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Key Vocabular y The Republic Legacie s Christian ity Importan t People Early Rome The Roman Empire Potpour ri 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 100 200 300 400

Key Vocabulary The Republic Legacies Christianity Important People Early Rome The Roman Empire Potpourri 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400

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Vocabulary

The Republic

LegaciesChristianity Important

PeopleEarly Rome

The Roman Empire

Potpourri

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An open area in a city filled with public buildings,

temples, and markets

forum

100

The top officials of the Roman republic

consuls

100

These large concrete channels brought fresh water

to Roman cities

aqueducts

100

A person willing to die for his/her beliefs.

martyr

100

He took control of Rome but was assassinated by the

Senate on the Ides of March

Julius Caesar

100

The first form of government

Monarchy

100

He was the first emperor

Augustus or Octavian

100

A system of rules by which a government is

organized

constitution

200

The most powerful part of the Republic.

Senate

200

This early set of laws served as a model for later law

codes

The Twelve Tables

200

The two parts of the Christian bible

Old Testament and New Testament

200

This brilliant general led Carthage in the Punic Wars

Hannibal

200

These geographic features made Rome’s location

perfect

Seven Hills and Tiber River

200

Octavian defeated them for control of the Empire.

Antony and Cleopatra

200

If you are wealthy and own land you are in this

class

patrician

300

A main idea of the Republic system of

government

A separation of power is important

300

Latin was the foundation of these types of languages.

Romance

300

The two apostles most responsible for the spread of

Christianity

300

Peter and Paul

He reformed the Roman army by making it larger - allowing poor

citizens to join

Marius

300

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Greek and Etruscan

300

The earlier advanced cultures that most influenced Rome

Colosseum and Circus Maximus

300

The stadiums that hold the gladiator games and chariot

races

A poem humorously mocking our President would

be an example of this

Satire

400

The three branches of the Republic

Assembly, senate, magistrates

400

Rome’s three most important practical achievements

Roads, concrete, aqueducts

400

The first Roman emperor to accept Christianity

Constantine

400

The three generals that waged civil wars that led to the end of the

Republic

Sulla, Pompey and Julius Caesar

400

The Roman army used these two advantages to conquer neighboring

people

400

New fighting formations and superior weapons

After the fall of the western empire, this one began

Byzantine Empire

400

A long period of peace and prosperity in Roman

history

Pax Romana

100

The belief that the law should be equally applied

to all citizens

Rule of Law

200

The Roman emperors used these to keep the people’s

mind off of their difficult lives.

Gladiator games and chariot races

300

The three factors that most caused the decline of the Roman Empire

Economic problems, civil wars, and foreign invasions

400

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