2. Julius Caesar was Rome�s first ruler. His famous words were �Veni, vidi, vici� and �I came, I saw, I conquered�. And during 48 B.C. and A.D. 14 he started many different reforms.
3. Hannibal was the leader of the Carthaginian army. After the battle of Italy Hannibal was allowed to live freely in Carthage, but the Roman�s believed that he was conspiring with the enemy and tracked him down. But by the time the Romans found him he had committed suicide.
4. Jesus was born in 4 B.C. in Bethlehem. Jesus is considered the son of god and savior to the Christians.
5. Paul helped spread Christianity all over the place. He taught Christianity to gentiles from Rome to Mesopotamia.
6. Odoacer was Germanic leader that was outside the emperor of Rome. Historians call him the fall of Rome.
7. Ptolemy was an astronomer and mathematician. He also was the first to state that the earth was the center of the universe.
8. Virgil was a Roman poet. He wrote Aenied a story depicting Rome during its glory days.
9. Martyr is people that die or suffer for their beliefs. Paul was a martyr during the reign of Nero.
10. A mercenary is a hired solider. Many mercenaries that fought in Rome were from Germany.
11. A messiah is a savior sent by god. Many Jewish people believed that a messiah would come and lead them to freedom.
12. Patrician is members of the landowning upper class. Patrician made up the Senate issued decrees.
13. Plebian was the farmers, merchant�s artisans, and traders. Plebian made up the bulk of the population.
14. An aqueduct is bridge like stone structure that brought water from the hills into Rome. A Roman aqueduct in Spain still carries water along its stone channel.
15. Heresy is the beliefs said to be contrary to official Church teachings.
16. A legion is a basic militaristic unit. The legion the legion were made up of 5,000 men.
17. A republic is a thing of the people. The Roman�s thought that a republic would help keep anyone person from having all power.
18. A sect is a small religious group. Christianity started out as a sect then Paul began to spread the teachings of Christianity all over the place.