Ancient Greece and Rome
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| a government without a king; republics usually have some elected officials | ||
| a member of the ruling class or aristocracy of ancient Rome | ||
| a member of the Roman lower class | ||
| representative of the plebeian class | ||
| money or goods that conquered peoples were forced to give to those who conquered them | ||
| an independent town or city that governs itself and the land around it | ||
| another name for the Anatolian Peninsula, where much of Turkey is located | ||
| to banish or send away; nowadays it means to drive someone out of social life | ||
| the art of using language, especially to persuade others | ||
| a long poem that tells the story of the adventures of one or more legendary heros | ||
| an agreement where two or more people agree to stop fighting | ||
| a group of three related dramatic or literary works | ||
| a disease that sweeps through a town or country, causing many to die | ||
| the branch of philosophy that studies what it means to live a good, moral life | ||
| pure and simple, not complicated | ||
| goodness or moral excellence | ||
| Middle Eastern people who traded around the Mediterranean Sea for hundreds of years | ||
| the absolute ruler of a city or country | ||
| the period of peace and order throughout the Roman Empire that lasted for nearly 200 years and began with the first emporer, Caesar Augustus | ||
| someone who is killed for his or her religious or other personal beliefs | ||
| a large theater or sports arena | ||
| harassment or oppression | ||
| a time when trade and business fall off | ||
| a process that makes money more widely available and therefore less valuable | ||
| the name of the Eastern Roman Empire from about AD 330 until its end in 1453 | ||
| the name of God used by the followers of the religion of Islam | ||
| the holy scripture of Islam, which Muslims believe was written by God and dictated to Muhammad | ||
| customs and beliefs that people inherit from an earlier time, people, or culture |