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 Europe split of the Roman empire.

Caesar Octavian Augustus

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

Checks and Balances

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

Consuls

The title of the two 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 animal.

Julius Caesar

A great general who fought for the plebeians’s rights and overthrew the Republic.

Magistrates

Upper-class citizens who were elected into power by the people.

Patricians

Rome’s upper-class citizens who ran the government.

Pax Romana

The Roman golden age during the first 200 years of the Roman Empire

Plebeians

Rome’s lower class who rebelled when they weren’t being listened to.

Punic wars

A series of wars between Rome and Carthage

Republic

A style of government run by people to represent their views.

Roman assembly

A group that protected the rights of the Pebeians

Roman Empire

A time in Rome when the government was ruled by a dictator.

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 want it and another doesn’t