 | Constantine | Emperor who declared the Christianity legal and the official religion of the Roman Empire | 22 | |
| 4787353769 | "Edict of Milan" | Christianity was declared legal in the Roman Empire by Constantine in this | 23 | |
| 4787353770 | St. Augustine | Wrote that even though Rome might fall to the barbarians, the city of God in heaven would remain | 24 | |
| 4787353771 | Separation of Church/State | Religion and government are separate | 25 | |
| 4787353772 | Silk Roads | Trade route connecting communities in Europe and Asia | 26 | |
| 4787353773 | Trans Regional Roads | Connected roads across Rome to help with trade and military | 27 | |
| 4787353774 | Virgil | Famous Roman writer who wrote "The Aeneid" | 28 | |
| 4787353775 | "The Aeneid" | Epic by Virgil that accurately forecasts the cultural, political, and military legacies of the Roman Empire | 29 | |
| 4787353776 | Ovid | Famous Roman writer who was banished by Augustus to the far edge of the Black Sea | 30 | |
| 4787353777 | Epicureanism | Roman philosophy that promoted living simply, enjoying the pleasures of life, and not focusing on appealing to the gods | 31 | |
| 4787353778 | Stoicism | Roman philosophy that emphasized that people should learn to accept the will of the gods and remained detached from pleasure and pain | 32 | |
| 4787353779 | Syncretism | Combining ideas from different sources; occurred in religion | 33 | |
| 4787353780 | Pontifex Maximus | High Priest in Rome | 34 | |
| 4787353781 | State Religion | Religion of the Roman Empire must obey; could pray to other gods as long as they prayed to state gods | 35 | |
| 4787353782 | Mystery Cults | Religious groups whose followers were promised an afterlife if they underwent secret rituals and purification rites | 36 | |
| 4787353783 | Jesus | The man who challenged traditional religious leaders and was regarded as a troublemaker by Roman officials; started Christianity | 37 | |
| 4787353784 | Peter | A follower of Jesus who spread the ideas of Christianity and is regarded today by the Roman Catholic Church as the first pope | 38 | |
| 4787353785 | Paul | Man who spread Christianity and inspired other preachers | 39 | |
| 4787353786 | Christianity | Monotheistic religion that appealed to urban poor, slaves, and women | 40 | |
| 4787353787 | Martyrdom | A willingness to die rather than give up one's beliefs | 41 | |
| 4787353788 | Patricians | Wealthy Landowners | 42 | |
| 4787353789 | Plebeians | Small farmers, tradespeople, craftworkers, and common soldiers | 43 | |
| 4787353790 | Equestrian Class | A new class that was for rich Romans that were not descendants of the founders of Rome | 44 | |
| 4787353791 | Apennine Mountains | Mountain range that runs the length of the Italian peninsula and is less rugged than the mountains of Greece | 45 | |
| 4787353792 | Etruscans | Settled in Northern Italian Peninsula and responsible for early Rome | 46 | |
| 4787353793 | Latins | Lived in central Italy | 47 | |
| 4787353794 | Rome | Village on seven hills that became the capital of the Roman Empire | 48 | |
| 4787353795 | Tiber River | River that was near Rome and became good for trade | 49 | |
| 4787353796 | Tyrrhenian Sea | Sea near Rome that was good for Rome yet it was far enough away to be easily defended against sea-borne attackers | 50 | |
| 4787353797 | Catapults | Devices used to hurl stones a great distance | 51 | |
| 4787353798 | Siege Devices | Device used to break walls like a battering ram | 52 | |
| 4787353799 | Stirrup | Provided greater stability for riders and made horses easier to ride and control | 53 |
