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10385299385PlebeiansA commoner in Ancient Rome0
10385313645Patriciansan aristocrat or nobleman.1
10385317102checks and balancescounterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups2
10385320585Law of Twelve Tablesa set of laws inscribed on 12 bronze tablets created in ancient Rome3
10385329691Consulsan official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.4
10391001852Roman Senatea political institution in the ancient Roman kingdom5
10391006263tribunesan official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests.6
10391010518CiceroAn orator, writer, and statesman of ancient Rome7
10391013552Spartacus Rebelliona Thracian gladiator who, along with the Gauls Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War8
10391016485Julius Caesarthe general and dictator Julius Caesar.9
10391026371OctavianOctavian was the name used commonly for Emperor Augustus.10
10391031829Pax Romanathe peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire.11
10391035609Edict of Milana letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire.12
10391039169ConstantineConstantine the Great, the Christian emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.13
10391041619Virgilused for the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro14
10391049849the Aeneida Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas15
10391053634Stoicisman ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium.16
10391072357Paul and Peter`phrases meaning to take from one person or thing to give to another17
10391080411St Augustineone of the great Fathers of the early Christian church18
10391134145martyrdomthe death or suffering of a martyr.19

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