Ancient Rome Vocabulary

an area of country located away from the capital

• senate
• tribune
• province
• Italy

the second longest river in Italy

• Tigris
• Euphrates
• Tiber
• Nile

an ancient story dealing with supernatural beings or heroes

• epic
• poem
• myth
• legend

ruler of an empire

• king
• queen
• emperor
• dictator

an aristocrat

• patrician
• plebeian
• serf
• noble

founded Rome with is brother in 753 BCE; he was the first king

• Romulus
• Augustus
• Octavian
• Caesar

a class of people considered superior to others

• aristocracy
• serfs
• plebeians
• barbarians

the common people in Rome

• patricians
• plebeians
• republic
• barbarians

a ruler such as a king

• dictator
• monarch
• aristocrat
• emperor

representatives of the common people in Rome

• barbarians
• senate
• tribune
• consul