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Roman

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

REPUBLIC

  • a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

LATIN

  • the language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.
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AQUEDUCT

  • an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley.
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PAX ROMAN

  • Pax Romana was the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Since it was established by Caesar Augustus it is sometimes called Pax Augusta. Its span was about 206 years.

CONSULS

  • an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.
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12 TABLES

  • The Law of the Twelve Tables was the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Law of the Twelve Tables formed the centrepiece of the constitution of the Roman Republic and the core of the mos maiorum. ...
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PRAETORS

  • plural noun: praetors 1. each of two ancient Roman magistrates ranking below consul.
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COLISEUM

  • large theater or stadium.

CIRCUS MAXIMUS

  • The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. ...
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ROMAN LANGUAGE

  • Latin is an ancient Italic language originally spoken by the Italic Latins in Latium and Ancient Rome. Along with most European languages, it is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. It took form as what is recognizable as Latin in the Italian peninsula. ...
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