Rome

Plebeian

Commoners in ancient Rome

Patrician

Rich people belonging to the high class in ancient Rome

Struggle of the Orders

Conflict between patricians and plebeians lasting for centuries

Twelve Tables

First written Roman laws, product of a simple farming society

Law of Nations

Legal system addressing matters involving Romans and non-Romans

Roman Republic/Roman Empire

Political systems where citizens had voting rights and a single leader controlled vast territories

Punic Wars

Series of wars between Carthage and Rome

Hannibal

Greatest Carthaginian general during the Punic Wars

Augustus

Caesar's grandnephew and the first Roman emperor

Pax Romana

200 years of peace and prosperity in Rome under Augustus

Greco-Roman era

Period where Roman art adopted Greek styles and architectural elements