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