Matching/Vocab Terms Test 2- Rome Flashcards

273900435	Pantheon	Temple to the Roman gods which features a huge concrete dome	1
273900436	Mercenary	Soldier serving in a foreign army for pay	2
273900437	Consul	Officials, elected by the Roman Senate, who ran for the country	3
273900438	Pliny	Early scholar who created the 37-volume natural history	4
273900439	Plebeians	The common people, such as farmers, artisans and traders, in Roman society	5
273900440	Legion	A unit of the Roman army, composed of 6,000 (5,000) soldiers	6
273900441	Hannibal	Led a daring march on Rome, using elephants to cross the Alps	7
273900442	Theodosius	Roman emperor who proclaimed Christianity the official religion of Rome	8
273900443	Punic War	Resulted from the competition between Rome and Carthage for Mediterranean trade	9
273900444	Martyrs	People who suffer and die for their beliefs	10
273900445	Apostles	The followers of Jesus who helped spread Christianity after his death	11
273900446	Patrician	Class of wealthy landowners who dominated the Roman society	12
273900447	Julius Caesae	Became Rome's first dictator for life but was quickly assassinated	13
273900448	Tiberius Gracchus	The tribune who was assassinated for championing the rights of the poor	14
273900449	Edict of Milan	The proclamation of Constantine in 313 AD of religious freedom	15
273900450	Etruscans	Inhabitants of central Italy who originally ruled of the Latins	16
273900451	Zealots	The leaders of the Jewish Revolt against the Romans in 72 AD	17
273900452	Huns	Invaders from central Asia who forced Germanic tribes to move into Rome	18
273900453	Augustus	Originally called Octavian, his emperorship began the Pax Romana	19
273900454	Latifundia	Vast Roman farm estates which used thousands of slaves as cheap labor	20