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Ancient Rome

• Unit 5 (April-May)

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plebeians

• the common class citizens of Rome
• (farmers, traders, craftworkers)

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patricians

• the wealthy or upper-class citizens of Rome

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republic

• A government where the citizens elect
  representatives to make government decisions (a
  type of democracy)

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representative

• a person who is elected to make government
  decisions

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senate

• the oldest and most powerful branch of the Roman
  government which was controlled by patricians

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tribunes

• representatives of the plebeians in the
  citizens assembly (represented the common people)

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consuls

• two elected government officials who commanded
  the army and were supreme judges

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12 Tables

• the code of law in Rome (written on 12 bronze
  tablets)

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Punic Wars

• wars fought between Rome and Carthage over the
  island of Sicily

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civil war

• a war fought between members of the same country

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dictator

• a ruler with absolute power

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Pax Romana

• a period of Roman peace when great
  accomplishments were made

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gladiator

• people who were forced to fight for entertainment

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census

• a count of all the people living in an area

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monotheism

• The belief in one god

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Christianity

• A religion based on the teachings
• Of Jesus

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Crucifixion
Being put to death on a cross
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Pope
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church
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Persecution
Arresting, killing or injuring a group because of
their race, ethnic background, or beliefs
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Justinian Code
A code of law written by Emperor Justinian
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Julius Caesar
The dictator of Rome
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Augustus
The first Roman Emperor began the Pax Romana.
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Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt who supported Julius Caesar in the
civil war in Rome.
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Diocletian
Roman emperor who divided the empire into Eastern
and Western parts
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Constantine
Roman emperor who encouraged Christianity. Moved
capital to Constantinople.
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Justinian
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire created the
Justinian Code
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Byzantine Empire
The name of the Eastern Roman Empire after 400
A.D.