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| Dispersed them all over the Empire |
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| What the Romans did to the Jews after the 70 AD rebellion |
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| Great Roman general and dictator, assassinated in the Senate on March 15, 44 B.C. |
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| Books that tell the story of the Life of Christ |
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| The Romans' most important contribution to architecture |
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| The most important Roman law-making body |
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| New capital of the Roman Empire built by Constantine |
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| Greek city on the Bosporus which was rebuilt and renamed Constantinople |
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| Modern name of Constantinople |
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| Roman upper class; constituted 10% of the population |
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| Third Century emperor who split the Roman Empire |
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| Legendary founders of Rome; raised by a wolf |
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| Architectural feature based on the principle of the arch |
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| Great Roman general and dictator; assassinated in the enate on March 15, 44 B. C. |
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| A victory at great loss; Pyrrhus said,"Another victory like that and we are lost." |
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| Roman emperor who began persecution of Christians, whom he blamed for a fire which destroyed much of Rome |
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| Books that tell the story of the Life of Christ |
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| The highest oficial during the Roman Republic (also during the early Napoleonic days) |
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| To make a final, irreversible decision |
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| Overthrown by the Romans in 509 B.C., making Rome a republic |
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| The trade route between China and the Middle East |
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| Roman lower class, composing 90% of the population; from the Latin "plebus", meaning "multitude" |
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| "Roman Peace"; 200 years of relatively peaceful times; occurred between the reigns of August and Commodus |
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| Tried to use military force to rid Judea of Romans |
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| Legalized Christianity in the Edict of Milan |
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| Carthaginian general who transported elephants across the Alps in a surprise attack on Rome during the Second Punic War |
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| Series of wars between Rome and Carthage |
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| Short stories with simple moral lessons told by Jesus |
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| Julius Caesar's nephew and heir |
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| German chieftain who captured Rome in 476, causing the "Fall of Rome" |
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| Roman lower clss, composing 90% of the population; from the Latin "plebus", meaning "multitude" |
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