History Vocab Crossword

languages that developed from latin, such as Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.
A human made raised channel that carries water from distant places.
Roman Peace; a period of general peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire that lasted from 27 BC to AD 180.
A series of wars between Rome and Carthage in the 200's and 100's BC.
Roman public meeting place.
A system that balances the distribution of power in a government.
Language of the Romans.
To reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government official.
The most powerful officials in Rome
Elected official in Rome.
Common people of Ancient Rome.
Nobility in Roman society.
Of or relating to ancient Etruria or it's people, language, or culture.
he twin brothers and main characters of Rome's foundation myth.
a ruler who has almost absolute power.
a political system in which people elect leaders to govern them.
a group of up to 6,000 Roman soldiers.
trojan hero
a Latin word meaning first in time or order; the first, foremost, chief, the most eminent, distinguished, or noble; the first man, first person.
March 15, assassination of Julius Caesar
both the name of a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Ravenna, and the name historically given to a river that was famously crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.
political alliance of Caesar Augustus
an unofficial political alliance, between three prominent Roman politicians Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus.
great landed estates.
the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Tables consolidated earlier traditions into an enduring set of laws.
political institution
a judicial officer who had broad authority in cases of equity, was responsible for the production of the public games, and, in the absence of consuls, exercised extensive authority in the government.