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Understanding Rome from republic to empire!
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6th Grade
01/19/2010

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patricians
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a member of the noble families who controlled all power during the beginning of the Roman Republic
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plebians
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a common farmer, trader, or craftsman of the Roman Republic
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senate
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made the laws and was the most powerful part of the government in the Roman Republic
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Roman Republic
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509 BCE Roman leader adpots a new form of government where citizens elect leaders to run their government
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Roman Empire
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27 BCE Augustus becomes Rome's first emperor, conquered new lands and built a vast empire
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Punic Wars
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battles between Rome and Carthage over which power would control the Mediteranean
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Pax Romana
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Augustus's reign ,arked a 200 year period of peace and unity for the Romans
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Diocletian
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In 284 CE this emperor tries to save Rome by dividing the empire: Eastern and Western Empires.
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The twelve tables
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450 BCE Roman laws were engraved on bronze tablets and displayed in the forum.
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aqueducts
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a bridge like structure, used in Rome, to bring water to the Roman cities.
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