Ancient Rome Vocabulary

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A war between groups in the same country

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civil war

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A ruler with absolute power

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dictator

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A series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage for control of the Mediterranean

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Punic Wars

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A sudden break down or failure

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collapsed

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A Roman general who ended the Roman Republic when he seized power and became dictator for life.

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Julius Caesar

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A 200-year period of peace and stability established and maintained.

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Pax Romana

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Julius Caesar’s grandnephew and adopted son, Octavian; Rome’s first emperor.

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Caesar Augustus

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A pipe or raised channel built to carry water over a long distance

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Aqueduct

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A person trained to write or copy documents by hand.

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scribe

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Roman emperor who, in 330 C.E., moved the capital to Byzantium and later renamed it Constantinople

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Constantine