rome vocabulary review

Consulus

2 elected leaders of the senate during the republic

pax romana

200 years of Roman peace ; started with octavian

arch

A curved support

hannibal

Carthage general who fought with elephant in the second Punic war

tribune

Group elected to protect the interest of plebians

Triumvirate

Group of three rulers

Tiber River

River running through rome

Sicily

Rome and Carthage fought over this island during the first punic war

Octavian Augustus

The first emperor of the Roman empire

Remus and Romulus

The legendary founders of Rome

assembly

and the Roman Republic, a representative of a group of plebians

Carthage

city which lost the Punic wars

plebeian

common person in Rome

pantheon

contribution; religious building in Rome

greeks

early peoples who lived in the southern italian peninsula

Estruscans

early peoples who lives in the northern italian peninsula

latins

early peoples who lives on the Tiber river

paul

he spread Christianity in the Roman empire

senate

in the Roman Republic, A representative of group of partitions

peninsula

land with water on three sides

bishop

leader of early Christian community

veto

means "I forbid " in government, stops a law from happening

ides of march

on this day 44 B.C.E. Julius Caesar was assassinated

Civil War

problems during the republic because of the gap between rich and poor

Christianity

religion founded by Jesus of Nazareth

dome

rounded roof

Colosseum

this large building is where gladiators fought

concrete

this new material was used for building instead of stone

barbarians

uncivilized persons who fight against the Roman empire

partrician

wealthy rich land owner in rome