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- aqueduct
- a high, arched structure built to carry water over long distances
- Rome
- the former center of both the ancient republic and present day Italy
- Scipio
- Roman general who defeated Hannibal in the battle Zama outside Carthage,North Africa, in 202 B.C.
- Paz Romana
- a period of peace for the Roman Empire that began with the rule of Agustus in about 27 B.C. and lasted around 200 years
- Gaul
- an ancient region and Roman province that included most of present day France
- parable
- a simple story that contains a moral or truth
- bishop
- a church offical who leads a large group of Christians in a particular region
- Alps
- Europe's highest mountains, extending in an arc from the Medditeranian coast to the Balkan penisula
- consul
- one of two elected officals of the Roman Republic who commanded the army and were Supreme judges
- Tiber River
- a river flowing southwest from north-central Italy across the Latium plain, and into the Tyrrhenian Sea
- Pantheon
- a large temple to honor goddesses and gods; located in ancient Rome
- Messiah
- a special leader the Jewish people belive will be sent by God to guide the, and set up God's rule on Earth. Christians belive Jeasus to be the Messiah
- tribune
- an elected leaader of Ancient Rome who represented the interestes of the plebeians
- dictator
- a ruler who has absolut power
- patrician
- a member of the noble families who controlled all power in the early years of the Roman Republic
- Punic Wars
- a series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage in the 200's B.C., ending in a victory for Rome
- New Testiment
- the second part of the Christian Bible, contaning descriptions of the life and teachings of Jeasus
- apostle
- one of the 12 closet followers of Jeasus, chosen by him to help him teach
- Zama
- site in northern Africa where the Roman army defeated the Carthaginian army in 202 B.C.
- Apennie Mountains
- a mountain range in the Itlian penisula
- Latum
- a plain on the west coast of Italy on which the city of Rome was built
- Agustus
- first Roman emperor;won the civil war following Julius Ceaser's assasiantion and went on to unify the empire and establish the Pax Romana
- Sicily
- an island in the Medditeranian Sea off the southwest tip if the Itlian penisula
- Forum
- the city market snd meeting place in the center of Ancient Rome
- Hannibal
- general of Carthage who marched his army from Spain to Rome in the second Punic War
- Carthage
- an ancient city on the northern coast of Africa
- civil war
- an armed conflict between groups whitin one country
- Senate
- the law making bosy and most powerful branch of government in Ancient Rome's Republic
- Livy
- historian of the Roman Republic who wrote about the strugglr between plebeians and patricians of Rome
- Pompeii
- an ancient city in southwestern Italy that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79
- Julius Ceaser
- Roman general who became the Republic's dictator in 45 B.C.
- plebeian
- a common farmer, trader, or craftworker
- represenative
- a person who is elected by citizans to speak or act for them
- Christianty
- a relgion based on the teachings of Jeasus, as recorded in the New Testament
- gladiator
- a Roman athlete, usually a slave, criminal, or prisoner of war, who was forced to fight for the entertainmnt of the public
- Colosseaum
- a large stadium in ancient Rome where athletic events took place
- Cleopatra
- ruler of Egyptian government in Alexandria who backed Ceaser in the civil war he waged from 49 to 45 B.C.
- cansus
- a periodic count of all the people living in a country, city, or other region
- Tweleve Tables
- the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drwan up by patricians about 450 B.C. that became the foundation of Roman laws
- Chridtianty
- a relegion based on the teachings of Jeasus, as recorded in the New Testament
- Republic
- a form of government in which citizans elect represenatives to speak or act for them
- Agustus
- first Roman emperor; won the civil war following Julius Ceaser's assasiantion and went on to unify the empire and establish the Pax Romana
- pope
- the bishop, or church leader, of Romw and leader of the Roman Chatlic Church