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Ch. 15 Roman Empire HMS
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History
7th Grade
03/22/2013
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Circus Maximus
 Definition
arena for chariot racing
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inflation
 Definition
period of ever increasing prices
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Praetorian
 Definition
emperors private bodyguards
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Alaric
 Definition
Germanic chief who invaded and burned Rome
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freedmen
 Definition
former enslaved people
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Constantinople
 Definition
new capital made by Constantine I
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islands
 Definition
6 story high apartment houses
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juris prudentes
 Definition
special lawyers and legal writers
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emperor
 Definition
absolute ruler of an empire
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Augustus
 Definition
"revered one" (Octavian's title)
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census
 Definition
population count
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villas
 Definition
country estates
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standardized
 Definition
procedures were the same in all parts of the empire
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barter
 Definition
exchange goods without money
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rhetoric
 Definition
speech and writing
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tariffs
 Definition
taxes on goods brought into the country
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Pantheon
 Definition
temple to honor the gods
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rule by divine right
 Definition
emperors powers came from the gods not people
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Pax Romana
 Definition
200 years of Roman peace
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domus
 Definition
a house
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