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Augustus
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An emperor who ruled from 27 BC to AD 14 and paved the way for 200 years of peace and prosperity in Rome.
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Pax Romana
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A long era of peace that lasted from Augustus until AD 180.
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vault
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Rows of arches built against one another to form a curved ceiling.
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Virgil
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A writer of epics who drew influence from Homer and wrote the Aeneid, the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas and how he came to Italy.
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Horace
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A writer of satires and odes who used Greek models.
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satires
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Works that poked fun at human weaknesses.
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Poems that express strong emotions about life.
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Galen
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A Greek doctor who brought many medical ideas to Rome, including anatomy.
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anatomy
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The study of body structure.
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Ptolemy
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An important scientist of the Roman empire who studied the sky and mapped over 1000 stars.
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aqueducts
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Troughs used to bring water from the hills into the city, supported by arches.
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Stoicism
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A Greek philosophy that told Romans to live in a practical way, like to participate in public affairs, to do their civic duty, and to treat conquered peoples well. They also urged people to hold back their emotions, and to accept life's problems and to deal with them as they came.
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inflation
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Rapidly increasing prices.
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barter
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Exchange goods without using money.
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Diocletian
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A general who became emperor in A.D. 284.
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reforms
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Political changes to make things better.
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Constantine
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A general who became emperor in A.D. 312 and who issued several orders like that the sons of workers had to follow their fathers' trades, the sons of farmers had to work the land their fathers worked, and the sons of soldiers had to serve in the army.
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Theodosius
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An emperor who gained control and stopped the fighting after Constantine's death in 337 A.D. He also split up the empire into Western and Eastern Rome after his death in 395 A.D.
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Constantinople
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A city where Constantine built a forum and an amphitheatre called the Hippodrome, and many palaces.
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Alaric
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A Visgoth leader who, along with his soldiers, captured Rome and burned its records and looted the treasury. This was the first time Rome had been conquered in 800 years.
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Odoacer
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A Roman emperor who took control in 476 A.D., also overthrowing Romulus Augustulus. He ruled Rome for over 15 years before the Visigoths took over and killed him.
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Black Sea
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One of the seas that Constantinople's waterways were between.
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Aegean Sea
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One of the seas that Constantinople's waterways were between.
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Justinian
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An emperor who ruled the Byzantine Empire from A.D. 527 until A.D. 565. Justinian was a strong leader who controlled the military, made laws, and was supreme judge.
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Belisarius
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A general who was ordered by Justinian to strengthen and lead the army to conquer Western Europe and Northern Africa.
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Tribonian
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The head of a group of legal scholars ordered by Justinian to reform the law code.
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mosaics
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Pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone, which were important for the Byzantine Empire.
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saints
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Christian holy people.
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regent
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A person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or ill to govern.
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