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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Ancient Rome

By: Chy

volcano

an opening in the surface where magma can erupted through
Photo by gnuckx

Sicily

an island in the Mare Nostrum [ the Roman word for the Medd. Sea]
Photo by gnuckx

Alps

Europe's highest mountain range

Tiber River

a river in north-central Italy

plebeian

a common person in ancient Rome
Photo by Arun Katiyar

patrician

a noble person in ancient Rome
Photo by Paolo Vercesi

republic

a type of government where people elect someone to speak for them

representative

the person people have elected to speak and act for them

Senate

the most powerful branch of the Roman Republic

tribune

an elected leader of for the plebeians

consul

one elected Roman officials who commanded the army & was a judge

Twelve Tables

the Roman laws

Punic Wars

a war between Rome and Carthage, Rome won

Hannibal

a general for Carthage in the 2nd punic war

civil war

a conflict between two groups in the same country

dictator

the absolute ruler

Pax Romana

200 yr. period of peace in Rome

gladiator

a person, normally a slave, that fought at the Colosseum for Roman entertainment

census

a total count of all the people in an area

Augustus

the first Roman emperor, created the Pax Romana

Julius Caesar

a Roman dictator, killed by the Senates in 44 B.C.

Pompeii

a town in Rome that was covered in volcanic ash, everything was perserved

Cleopatra

an Egyptian queen

Colosseum

a place where Romans can go and watch gladiators fight

New Testament

the 2nd part of the Bible

Messiah

our savior, Jesus

Christianity

the belief that we the people have only one God

parable

a small story that has a lesson to learn

crucifixion

a Roman way of punishment, Jesus died this way

bishop

a church leader, later renamed pope

pope

the later name of a bishop

Jesus

our savior

Peter

an apostle of Jesus

Paul

a follower of Jesus, spread Christianity through Rome

Constantine

a christian ruler of ancient Rome

persecution

a policy where you hurt someone of an ethnic group