chapter seven
Terms
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- patrician
- a member of an upper-class family in the Roman Republic
- messiah
- a savior in Judaism and Christianity
- inflation
- an economic situation in which there is more money with less value
- Colosseum
- a large ampitheater built in Rome around AD 70; site of contests and combats between people and animals
- circus
- an arena in ancient Rome; also the show held there
- disciple
- a follower of a person or a belief
- gladiator
- a person in wncient Rome who fought in an area for the entertainment of the public; usually a slave
- consul
- one of two officials who led the Roman Republic
- Constantine
- emporer of Rome from AD 312 to 337; encouraged the spread of Christianity
- martyr
- a person who dies for a particular cause
- epistle
- a letter; in the Christian Bible, any of the letters written by disciples to Chrisitian groups
- veto
- the rejection of any planned action or rule by a person in power
- province
- a unit of an empire or a country; area of the Roman Empire ruled by a governor, who was supported by an army
- aqueduct
- a structure that carries water over long distances
- Pax Romana
- the period of stability and prosperity in the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 BC to AD 180; "Roman peace"
- dictator
- a ruler who has total control of the government
- Jesus
- founder of Christianity; believed by his followers to be the Messiah
- republic
- a government in which citizens who have the right to vote select their leaders
- villa
- a large country estate; an important source of food for ancient Rome
- plebian
- an ordinary citizen in the Roman Republic
- mercenary
- a soldier who serves for pay in a foreign army