Rome Review
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- Pantheon
- temple that honored Roman Gods and Goddesses
- New Testament
- Christian collection of books
- Latium
- plain on which Rome is located
- republic
- a government in which citizens choose their leaders
- apostle
- Jesus' helpers
- Alps
- Europe's highest mountains
- census
- a count of how many people live somewhere
- dictator
- someone who rules with absolute authority
- consul
- head of Roman Republic
- forum
- Rome's public meeting place
- Messiah
- special leader sent by God to lead the Jewish people
- Judea
- land once known as Canaan
- Etruscans
- early settlers of Rome
- Constantinople
- capital of eastern Roman empire
- aquaduct
- waterway that brings water into a city
- architecture
- science of planning and constructing buildings
- bishop
- regional church leader
- Livy
- Roman historian
- representative
- one who acts for another
- parable
- simple story that teaches a message or truth
- Carthage
- fought Rome over the island of Sicily
- Tiber River
- river that flows through Rome
- Palestine
- Roman name for Judea
- Apennine Mountains
- run down the "backbone" of Italy
- Senate
- lawmaking branch of Roman government
- Patrician
- noble (aristocrat) citizen of Rome
- tribune
- leader of citizen assembly
- Twelve Tables
- collection of Roman laws
- Diocletian
- Roman emperor who divided Rome into two empires
- Plebeian
- common citizen of Rome
- Sicily
- island off the toe of Italy
- Gaul
- Roman name for France
- Pax Romana
- "Roman peace"
- Augustus
- "honored one"
- profile
- view from the side