Unit 4 Topic 2 Vocabulary

the ruler of an empire

• legion

• emperor

• treasury

• tax

a group or unit of about three thousand to six thousand soldiers in the Roman army

• legion

• emperor

• treasury

• tax

a place where the money and other riches of a government are kept

• legion

• emperor

• treasury

• tax

money collected from citizens by the government

• legion

• emperor

• treasury

• tax

a group of ships

• doctrine

• persecute

• fleet

• strategic

• sack

to treat a group of people unfairly and cruelly

• doctrine

• persecute

• fleet

• strategic

• sack

an official set of beliefs

• doctrine

• persecute

• fleet

• strategic

• sack

very important as part of gaining advantage

• doctrine

• persecute

• fleet

• strategic

• sack

to destroy and steal things in a city or building, usually with an army

• doctrine

• persecute

• fleet

• strategic

• sack