Ancient Rome Flashcards
Latium Plain:
fertile soil along west coast of Italy and the Tiber River runs through.
Plebeian poor/working class:
farmers, traders, artisans, served in the military etc. Plebeians worked for the patricians.
Patrician
wealthy landowners, members of noble families
Republic
A state in which power is held by the people and their elected representative
Punic Wars
A series of conflicts fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC.
Julius Caesar
Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire,
Pax Romana
(Roman peace)= 200 years of peace
Diocletian -
Emperor of Rome who divided the empire in two
Constantine -
Emperor of the Roman Empire - united the empire after Diocletian