History Story 35
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Created by:
riepointer on January 13, 2010
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An Emperor Who Was Made a God
Augustus Caesar
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Octavius Caesar | Julius Caesar's adopted son |
| Octavius and Antony | Two of the three men who ruled Rome after Julius Caesar's death |
| 27 B.C. | When Augustus Caesar became Emperor of Rome |
| marble | Material used by Augustus in many new Roman buildings |
| Pantheon | temple to all gods |
| Forum | public square around which many public buildings like temples and courthouses were build |
| arch | through which returning armies marched triumphantly |
| Circum Maximum | immense emphitheater used for chariot races and held 200,000 people |
| Colosseum | Amphitheater used for gladiator fights; still exists today as a ruin |
| Virgil | Poet who wrote the Aenid |
| Horace | poet who wrote short poems called odes |
| Cleopatra | Queen of Egypt who married Antony |
| asp | snaked used by Cleopatra to kill herself |
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