by: Libby Schaaf

-an opening in the surface of Earth where magma, gases, rock are forced out

-an island in the Mediterranean Sea on the southwest tip of the Italian peninsula

- Europe's highest mountains, creating an arc from the Mediterranean Sea to the Balkan Peninsula

- a river flowing southward from north-central Italy to the Tyrrhenian Sea

-a common farmer, craft worker, or trader in ancient Rome  

-a member of the noble families who controlled all power in early years of the Roman Republic

- a form of government in which citizens vote for represenatives

-a person who is elected by citizens who speak or act for them

- the law-making body and most powerful branch of government in ancient Rome's republic

- an elected leader of ancient Rome who represented the interests of plebians

- one of the two elected leaders of the Roman Republic, alson a supreme judge and army commandor

- the earliest collection of Roman laws

-a conflict between Rome and Carthage in 200 B.C (Rome wins)

- Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War

- an armed conflict between groups within one country

- a ruler who has absolute power

- a period of peace for the Roman Empire that lasted 200 yrs.

- a Roman athlete, usually a slave,criminal, or prisoner of war, forced to fight for public entertainment

- a periodic count of living in a country, city, or other region

-First Roman emperor; established the Pax Romana

- Roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 B.C.

-an ancient city in southwestern Italy that was preserved from Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79

-Egyptian queen who supported Julius Caesar in the civil war in Rome

- a large stadium in ancient Rome

- the second part of the Christian Bible

- a special leader the Jews believe will be sent by God to guide them

- a religion based on the teachings of Jesus

- a simple story that contains a message or truth

- execution on a cross

- a church official who leads a big group of Christians in worship in a religion

-the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church

-Jewish religious leader whose teachings became the foundation of Christianity

- One of the 12 apostles of Jesus

- follower of Jesus who helped spread Christianity through Rome

- Roman emperor; encouraged Christianity

- a policy of arresting, injuring, or killing members of a religious or ethnic group