Rome Flashcards
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- Province
- the proper sphere or extent of your activities
- Vatican
- the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City
- Aqueducts
- structures that carried water for long distance and muslim mosques, places of worship
- 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)
- Spartacus
- a gladiator who lead a slave revolt
- Constatine
- an emperor who reunited the two Roman empires but it didnt work very well one of the very first religous leders
- Tribune
- Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.
- Diocletian
- He was a general that became emperor in A.D. 284, introduced reforms
- Julius Caesar
- conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
- Plebian
- an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman republic
- Basilica
- a Roman building used for public administration
- Martyr
- one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- Epistle
- especially a long, formal letter
- Twelve Tables
- Twelve laws that would give some rights to the plebeians. These laws were written down so no once could change them
- Consul
- An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
- Census
- a period count of the population
- Patrician
- a member of the aristocracy
- Pax Romana
- 200 year period of peace in Rome.
- Punic Wars
- Roman victory over Carthage
- Catacombs
- underground burial place
- Legion
- a large military unit
- Via Appia
- The Appian Way
- Cincinnatus
- Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue
- Tarquin
- according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
- Octavian (Augustus)
- Italian ecclesiastic: pope 955-964