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Roman Empire
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History
9th Grade
11/18/2008

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Term
First Triumvirate
Definition

Julius Caesar

pompey

Crassus

Term
Second Triumvirate
Definition

Octavian (Augustus Caesar)

Marcus Lepidus

Marc Antony

Term
Nero
Definition

Last Julio-Claudian Roman Emperor

known for crazy and violent behavior

killed his wife and mother

killed Christians (blamed them for Rome's problems)

Term
Pax Romana
Definition

"Roman Peace"

200 years of peace and prosperity started by Octavian (Augustus Caesar)

Term
Octavian
Definition

aka Augustus Caesar

adopted grandnephew of Julius Caesar

member of second triumvirate

Term
Hadrian
Definition
Roman Emperor who built walls to protect the Roman Empire (as far away as Great Britain)
Term
Trajan
Definition
Roman Emperor when Rome was at its biggest
Term
julius caesar
Definition
ruler during the last ages of the republic
Term
senate
Definition
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government
Term
tribune
Definition
any of various administrative officers, esp. one of 10 officers elected to protect the interests and rights of the plebeians from the patricians
Term
consul
Definition
Either of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, elected for a term of one year
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plebian
Definition
lower class in the roman republic
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patrician
Definition
higher class roman subject
Term
jupiter
Definition
zeus
Term
juno
Definition
hera
Term
apollo
Definition
apollo
Term
diana
Definition
artemis
Term
minerva
Definition
athena
Term
venus
Definition
aphrodite
Term
republic
Definition
only certian people have the right to vote and property
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democracy
Definition
a goverment in which everyone gets to vote
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oligarchy
Definition
a form of goverment
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