Vocab #5

2. the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law
4. a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
6. the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church
8. a seaside suburb of Tunisia’s capital, Tunis, and fell to Rome in the 2nd century B.C.
10. the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices
13. a series of wars between 264 and 146 BC fought between Rome and Carthage
14. one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic
15. each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ

1. a roman commoner
3. an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
5. a roughly 200-year-long period of Roman history which is identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order
6. the particular set of all gods of any individual polytheistic religion, mythology, or tradition
7. a roman aristocrat or nobleman
9. an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap
11. 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
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