Roman Empire Vocabulary

A group of nations or people ruled over by an emperor, empress or other powerful ruler or government.

• Confederation

• Empire

• Kingdom

• Country

The male supreme ruler of an empire or land

• Emperor

• Consul

• Tribune

• Magistrate

Period of great peace and stability in the Roman Empire

• Pax Romana

• SPQR

• Pax Senatus

• Pax Italia

Channel that moves water over a long distance

• Arch

• Consul

• Legion

• Aqueduct

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

• volcanic rock

• asphalt

• concrete

• lime

mercenary

• An ordinary person in Rome

• Two men who led the Roman government

• A soldier who fights only for money, not country

• People who choose to die for a cause they believe in

The wealthy ruling class of Rome

• Ciceros

• Plebeians

• Visogoths

• Patricians

The social class made up of craftsmen, merchants, and poor farmers

• Ciceros
• Patricians
• Visogoths
• Plebeians

Forum

• the place where plebeians buy food from farmers.

• the center of most of the important public activities of the city Rome and its empire

• a place where patricians go to bathe.

• a clay tablet that Romans used to write

Rule of law

• It means that people should not follow the rules of law

• It means that people should live according to a set of agreed-upon laws

• It means that rules and laws are different.

• It means that laws only apply to some people