Rome Crossword Vocabulary

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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


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