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7668871939Auxiliariestroops enlisted from the subject peoples of the Roman Empire to supplement the regular legions composed of Roman citizens0
7668871940Colonifree tenant farmers who worked as sharecroppers on the large estates of the Roman Empire1
7668871941Eucharista Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed in celebration of Jesus' Last Supper; also called the Lord's Supper or communion2
7668874156Good Emperorsthe five emperors who ruled from 96 to 180 (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Pius, and Marcus Aurelius), a period of peace and prosperity for the Roman Empire3
7668874157Infanticidethe practice of killing infants4
7668874158Latifundialarge landed estates in the Roman Empire5
7668877653Mystery Religionsreligions that involve initiation into secret rites that promise intense emotional involvement with spiritual forces and a greater chance of individual immortality6
7668877654Pax Romana"Roman peace." a term used to refer to the stability and prosperity that Roman rule brought to the Mediterranean world and much of western Europe during the first and second centuries AD7
7668879973Praetorian Guardthe military unit that served as the personal bodyguard of the Roman emperors8
7668879974Principatethe form of government established by Augustus for the Roman Empire; it continued the constitutional forms of the Republic and consisted of the princeps ("first citizen") and the senate, although the princeps was clearly the dominant partner9
7668879975Tetrarchyrule by four; the system of government established by the Diocletian (284-305) in which the Roman Empire was divided into two parts, each ruled by an "Augustus" assisted by a "Caesar"10

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