Roman Empire Vocabulary

4. a Roman general and statesman
8. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
9. a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army
10. the first Roman emperor who brought peace (“Pax Romana”) to the Greco-Roman world
12. the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights
13. A series of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian (Punic) empire, resulting in the destruction of Carthage
14. an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis
16. the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners"

1. a group of three people who share power
2. a 200-year period that saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire
3. Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy
5. one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic
6. an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
7. an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap
11. an aristocrat or nobleman
15. form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body