1. ANCIENT ROME
VOCABULARY
Mrs. Miles’ Social Studies Class

2. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Republic-- Type of government in which people
elect leaders to make laws for them.
 Senate--A council of rich and powerful Romans
who helped run the city.
 Citizens--People who could take part in the
government

3. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Empire--Government that includes many
different people and lands under a single rule.
 Pax Romana--Roman peace that lasted about 200
years.
 Plebeian--A member of the common people.

4. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Patrician--A person of noble or high rank;
aristocrat.
 Pantheon--A temple dedicated to all the gods.
 Latins--Group that founded Rome in 753 BC

5. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Baths--Roman baths were part of the day-to-day
life in Ancient Rome.
 Aqueducts--Channels used to carry water over
long distances
 Circus Maximus (Latin for large circus)--is an
ancient Roman chariot racing stadium. The
largest circus in ancient Rome which held
180,000 spectators.

6. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Chariots--A light, two-wheeled vehicle for one
person, usually drawn by two horses and driven
from a standing position.
 Legions--A division of the Roman army, usually
comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
 Mt. Vesuvius-- A volcano in Campania, near
Naples, Italy, whose eruption in A.D. 79
destroyed Pompeii

7. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Barbarian--An uncivilized person-Vikings
 Coliseum– (originally the Flavian Amphitheatre)
is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of
Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman
Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works
of Roman architecture and engineering.

8. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 The Forum--place located between the Palatine
Hill and the Capitoline Hill in Rome. It is located
in the area around which the ancient Roman
civilization developed. The oldest and most
important structures of the ancient city were
located in or near the Forum.

9. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Rome--City in Italy that was established in the
year 753 BC by a group called the Latins.
 Carthage--City in North Africa
 Julius Caesar--Roman Emperor

10. ANCIENT ROME VOCABULARY
 Octavian--Roman’s first emperor- given new
name-Augustus
 Hannibal-- Carthaginian general who crossed the
Alps and invaded Italy
 Constantine--Roman emperor 324–337: named
Constantinople as the new capital; legally
sanctioned Christian worship