Rome Vocabulary

Define: aqueduct

• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
• a member of the lower social classes
• Structures used to carry and move water from one place to another
• hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

Define: inflation

• Structures used to carry and move water from one place to another
• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
• hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs
• a member of the lower social classes

Define: gross domestic product

• meant to prevent dictatorship and to protect the rights of the people.
• A form of government which is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
• the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.

Define: dictator

• Someone who has absolute power and rules by force.
• an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.
• Structures used to carry and move water from one place to another
• hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

Define: persecution

• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
• Someone who has absolute power and rules by force.
• meant to prevent dictatorship and to protect the rights of the people.
• hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

Define: republic

• A group of territories or peoples under one ruler
• A form of government which is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
• an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.
• a member of a noble family or class in ancient Rome.

Define: tribune

• an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
• a member of a noble family or class in ancient Rome.
• A form of government which is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money

Define: empire

• hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs
• an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.
• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
• A group of territories or peoples under one ruler

Define: emperor

• a member of a noble family or class in ancient Rome.
• Someone who has absolute power and rules by force.
• a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire
• Structures used to carry and move water from one place to another

Define: consuls

• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
• a member of the lower social classes
• a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
• an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.