Ancient Rome Vocabulary

artificial waterway designed to carry water from one place to another

• aqueduct

• colosseum

• republic

• twelve tables

one of many sports arenas built for the amusement of the Roman people. It had a U-shape and could seat up to 250,000 people. It held chariot races and gladiator games

• Constantine

• Gladiator

• Circus Maximus

• Pax Romana

A large amphitheater that was built to entertain the public with spectacles such as fake battles, fights between gladiators or between men and animals, and public executions. It could hold up to 50,000 people.

• Colosseum

• aqueduct

• patricians

• gladiator

Constantine was....

• the last Roman emperor who was executed by 40 senators

• the first Roman emperor to legalize Christianity

• the name given to the group of men who would fight one another in an arena as a form of entertainment

• the name of the fighting class / warrior of Ancient Rome

members of government that had more power than anyone else in the Roman Republic. They had to be nominated by the Senate and elected by the assembly. They held office for only one year, and each had the power to veto the decisions of the other one. During times of crisis, they could appoint a dictator.

• senate

• dictator

• citizen

• consul

men who fought against one another or against large animals as a form of entertainment

• patrician

• consul

• gladiator

• magistrate

Germanic people who fought the Roman Empire for centuries.

• Triumvirate

• Gladiator

• Legionnaires

• Goths

a Roman general and statesman. He helped set up the transformation of Rome from a republic to an empire

• triumvirate

• Julius Caesar

• magistrate

• Octavian

a very ancient language, spoken by Romans

• latin

• aqueduct

• magistrate

• patrician

Legionnaires were...

• the 3 leaders who ruled together during the Roman Empire

• the higher ranking social class in Rome

• soldiers who fought in the armies of the Roman Empire

• the lower ranking social class in Rome