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| 5406517808 | republic | form of government in which power rests with the citizens who have the right to vote to select their leaders (citizens = free born males) | 0 | |
| 5406517809 | patricians | aristocratic landowners who held most of the power |  | 1 |
| 5406517810 | plebeians | commoners, farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population |  | 2 |
| 5406517811 | tribunes | representatives elected by the plebeians to protect their rights |  | 3 |
| 5406517812 | consuls | two officials who commanded the army and directed the government; elected for one year |  | 4 |
| 5406517813 | Senate | 300 members - elected by the aristocracy who controlled foreign and financial policies |  | 5 |
| 5406517814 | legions | Roman military unit - 5,000 skilled Roman soldiers |  | 6 |
| 5406517815 | Ides of March | March 15, 44 B.C. - the assassination of Julius Caesar |  | 7 |
| 5406517816 | Pax Romana | Roman Golden Age | 8 | |
| 5406517817 | aqueducts | transported water throughout the empire - used the arch |  | 9 |
| 5406517818 | Colosseum/Coliseum | arena for gladiator fights to the death - used the arch |  | 10 |
| 5406517819 | gladiators | slaves who fought to the death in the arena |  | 11 |
| 5406517820 | Pantheon | Temple for the Roman gods in Rome |  | 12 |
| 5406517824 | monotheistic | belief in one god |  | 13 |
| 5406517825 | Romance Languages | based on Latin; includes Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and Romanian as well as half of all English words |  | 14 |
| 5406517826 | Twelve Tables | Rome's written laws |  | 15 |
| 5406517827 | Apostles | 12 followers of Jesus who spread his teaching after his death |  | 16 |
| 5406517828 | Edict of Milan | Constantine makes Christianity an approved religion in the Roman Empire |  | 17 |
| 5406517829 | Huns | fierce nomadic Mongol tribe from Central Asia |  | 18 |
| 5406517830 | Byzantine Empire | new name for the Eastern Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire |  | 19 |
| 5406517832 | mercenaries | soldiers for hire | 20 | |
| 5406527361 | Jesus of Nazareth | Founder of Christianity |  | 21 |
| 5406529146 | Constantine | Moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople |  | 22 |
| 5406532549 | Diolcetian | split the empire into Eastern and Western Rome to slow down its fall | 23 | |
| 5406536245 | Attila the Hun | Fierce ruler of the Huns as they invaded and destroyed the Western Roman Empire |  | 24 |
| 5406540841 | Julius Caesar | Assassinated by Brutus and Cassius for threatening the Roman Republic by declaring himself dictator of Rome |  | 25 |
| 5406547499 | Augustus Caesar | First Emperor of Rome; responsible for the development of the Pax Romana in Rome |  | 26 |
