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12 Cards in this Set
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AQUEDUCT
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a structure or artificial channel to transport water
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EMPEROR
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a supreme ruler of an empire
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VOLCANO
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an opening in the earth usually at the top of a cone shhaped hill, out of which steam and other gasses, stone, ashes and lava may escape from time to time
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PENINSULA
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a piece of land almost completely suffounded by water and connected to a large body of land
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PROVINCE
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a divison of a country
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PLEBEIAN
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One of the people in any country as in Ancient Rome
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PATRICIAN
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a member of one of the original citizens families of ancient Rome. A member of an upper class
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SENATE
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an assembly or council as in Ancient Rome only patricians could be part of Rome senate
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COUNSUL
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The anually elected chief magistrate of the Roman Republic. The Magistate was given the powers of a king
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DICTATOR
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One who has absolute power of rule in a counrty
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HADRIANS WALL
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~80 miles long on england/scottland border. Buit by Hadrian between 122- 129 AD a fortress/barior to Roman empire
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REPUBLIC
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a government in wich the citizens choose representatives to run the country
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