NatGeo, Ch. 12 Roman Empire & Christianity

A long stone raised channel that carries clean water from mountains into cities

• mosaic

• arch

• aqueduct

A curved structure over an opening

• arch

• fresco

• bas-relief

The supreme ruler of an empire

• dictator

• king

• emperor

A picture painted directly onto a wall

• mosaic

• fresco

• parable

A Roman athlete, usually a slave, criminal, or prisoner of war, who was forced to fight for the entertainment of the public

• soldier

• emperor

• gladiator

Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass set in mortar to create a picture or design

• mosaic

• fresco

• pottery

The first emperor of Rome; nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar; helped Rome come into Pax Romana, or the Age of Roman Peace

• Mark Antony

• Augustus (Octavian)

• Augustus Caesar

a large amphitheater built in Rome around ad 70; site of the contest and combats between people and animals

• Colosseum

• Pantheon

• Villa

200 year period of peace in Rome.

• parable

• Gospels

• Pax Romana

Roman city near Naples, Italy, which was buried during an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

• Gaul

• Pax Romana

• Pompeii