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Friebel: Roman Empire

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Colesseum
Roman sports arena
Messiah
Savior or liberator of a people or country (chosen by God)
Julian emperors
emperors descending from Julius Caesar, including Augustus, Tiberius, and three others.
satire
writing that mocks society for its foolishness and wickedness.
Livy
Historian who wrote a biased history of Rome sponsored by Augustus.
Pax Romana
207 years of peace in Rome, from 27 B.C. - A.D. 180
Zeno
preacher of Universal Law, Divine Power, or Supreme Power. A Stoic.
policy
plan for governing
villa
country estate owned by wealthy city dwellers.
Good Emperors
Also known as the adoptive emperors, includes Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.
Aeneid
epic Roman poem modeled after Homer's masterpieces.
martyr
someone who sacrifices their life for the sake of a cause or belief
Stoicism
a philosophy of indifference to pleasure and pain, practiced specifically by the Spartans.
Meditations
A historical literary work by Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Epicurius
creator of Epicureanism
Virgil
Writer of the epit poem Aeneid
apostle
special messengers of another's religious views.
aqueduct
long, bridgelike structures that carried water from nearby hills to centers of population
disciple
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Augustus
Rome's ablest emperor an excellent administrator, who began as a poor military leader but found his footing, leading his country into the Pax Romana.
Tacitus
historian who expressed his scorn for the government by writing pieces such as Annals, his major work.
The Pantheon
temple for the gods with a domed roof called a rotunda.
civil service
government employees, government workers
Juvenal
satirical writer during the silver age of writing.
Epicureanism
the philosophy that life should be lived by freeing the mind of fear and freeing the body from pain, and by avoiding all excesses. they should accept death as a natural part of life, and realize that there if no afterlife. this philosophy was warped and used by many people to justify ridiculous acts.
pope
the father, or head, of the Christian Church.
bishop
a church official who sets moral standards and supervises the finances of several local churches.

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