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- Paul
- Apostle who made 3 missionary journeys
- Colosseum
- most famous Greek theater; site of gladitorial contests, mock sea battles, (amphitheater). , arena in Rome in which 50,000 people could watch the gladiators fight
- Aqueduct
- A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
- Pliny the Elder
- Roman author of an encylclopedic natural history, Killed during Vesuvius' explosion while trying to learn
- Arch
- a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
- Pope
- highest official of the Roman Catholic Church
- Galen
- Physician, who wrote several volumes
- Virgil
- Roman Writer; drew some of his ideas from Homer's Odyssey
- Jesus
- Prophet who was Jewish and his followers started Christianity
- Ptolemy
- Mathematician/Astronomer who believed the Earth was the center of the universe
- Cement
- cover or coat with cement
- Cicero
- a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
- Martyr
- one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- New Testament
- the second part of the bible; it tells you about the life and teachings of Jesus and about his followers
- Parable
- a relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson, about how to lead a good life.
- Tacitus
- historian who write about the Roman Empire
- Messiah
- Jesus Christ
- Praetors
- helped consuls; commanded army in war
- Judex
- Judge
- Mosaic
- art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
- Apostles
- group of 12, Christian leaders who had been chosen by Jesus to spreas his message
- Livy
- Historian writer, most famous Latin prose, wrote detailed history of Rome in 142 books