Ch.9 Ancient Rome
Terms
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- PAX ROMANA
- a period of peace for the Roman empire that began with the rule of Augustus in about 27 BC and lasted around 200 years
- REPUBLIC
- a form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them
- Julius Caesar
- Roman general who became the public's dictator in 45 BC
- Jesus
- religous leader and founder of Christianity
- Scipio
- Roman general who defeated Hannibal in the battle of Zama outside Carthage, North Africa
- TWELVE TABLES
- the earliest written collection of Roman Laws, drawn up by patricians about 450 BC, that became the foundation of Rome Law
- Roman Catholicism
- branch of Christianity in western
- TRIBUNE
- an elected leader of ancient Rome who represents the interests of the plebians
- Rome
- the farmer center of both the ancient Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire, capital of present-day Italy
- ZAMA
- site in northern Africa where the Roman army defeated the Carthaginian army in 202 BC
- Constantine
- Roman emperor who founded Constantinople as the new eastern capital of the Roman empire
- SENATE
- the lawmaking body and most powerful branch of government in ancient Rome Republic
- Hannibal
- General of Carthage who marched his army from Spain to Rome in the Second Punic
- Tiber River
- a river flowing southward from north central Italy across the Latinium Plain and into the Tyrrhenian Sea
- PUNIC WARS
- a series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage in the 200's BC, ending in victory for Rome
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- a branch of Christianity
- CONSUL
- one of two elected officials of the Roman Republic who commanded the army and were supreme judges
- DICTATOR
- a ruler that has absolute power
- Carthage
- an ancient city on the north coast of Africa
- PATRICIAN
- a member of the noble families who controlled all power in the early years of the Roman Republic