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1. Vocabulary Emperors Christianity Culture Hodge Podge 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

2. A government in which the citizens have the right to vote and elect officials.

3. Republic

4. To stop or cancel the action of a government official or body; literally means, “I forbid”

5. Veto

6. Areas within a country or territory.

7. Province

8. The are of giving speeches.

9. Oratory

10. A general rise in the cost of goods.

11. Inflation

12. He was the nephew of Tiberius; he was a megalomaniac and tried to both marry his horse, and make her a senator.

13. Caligula

14. Easily the nuttiest emperor, he tried to have his own mother killed three times. He was certifiably crazy, known as a tyrant, and it is even rumored that while Rome burned, he played is fiddle.

15. Nero

16. He was a popular Emperor, who was the first emperor from non-Italian roots (Spanish). He was emperor when Rome was at its largest and strongest, popular among the Army, and restored order to Rome after a period of unrest.

17. Trajan

18. While located towards the end of the Roman empire, he was the first emperor to become a Christian.

19. Constantine

20. He was known as the “light of the world” and was emperor when Pompeii was destoryed.

21. Titus

22. Christianity was originally part of this religion, one of the other Abrahamic Religions.

23. Judaism(Jewish)

24. Christianity is a monotheistic religion, and believes that this man is the Messiah; the son of God.

25. Jesus of Nazareth

26. Jesus’ followers believe their leader was divine due to this event...

27. The Resurrection

28. This man, a Roman citizen and Jew, converted to Christianity and spread the Christian message through all of the Roman Empire. He taught that Christianity was for everyone, not just Jews, and he wrote most of the New Testament.

29. Paul (Saul) of Tarsus

30. Jesus told stories with a moral, referred to as this, to teach about God, Faith, and how to live a good life.

31. Parables

32. These engineering creations were mastered by the Romans, allowing water to flow to Rome and other major cities.

33. Aqueducts

34. What is this called?

35. The Coliseum

36. These were sometimes slaves, although not always, who fought in an arena for the entertainment of the general public.

37. Gladiators

38. Roman architecture was famous for three aspects: A vault, arch, and this feature seen below in the Pantheon

39. Dome(The hole in the middle is called an oculus.)

40. This was the term applied to the Roman idea that the dominant (and usually the oldest) male in the house was responsible for making all family decisions for the household. This included his wife, unmarried daughters, as well as sons and their wives.

41. Paterfamilias

42. The government of the Roman Republic was initially split into these three separate branches:

43. - Assembly- Senate- Magistrate

44. The Visigoths were the first to sack Rome, but were closely followed by this group who burned Rome, and looted it; we even get a modern word for the damage they left behind….

45. Vandals(Vandalism)

46. The Roman empire eventually split into two civilizations. The Western Empire fell to European tribes, while the Eastern Empire lived on under this different name….

47. Byzantine Empire

48. The Patricians were the wealthy land owners and made up Rome’s ruling class.Artisans, shopkeepers and owners of small farms made up most of the population, called “this”…

49. Plebeians

50. The first Romans were heavily influenced by the Greeks, and this other group found closer to Rome