Ancient Rome
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- apostle
- a follower of Jesus.
- Spartacus
- a gladiator who lead a slave revolt
- dictator
- one person with complete control over a civilazation.
- republic
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
- Jesus Of Nazareth
- the son of god.
- Gaul
- an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
- BC
- before Christ.
- census
- this is when the goverment counts the population.
- Nero
- Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
- Colosseum
- a place where Romans would gather to entertain themselves.