Vocab I
People
Government
Random
Vocab II
100
The basic military unit
Legion
100
He was a successful military commander. He later forced the senate to make him dictator for life.
Who was Julius Ceasar?
100
They would veto it.
What would government officials do if the law didn't benefit the plebeians?
100
Practice their own religion
As long as Rome citizens worshiped Roman gods, what could they do.
100
An upper-class landowner
What is a patrician?
200
Anointed king sent by God
Messiah
200
He became the first emperor, marking the beginning of the Roman empire. It means "Exalted One".
Who was Augustus?
200
False
True/False? Rome was never dedicated to regulating laws?
200
Concrete
What material did the Romans use that helped build arched domes.
200
Structures that carried water from the hills to Roman cities
What is an aqueducts?
300
A picture made from chips of colored stone or glass.
What is a mosaic?
300
He was a poet who wrote the Aeneid and linked Rome to Greece's heroic past.
Who was Virgil?
300
Republic
After Rome drove out their Etruscans ruler, what government did Rome set up?
300
That Earth was the center of the universe
What idea, from Ptolemy, lasted for nearly 1,500 years and was accepted in the Western World?
300
To make fun of
What is satirize?
400
Establishing control over foreign lands
What is imperialism?
400
He was a great emperor who codified Roman law so everyone would be familiar with them.
Who was Hadrian?
400
The senate
What was the most powerful governing body of the republic?
400
The Three Punic Wars
What even happened between 264B.C. and 146B.C. with Rome and Carthage?
400
A high church official
What is a bishop?
500
Someone who conducts a religious service
What is a clergy?
500
He was a missionary who spread the message of Christianity. He said that those who believed in Jesus and complied with his teachings would be saved.
Who was Paul?
500
A census
After Augustus built a stable government, what did he order?
500
5,000
About how many soldiers were in each legion?
500
Large estates
What is laftifundia?
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