SS Chapter 13 Vocab

officially declare a person to be a god

• deify

• baptism

• resurrection

• martyr

period of stability in the Roman Empire

• Pax Romana

• conversion

• inflation

• orthodoxy

building material made by mixing small stones and sand with limestone, clay and water

• concrete

• mosaic

• aqueduct

• parable

channel that moves water over a long distance

• aqueduct

• concrete

• mercenary

• epistle

something that combines elements of Greek and Roman culture and traditions

• Greco-Roman

• Romance languages

• conversion

• denomination

design formed with small tiles of glass, stone or pottery

• mosaic

• parable

• inflation

• concrete

language that developed from Latin, such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian

• Romance languages

• Greco-Roman

• Pax Romana

• New Testament

art of giving speeches

• oratory

• satire

• ethics

• orthodoxy

work of literature that makes fun of its subject, often mocking vice or folly

• satire

• oratory

• deify

• mosaic

man who fought as part of public entertainment in ancient Rome

• gladiator

• mercenary

• martyr

• epistle