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mountains- a moutain range that runs down the middle of italy |
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| the mountain range north of italy, romes defense |
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| u-shaped building for chariot racing. burned down in 64 CE. |
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| geatly influential to the romans, although enemies. from etruria. |
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| runs on the northern border of italy |
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| river where rome is centered. it runs from the western border to apennies. |
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| runs to the western border to the appennies. |
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| where rome is situated. boot shaped. |
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| mythological founders of rome, raised by she-wolf on tiber river. romulus kils remus and founds rome. |
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| located in north africa, modern day tazania. fought by rome in the punic wars. |
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| 3 wars between rome and carthage. the first war was the race to conquer sicily. the second was between rome and hannibal, the carthaginian general. he destroyed much of italy. carthagetaken over and not allowed to fight any more wars. third war rome destroys carthage. |
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| rome was ruled by seven kings. |
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| came after monarchy, rome ruled by senate, consuls. |
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| came after republic, rome was ruled by a series of emperors. |
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| two goverment officials elected by citizens. two would rule at the same time for a year. one consul had the power to veto a law made by the other. |
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| wealthy landowner, aristocrat. |
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| established to advise kingsduring the monarchy, then became the leading power in rome during the time of the republic. |
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| bridge between republic and empire. he was a dictator. assasinated by the senate. |
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| first emperor. starter of the pax romana. (romes golden age.) |
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| crazed empeor. ruled during the paxromana. threatened to make his horse consul. |
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| crazed emperor blamed for setting fire to circus maximusand accused of playin the lyre as the fire burned rome. declared state enemy and commited suicide. |
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| establishing control over foreign lands and people. |
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| a large farm where other farmers were paid to work the land but werent allowed to leave. |
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| keeping the city of romes attention away from the lack of money and food by giving them free food and entertaining them. |
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| the town sqaure in a roman city. |
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| hadrians temple for gods. largest unsupported dome in the world until very recently. |
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| the first rode. complete;y straight, and went through the apennies. |
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| a wall built to protect the romans from the scotts. |
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| destruction of the temple? |
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| trajan destroyed the temple in jerusalem in 70 CE. |
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| a band of zealots camped on this mountain in israel for three years until the romans made it to the top and the zealots killed temselves. |
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| the leader of a failed revolt against the romans. in the 130's CE. |
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| divided the western and eastern parts of rome. made the eastern half rich and left the western half defensless. |
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| made constatinople the capital of the roman empire. encouraged the rapid growth of christianity. |
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| came from eastern asia, a tribe that invaded italy, and pushed the visigoths into rome. |
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the germanic leader who overthrew the roman emperor. that was considered the official "fall of rome."
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| a foreign soldier, hired to fight in another country. |
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