Section 1: From Republic to Empire Vocabulary

Cicero was ________

• a Roman orator who made speeches calling on Romans to work together to make Rome a better place; wanted the Senate to have total control of the government

• a powerful Roman general who conquered much land and later became dictator of Rome; killed in 44 BC

• Caesar’s adopted son who became sole ruler of Rome after Marc Antony’s death; Rome’s first emperor

Pax Romana was

• Roman general who became dictator for life

• Legal system based on written laws

• the Roman Government

• the Roman Peace, a peaceful period in Rome’s history

Who was Caesar's adopted son, and the first emperor of Rome?

• Caesarion

• Augustus.

• Ptolemy

• Marcus Brutus

Octavian became known as _________ after he was appointed emperor of Rome.

• Octopus
• Juneipus
• Julyupus
• Augustus

A legal system based on written set of laws?

• Civil law

• Persecution

• Pax Romana

• Provinces

Julius Caesar was ___________.

• a Roman orator who made speeches calling on Romans to work together to make Rome a better place; wanted the Senate to have total control of the government

• a legendary hero from Troy who led the Trojans to a new city after they were defeated in the Trojan War.

• a famous Roman dictator who gained power in 458 BC; successfully defended Rome against a powerful enemy and resigned his position as dictator

• a powerful Roman general who conquered much land and later became dictator of Rome; killed in 44 BC

Who was Caesar’s former assistant who emerged to take control of Roman politics after Caesar’s assassination?

• Marc Antony

• Cicero

• Augustus

• a legendary hero from Troy who led the Trojans to a new city after they were defeated in the Trojan War

Who was Pompey?

• Caesar’s adopted son who became sole ruler of Rome after Marc Antony’s death; Rome’s first emperor

• A powerful friend of Caesar. Before Caesar went to Gaul he made an alliance with him and Crassus,

• a Roman orator who made speeches calling on Romans to work together to make Rome a better place; wanted the Senate to have total control of the government

• a powerful Roman general who conquered much land and later became dictator of Rome; killed in 44 BC

What innovation allowed fresh water into Roman cities through raised channels?

• rivers

• aqueducts

• catapults

• arches

the romance languages that developed from Latin includes...

• French ,Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and romanian

• spanish

• portuguese, spanish, English

• romanian, english, spanish