Rome Crossword Vocabulary
Legion
A basic unit of 3,000 - 6,000 men in the Roman army
Republic
A form of government in which people elect their leaders
Martyr
A person who suffers and dies for their beliefs
Punic
A series of wars that gave control of the Mediterranean to the Romans
Twelve Tables
A written law code placed in Rome's forum at the request of the plebeians
Julius Caesar
Became dictator for life after capturing Gaul
Pope
Bishop of Rome who claimed authority over all other patriarchs
Pompeii
City that was destroyed and preserved after volcano Vesuvius erupted and covered it
Constantine
Emperor who granted religious toleration to Christians
Theodosius
Emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
Nero
Emperor who ordered the burning of Rome and blamed it on the Christians
Vandals
Germanic tribe which finally took Rome
Patriarch
Highest ranking official in the early Christians church
Messiah
In Judaism, a savior promised by the Hebrew prophets who would bring peace- I.E freedom from Rome
Augustus Caesar
Roman leader who turned Rome from a democracy to an empire
Patrician
Rome upper class
Paul
Spread Christianity from Mesopotamia to Rome
New Testament
a collection of writings by Paul and other early Christians
Aqueduct
bridge like stone structures that carried water from the hills into Roman cities
Diocletian
divided the empire into east and west in an effort to save it
plebeian
everyone in Rome who is not upper class or a slave
Consul
one of two officials who headed Rome's executive branch
Hannibal
successful Carthage military leaders who led troops against Rome.
Imperialism
the conquest or domination of one country by another
Hadrian's Wall
the greatest military barrier of the western world
