Roman empire vocab

Aqueduct

Raised tunnels used to carry water from the mountains to the city,

Atilla the Hun

The leader of the Hun empire who invaded the Roman empire.

byzantine empire

The eastern empire split of the Roman empire.

ceaser Octavian augustus

Julius ceaser’s adopted son who became the next emperor after ceaser’s death.

Chacks and balances

A method of balancing power so that no one group becomes to powerful

Consults

The title of the 2 upper-class citizens elected from the magistrates

Constantine

The first christian emperor of rome

Dictator

A ruler during the roman empire. This person had total power over the roman empire.

Gladiator

A slave or captive who was forced to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or wild animal.

Pax Romana

The roman golden age during the first 200

Plebeians

Romes lower class who rebelled when they werent being listend to.

Punic wars

A series of wars between rome and carthage.

Repunlic

A style of government run by elected leaders chosen by the people to represent thier veiws

Roman assembly

A group that protected the rights of the plebeians

Roman empire

A time in Rome when the government was ruled by a dictator (one person)

Roman senate

A group of upper class Romans that advised the leaders

Tiber river

The physical feature where Rome was built

veto

The action of stopping a law from being passed when one group wanted it to and another doesn’t