vocab for roman empire
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| 283854777 | aeneas | Trojan hero written about in "The Aeneid". Called the father of the Romans because he united trojans and Latins | 0 | |
| 283854779 | allies | an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy | 1 | |
| 283854781 | aqueduct | artificial channel for conducting water over a distance | 2 | |
| 283854783 | Cato the Elder | He was the Roman statesman who hated Carthage and started the Third Punic War | 3 | |
| 283854785 | Centurion | Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers) | 4 | |
| 283854787 | Cicero | a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) | 5 | |
| 283854789 | Circus Maximus | a Roman outdoor arena in which public games, such as chariot races, were held | 6 | |
| 283854791 | Civil War | a war between factions in the same country | 7 | |
| 283854793 | Cleopatra | beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt | 8 | |
| 283854796 | Consul | one of two elected officials of the Roman Republic who commanded the army and were supreme judges | 9 | |
| 283854798 | Crassus | consul in 70 BC; member of the first triumirate and extremely wealthy | 10 | |
| 283854800 | Dictator | In ancient Rome, a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time. | 11 | |
| 283854802 | Etruscans | people from Etruria , ( north of Rome) that took control of Rome and Latium. Ruled Rome for more than 100 years. Built up Rome, streets, temples. Skilled metal workers Rome became rich from mining and trade | 12 | |
| 283854803 | Gaul | an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands | 13 | |
| 283854805 | Gladiator | A Roman athlete, usually a slave, criminal, or prisoner of war, who was forced to fight for the entertainment of the public | 14 | |
| 283854807 | Hannibal | Carthaginian military commander who, in the Second Punic War, attempted a surprise attack on Rome, crossing the Alps with a large group of soldiers, horses, and elephants. | 15 | |
| 283854809 | Latins | An ancient people living in the region of Latium, Italy, who believed that they descended from Latinus, the father-in-law of Aeneas | 16 | |
| 283854811 | Julius Caesar | conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) | 17 | |
| 283854813 | Legion | a large military unit | 18 | |
| 283854815 | Mark Antony | Caesar's right-hand man, teamed with Octavian to punish Caesar's murders, fell in love with Cleopatra, went into civil war, at Battle of Actium, he and Cleopatra fled and committed suicide | 19 | |
| 283854817 | Patricians | powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society | 20 | |
| 283854819 | Plebians | Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers, merchants, artisans and traders | 21 | |
| 283854821 | Po River | River in northern Italy that flows to the Adriatic Sea | 22 | |
| 283854823 | Pompey | Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) | 23 | |
| 283854824 | Roman Baths | public baths where Romans could bathe and socialize together. The water was heated underneath the baths | 24 | |
| 283854826 | Roman Citizen | Holds the right to appeal all cases involving capital punishment to the Popular Assembly | 25 | |
| 283854828 | Coliseum | giant stadium in rome that was built in 80 ce. Provided public entertainment. Gladiator fight, mock naval battles, and martyring Christians all took place in the coliseum | 26 | |
| 283854830 | Roman Forum | the section of the city that was the center of government | 27 | |
| 283854832 | Romulus and Remus | Traditional story of how Rome began. Twins abandoned and rescued by a wolf, raised by a shepherd . Grew to build Rome. Romulus later killed Remus | 28 | |
| 283854833 | Rubicon | the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul | 29 | |
| 283854835 | Sabines | one of the Italic tribes; their daughters were taken by the Romans to populate Rome | 30 | |
| 283854837 | Scipio | Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) | 31 | |
| 283854839 | Senate | In ancient Rome, the supreme governing body, originally made up only of aristocrats. | 32 | |
| 283854841 | Spartacus | slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a rebellion against the roman empire for slave freedom- he was killed after two years | 33 | |
| 283854843 | Tiber River | a river flowing southward from north-central Italy across the Latium plain, and into the Tyrrhenian Sea | 34 | |
| 283854845 | Tribune | In ancient Rome, an official elected by the plebeians to protect their rights. | 35 | |
| 283854846 | Triumvirate | In ancient Rome, a group of three leaders sharing control of the government. | 36 | |
| 283854847 | Twelve Tables | the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law | 37 | |
| 283854848 | Tyrrhenian Sea | an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily | 38 | |
| 283854849 | Veto | a vote that blocks a decision | 39 |
