1. Classroom Rules
1) Raise your hand and wait to be
acknowledged
2) Use encouraging and kind words
3) Use inside voices
4) Follow directions
5) Accept consequences without arguing or
complaining
6) Stay in assigned area of the class

2. 1. Forum
Definition: A Roman public meeting place.

3. 2. Republic
Definition: A political system where leaders are
chosen by the people to represent them.
Senatus
Populusque
Romanus

4. 3. Plebeians
Definition: The common people of Ancient Rome.

5. 4. Patricians
Definition: The nobility (rich land owners) in
Roman society.

6. 5. Tribune
Definition: An official with the function of
protecting the rights and interests of the
plebeians from the patrician leaders.

7. 6. Senate
Definition: A council of the Patricians, they
made the final decisions on all government
actions.

8. 7. Checks and Balances
Definition: A system that balances who has power in
a government so that no one person or group is
unfairly stronger.

9. 8. Veto
Definition:To reject actions and laws of other
government officials.

10. 9. Consuls
Definition: The two most powerful officials in Rome.

11. 10. Dictator
Definition: A ruler who has almost absolute power.

12. 11. Aqueduct
Definition: A human-made tunnel or raised channel
that carries water from distant places to
a city.

13. 12. Arch
Definition: A curved part of a structure that is
over an opening and serves as a support.

14. 13. Dome
Definition: A large rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half of a ball.

15. 14. Concrete
Definition: A man-made stone; usually made from
limestone and sand. The Romans made
an especially strong concrete using
volcanic ash.

16. 15. Pax Romana
Definition: Roman Peace; roughly 200 years of
peace and prosperity in the Roman
Empire.

17. 16. Triumvirate
Definition: Government by three persons who share
authority and responsibility.

18. 17. Plague
Definition: A disease that spreads widely,
often killing many people.

19. 18. Inflation
Definition: An increase in prices, meaning the
value of money began to drop.

20. 19. Corruption
Definition: Dishonest or evil behavior; the decay
of people’s values.

21. 20. Barbarian
Definition: An uncivilized person.

22. 21. Christianity
Definition: A religion based on the person and
teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

23. 22. Constantinople
Definition: The new “Christian” capital of the
Roman Empire built on the Bosporus Strait
between Europe and Asia.

24. 23. Byzantine Empire
Definition: The society that developed in the
Eastern Roman Empire. Lasted for almost another
1,000 years after the fall of the Western Roman
Empire.

25. 24. Justinian Code
Definition: Roman law was simplified so all citizens
could understand it.

26. 25. Mosaic
Definition: An image made from many bits of
colored glass or stone.