Ancient Rome
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- Praetor
- Somebody who took the written complaints of Ancient Romans and investigated them
- Tiber River
- Ancient Rome was built along this river
- Diaspora
- Time when Jews were forced out of Palestine by Romans
- Plebeians
- Common people in Ancient Rome and were 90% of the population
- Alps
- Mountain range that created protection from the north and provided fertile land
- Patricians
- Wealthy landowners and the richest group of people in Ancient Rome
- Monarchy
- The first government Ancient Rome had and was when a single person controlled everything
- Citizens
- In Ancient Rome, a citizen was an adult male landowner who has served in the military
- Slaves
- People who served higher class Romans without a choice
- Carthage
- City that was located on the opposite side of the Mediterranean Sea
- Age of Augustus
- The Golden Age for Roman literature
- Hannibal
- Carthage General who tries to invade Rome from the north but fails
- Civil War
- The debate over who will hold power in Ancient Rome and occurred for 100 years
- Julius Caesar
- A Roman general and dictator in the first century BCE and was assassinated by his friend Brutus in 44 BCE
- Mediterranean Sea
- Ancient Rome controlled all of this sea after defeating Carthage which made transportation and trade much faster and easier.
- Senate
- The supreme council of state, the membership and functions of which varied at different periods
- Republic
- A government in which the citizens elect representatives
- Equestrians
- Rich men who supplied goods and services to the Roman state and collected its taxes and provinces
- Latifundia
- A great landed estate that the Patricians bought
- Silver Age
- The time period between the death of Augustus and Marcus Aurelius which was gloomy, negative, and pessimistic
- Twelve Tables
- Early code of Roman law
- Tribunes
- An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates
- Octavian
- Nephew of Caesar who became the first emperor of the Roman Empire
- Christianity
- A monotheistic religion that believed Jesus to be the son of god and became the official religion of Rome in 392 CE
- Apennines Mountains
- Ran through the center of Italy and created unity throughout Ancient Rome but was too rocky for farming
- Conquered People
- When Ancient Rome conquered another city, the city was allowed to keep own customs and government but they had to pay taxes and acknowledge Roman rule
- Punic Wars
- A series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage over control of the Mediterranean which Rome wins and destroys Carthage permanently
- The Forum
- A public meeting place in the center of Rome, government offices were located here and also contained temples to gods and goddesses
- Seven Hills
- Hills that provided protection to Ancient Rome
- peninsula
- A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus and helped Ancient Rome because of it's protection, harbors for trade, and arable land.