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The Roman Empire
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6th Grade
05/09/2011

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Cicero
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orator who wanted power back to the Senate
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Julius Caesar
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powerful general who named himself dictator for life
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Pompey
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ally of Caesar, one of the most powerful man in Rome at the time
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Brutus
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friend of Julius who helped kill him
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Marc Antony
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former assistant of Julius Caesar
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Augustus
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former Octavian, adopted son of Caesar, first emperor of Rome
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Cleopatra
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ally of Caesar, wife of Antony
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Galen
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famous Greek doctor
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Virgil
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famous Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid
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Ovid
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famous poet who wrote mythological poems
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Hadrian
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Roman emperor who built the Britain Wall
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orator
Definition
public speaker
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agreement
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a decision reached by two or more groups
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provinces
Definition
areas outside of Rome that Rome has conquered
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currency
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money
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Pax Romana
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a period of 200 years of Roman Peace and prosperity
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villas
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country homes
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effect
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the result of an action
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Celts
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the people of Britain
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aqueducts
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channels of water that brought water from far distances
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vault
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combination of arches that made a building stronger
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Aeneid
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an epic that tells about the founding of Rome
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satire
Definition
type of writing that pokes fun at a person or society
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Romance languages
Definition
languages that derived from Latin, like French, Spanish, Italian, etc.
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civil law
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a legal system based on a written code of laws
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