Geography
Study of the earth's landforms.
Geography
Worship and belief in multiple gods; many.
Polytheism
A common language used in the Roman empire.
Latin
A government ruled by a king or queen.
Monarchy
The way people use and manage their resources; built on trade.
Economy
Common people, farmers
Plebeians
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
Peninsula
Changing from one belief to another.
Converted
Designs created using small tiles of glass, stone, pottery.
Mosaics
Large group of elected men who managed Rome's government.
Senate
Coins or bills used to buy, sell, and trade.
Currency
Wealthy Citizens/Patricians
Rich soil that's good for growing crops.
Fertile
Contact with Greece allowed Romans to adopt their?
Gods/Beliefs
A channels that move water overland but mostly flows underground.
Aqueducts
Government were citizens make the rules and vote.
Democracy
Before money was invented all cultures traded items for other goods or items. This is known as?
Barter
Group of wealthy families
Patricians
Rome was built along this river.
Tiber
Before 313 A.D., It was the law that Romans worshiped?
Roman gods
Mixture of sand, gravel, cement, and water used to build then and now.
Concrete
Top two elected senators decided on laws and when to go to war.
Consuls
Ancient Rome's economy built on this.
Trade
This group had limited rights but they could own property and testify in court!
Women
Rome's landscape was rugged but easier to navigate than Greece. This made it possible for Rome to this.
Unite the peninsula
In 313 A.D. this emperor converted to Christianity and made Christianity equal to all other religions.
Constantine
This arena housed 50,000 people for entertainment and gladiator fights.
Colosseum
Government where citizens choose leaders to represent them.
Republic
Rome relied on this group to feed its growing population and armies.
Farmers
The middle class was made up of?
Poor Citizens/Plebeians
Rome had ample (plenty) of this as a result of large, flat fertile plains.
Farmland
After 313 A.D. it became a law that you must be this to be a citizen of Rome.
Christian
Romans built these to move from place to place quickly.
Roads
Government ran by one person or small group who have complete power.
Dictatorship
Rome's currency was accepted everywhere because it wasn't likely to change also known as?
Stable
The bottom class of people had no rights.
Enslaved People/Slaves