Ancient Rome
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- tiber river
- a river flowing southward from northcentral italy across the latium plain and into the tyrrhennian sea
- sicily
- an island in the mediteranian sea off the southwest tip of the italian peninsuala
- byzantine empire
- the name by which the eastern half of the roman empire became known sometime after a.d. 400
- elevation
- height above sea level
- colasseum
- a large stadium in ancient rome wher athletic events took place
- eastern orthodox christianity
- a branch of christianity that developed in the Byzantine Empire and that did not recognize the pope as its supreme leader
- alps
- europes highest mountain range extending in an arc from the mediteranian sea coast to the balkin peninsuala
- Roman Catholism
- a branch of christianity that developed in the western roman empire and that recognized the pope as its supreme leader
- plebian
- a common farmer, trader, or craftworker in ancient rome
- dictator
- a ruler who has absolute power
- constanople
- a city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
- panthean
- a large domed temple built in ancient rome to honor many gods and goddesses
- parable
- a simple story that contains a message or truth
- architecture
- the science of planning and constructing buildings
- civil war
- an armed conflict between groups within one country
- Latium
- a plain on the west coast of italy on which the city of rome was built
- gaul
- an ancient region and roman province that included most of present day france
- diocletian
- roman emperor whi divided the roman empire in two and oversaw the eastern part
- representative
- a person who is elected by citizens to speak or act for them
- constantine
- Roman emperor who found constinople as the new eastern capital of the roman empire
- rome
- the former center of bath,the ancient roman republic, and the roman empire and was the capital of italy
- new testament
- the second part of the christain bible colntaining descriptions of the life and teachingsof jesus and his early followers
- forum
- the city market and meeting place in the center of ancient rome
- christianity
- a religion based on the teachings of jesus as recorded in the new testament
- palestine
- region is southwest asia that became the ancient home for the jews, the ancient roman name for jude, the british pretectorence that became Israel in 1947
- profile
- in geography, a map shwoing a crossection of a land surface
- appenine mountains
- a mountain range on the italian peninsuala