Rome Ch. 13 Terms

a long period of peace and prosperity known as the “Roman Peace”

• Pax Romana

• mosaic

• inflation

• crucifixion

to officially declare to be a god

• deify

• oratory

• gladiator

• satire

a building material made by mixing stones and sand with limestone, clay, and water

• concrete

• baptism

• orthodoxy

• barbarian

a channel that moves water over land

• aqueduct

• martyr

• deify

• concrete

a culture that included both Greek and Roman elements

• Greco-Roman

• pax romana

• romance languages

• resurrection

a design formed with small tiles of glass, stone, or pottery

• mosaic

• mercenary

• barbarian

• conversion

languages that developed from Latin, such as Spanish or Italian

• Romance languages

• orthodoxy

• deify

• aqueduct

the art of giving speeches

• oratory

• pax romana

• greco-roman

• satire

a work of literature that makes fun of its subject

• satire

• gladiator

• oratory

• concrete

a man who fights another man as part of a public entertainment

• gladiator

• deify

• mercenary

• martyr