By: Clayton Brillhart

an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the southwest tip of an Italian peninsula  

Europe's highest mountains

a river flowing south from north-central Italy and into the Tyrrhenian

A common farmer, trader, or craft-worker in anc. Rome

a member of the noble families who controlled all power in  the early Roman Republic

a government in which the citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them

a person elected by citizens to speak or act for them

The lawmaking body and most powerful branch of government in anc. Rome

an elected leader of anc. Rome who represented the plebians

one of the two elected officials of the Roman Republic who commanded the army

the earliest written collection of Roman laws

A war between Rome and Carthage in the 200s B.C. ending in a victory for Rome

Carthaginian general in the second Punic War

an armed conflict between groups within one country

a ruler who has absolute power

a 200 yr. period under the rule of Augustus that wsa peaceful

a person who is forced to fight for the entertainment of the public

a count of all the people living in a country

first Roman emperor; established Pax Romana

Roman  general who became the republic's dictator

an anc. city in southwestern Italy that was buried in the eruption of mount Vesuvius

Egyptian queen who supported Julius Caesar in the civil war in Rome

a large stadium in anc. Rome the held events for athletes

the second part of the Christian bible; contains the teachings and life of Jesus

a special leader the Jewish thought to be sent by God; Jesus

a religion based on the teachings of Jesus,as recorded in the New Testament  

a simple story that contains a truth or a message

execution on a cross

a church official who leads a large group of Christians

the bishop, or church leader, of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church

Jewish religious leader whose teachings became the foundation of Christianity

one of the 12 apostles of Jesus

follower of Jesus who helped spread Christianity throughout the Roman world

Roman emperor; chose Constantinople as new Roman Capital; encouraged Christianity        

A policy of arresting, injuring, or killing members of a religious or ethnic group