Ancient Rome Vocabulary and Christianity

martyr

• 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

aqueduct

• A tall device for transporting water across a city
• A path made of concrete and stone
• An outdoor theatre used for entertainment
• A wet duck

Bridge-like stone structures that carry water from the hills into Roman cities

• Roads

• Aqueducts

• Bridges

• Temples

A period of peace and prosperity throughout the Roman Empire, lasting from 27 B.C. to A.D. 180.

• Peace Y'all

• Census

• Punic Wars

• Pax Romana

Rome's public meeting place

• Coliseum

• Forum

• Capital

• Senate

The river where Rome was founded.

• Yellow River

• Ganges River

• Tiber River

• Euphrates

a government with three parts

• Tripartite

• Colosseum

• Democracy

• Republic

belief in only one god

• republic

• polytheism

• monotheism

• scholars

belief in many gods

• scholars

• monotheism

• polytheism

• republic

Christianity grew in the Roman empire from:

• The teachings of Jesus Christ

• The military campaigns of Julius Caesar

• The destruction of the Roman empire

• The Jewish religious practices in Rome