Chapter 11 Vocabulary

famous Roman orator

• Cicero

• Pompey

• Attlia

• Justinian

Roman general who became dictator for life

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus

• Constantine

• Justinian

influential Roman Senator who ordered Caesar to give up command of his armies

• Pompey

• Diocletian

• Cicero

• Theodora

the first emperor of Rome

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus

• Constantine

• Justinian

money

• currency

• corruption

• efficient

• civil law

Roman Peace; a period of general peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire that lasted from 27 BCE to 180 CE

• Pax Romana

• Romance languages

• Resurrection

• Byzantine Empire

a human-made raised channel that carries water from distant places

• aqueduct

• disciples

• corruption

• efficient

languages that developed from Latin, such as Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian

• Romance languages

• Christianity

• Byzantine Empire

• Pax Romana

a legal system based on written code of laws

• civil law

• crucifixion

• disciples

• corruption

a religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth that developed in Judea at the beginning of the first century CE

• Christianity

• Pax Romana

• Resurrection

• Bible