Ancient Rome
Terms
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- circus
- an arena where gladiators performed
- veto
- rejection of any plan by a person in power
- plebeian
- an ordinary citizen
- patrician
- upper-class family of Rome
- Colosseum
- a large amphitheatre in Rome
- consul
- led the Roman republic
- gladiator
- a person who fought in an arena for entertainment
- dictator
- a ruler who has total control
- Pax Romana
- Roman peace; a time of prosperity and quiet
- martyr
- a person who dies for a particular cause
- aqueduct
- a structure that carries water long distances
- mercenary
- a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army
- villa
- a large country estate
- inflation
- an economic situation in which there is money but is of less value
- province
- an area of a country ruled by a governor
- messiah
- someone who would bring justice and freedom; savior
- epistles
- letters that Paul wrote to Christian groups
- disciples
- followers of Jesus
- Constantine
- emperor of Rome who encouraged the spread of Christianity
- republic
- a form of government: citizens select their leaders