Ancient Roman Vocabulary

Aqueduct

• a long stone channel that carries clean water
• to reject a decision or proposal made by another government body
• a representative who fought to protect the rights of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome
• a type of government in which citizens vote for their leaders
• a change to make things better

Arch

• a curved structure over an opening
• a long stone channel that carries clean water
• to reject a decision or proposal made by another government body
• a representative who fought to protect the rights of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome
• a type of government in which citizens vote for their leaders

Aristocracy

• an upper class that is richer and more powerful than the rest of society
• a curved structure over an opening
• a long stone channel that carries clean water
• to reject a decision or proposal made by another government body
• a representative who fought to protect the rights of ordinary citizens in ancient Rome

Barbarian

• in this context, a person who lived outside the Roman Empire
• an upper class that is richer and more powerful than the rest of society
• a curved structure over an opening
• a long stone channel that carries clean water
• to reject a decision or proposal made by another government body

Bas-relief

• a realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background
• in this context, a person who lived outside the Roman Empire
• an upper class that is richer and more powerful than the rest of society
• a curved structure over an opening
• a long stone channel that carries clean water

Catacomb

• a hidden underground chamber where people are buried
• a realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background
• in this context, a person who lived outside the Roman Empire
• an upper class that is richer and more powerful than the rest of society
• a curved structure over an opening

Civil War

• a war between groups in the same country
• a hidden underground chamber where people are buried
• a realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background
• in this context, a person who lived outside the Roman Empire
• an upper class that is richer and more powerful than the rest of society

Consul

• one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome
• a war between groups in the same country
• a hidden underground chamber where people are buried
• a realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background
• in this context, a person who lived outside the Roman Empire

Dictator

• a person who rules with total authority
• one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome
• a war between groups in the same country
• a hidden underground chamber where people are buried
• a realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

Epistle

• a letter
• a person who rules with total authority
• one of two chief leaders elected yearly in ancient Rome
• a war between groups in the same country
• a hidden underground chamber where people are buried