| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Estruscans | a sophisticated urban people of obscure origins in Northern Italy - Romans used their alphabet, "Roman numerals", ect... |
| Romulus and Remus | Traditional story of how Rome began. Twins abandoned and rescued by a wolf, raised by a shepherd . Grew to build Rome. Romulus later killed Remus |
| Twelve Tables | the earliest written collection of Roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450B.C., that became the foundation of Roman law |
| SPQR | stands for "Senatus Populus Que Romanus" and translates to the Senate and the People of Rome; the symbol is found emblazoned on light posts, mailboxes, street signs, and other municipal fixtures in modern-day Rome. |
| Punic Wars | A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean. |
| Cincinnatus | Citizen farmer made dictator in 458 B.C. to lead Roman Army won war in 16 days and returned to farm |
| Pyrrhus | 282 bc. Greek king lead greek army against war. Won all battles but lost the war |
| Battle Of Zama | the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War at carthage |
| The Gracchi | Two brothers who attempted reform... 133 bc. to bring less of a gap between rich and poor |
| Spartacus | slave, trained as a gladiator, who led a rebellion against the roman army for slave freedom- he was killed after two years 73-71BC |
| First Triumvirate | In 60B.C ceaser and crassus joined forces with pompey and power was split 3 ways |
| Julius Caesar | 46 B.C...Roman dicatator. Responsible for changes in government calender. |
| The Good Emperors | 5 emperors, that had sucesfull sucsession. 96 AD |
| Pax Romana | A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180. Started with agustus |
| Colosseum | amphitheater in Rome built about AD 75 or 80 for shows |
| Aeneid | epic poem by Virgil that told the story of a great Trojan hero, Aeneas |
| Tacitus | Senator and historian of the Roman Empire, wrote the Annals and the Histories. Between Agustus and hadrian |
| Pope | Peter, father of christian church, accepted in west not east |
| Messiah | Jesus 30 A.D messenger from god |
| Masada | The giant hill where the Zealots hid and fought off the Romans 66AD |
| Diocletian | Emperor 284 tried to increase strenth of gov |
| Constantine | Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337) |
| Barbarian invasions | 376 A.D all spoke germanic language came to destroy rome |
| Edict of Milan | 313 CE Constantine makes Christianity the primary religion of the Roman Empire |
| Attila the Hun | 452 AD Advanced towards rome. Leader of the asian. Failed to take over constanopile |
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