U1 L1 From Republic to Empire Vocabulary

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Caesar Augustus

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

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Civil War

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a war between groups in the same country

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Dictator

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a ruler with absolute power

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Julius Caesar

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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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Pax Romana

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a 200-year period of peace and stability established and maintained by the Roman Empire

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Punic Wars

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