Rome test
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- People who were not wealthy and had few rights in the early days of the Roman Republic.
- plebeians
- Caeser was able to take power from the senate only after he became an absolute ruler or _______.
- dictator
- The dome and the arch were two important Roman contributions to
- architecture
- A important religion that started in Palestine
- Christianity
- Members of wealthy families who had total control of the senate.
- patricans
- How did early Romans come into contact with Greek civilizations?
- The Greeks settled on the pennisula near the Romans. Busy Greek colonies ( trading) helped Romans know them.
- Christians gave the Bishop of Rome the special title of ____________.
- Pope
- A geography term that means a region drained by a river and it's tributaries (the little streams that make a river).
- basin
- List three advantages Rome gained by defeating Carthage
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1. got their wealth-Carthage was rich
2. location middle of Mediterranean.
3. center of power - List three ways Jesus ideas spread throughout Roman empire.
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1.Letters Paul wrote
2. churches set up
3. Peter and the apostles told others - French Italian and Spanish are called _______ _____ because they all grew from Latin.
- Romance Languages
- Why did Octavian call himself Augustus?
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1. it meant "grand"
2. it meant "the gods" - Name two results of the murder of Julius Caeser.
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1. Civil War-country fighting against itself
2. Octavian Augustus brought peace and good government. -
Means Roman peace and talks about a time of peace and prosperity (wealth0 for almost 200 years
- Pax Romana
- What is a form of government where citizens choose their leaders.
- republic