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- parable
- (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
- triumph
- the exultation of victory
- neptune
- god of the sea
- pax romana
- peaceful time in Roman history
- persecute
- to annoy or trouble persistently because of religion
- epistle
- published letter books in new testament are thisjust a letter
- Minerva
- goddest of wisdom and the arts ,identified with the greek god athena
- etruscans
- people from Etruria , ( north of Rome) that took control of Rome and Latium. Ruled for more than 100 yrs.
- consul
- Chief offiicails
- carthage
- an ancient city state on the north Africa
- constantinople
- Greek city of Byzantine; capital of Eastern Roman Empire
- dictator
- a ruler with complete authority
- gladiators
- slaves or prisoners who were forced to fight
- plebeians
- Romes lower class
- gospels
- four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings
- mercury
- messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce
- Vatican
- Also called Vatican Palace. the chief residence of the popes in Vatican City.
- Tarquin
- the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty
- chariot
- a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle
- aqueducts
- Bridge-like stone structures that carry water from the rivers into Roman cities
- Janus
- the Roman god of doorways and passages also god of beginning and endings
- apostle
- any of the early followers of Jesus who carried the Christian message into the world.
- partricians
- upper class in rome
- Pantheon
- a domed circular temple at Rome
- messiah
- Judaism lesder
- Venus
- the goddess of love and beauty
- CE
- common era
- nero
- This emperor started the persecution against the Christians
- gaul
- present day France
- Mars
- Roman god of war and agriculture
- disciple
- follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- AD
- in the Christian era
- Mt. vesuvius
- valcano that went of made molds of People
- Martyr
- people who died for there beliefs
- tribune
- plebeians own elected special officials
- juno
- queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage
- BCE
- before the common era
- saul of tarsus (paul)
- spent his life explaining teachings of Jesus to others
- diocletion
- split empire in half. each side had augustus and a Ceasar
- veto
- vote against