Ancient Rome Vocabulary

A war between groups in the same country

• collapsed

• dictator

• civil war

• plot

A ruler with absolute power

• dictator

• plot

• collapsed

• civil war

A series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage for control of the Mediterranean

• Punic Wars

• World War 1

• World War 2

• Pax Romana

A sudden break down or failure

• civil war

• collapsed

• dictator

• plot

A Roman general who ended the Roman Republic when he seized power and became dictator for life.

• Casar Augustus

• Marc Anthony

• Hercules

• Julius Caesar

A 200-year period of peace and stability established and maintained.

• Punic Wars

• Pax Romana

• Renaissance

• Battle of Carthage

Julius Caesar’s grandnephew and adopted son, Octavian; Rome’s first emperor.

• Julius Caesar

• Marc Anthony

• Hercules

• Caesar Augustus

A pipe or raised channel built to carry water over a long distance

• Aqueduct

• River

• Stream

• Sewer

A person trained to write or copy documents by hand.

• scribe

• mosaic

• plot

• collapsed

Roman emperor who, in 330 C.E., moved the capital to Byzantium and later renamed it Constantinople

• Julius Caesar

• Caesar Augustus

• Constantine

• Hercules