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Rome and Early Christianity Vocabulary BuilderSection 2

DIRECTIONS For each term below, write a word or two with the same meaning.

1. triumvirate ___________________________________________________________

2. Pax Romana __________________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS Read each set of four vocabulary terms following each number. On the line provided, write the letter of the term that is not part of each set.

______ 3. a. Augustusb. Social Warc. Octaviand. restored order

______ 4. a. Julius Caesarb. dictator c. assassinationd. senator

______ 5. a. power for plebeiansb. redistributed public landc. good emperorsd. Nero

______ 6. a. Pax Romanab. stable governmentc. Roman Peaced. Carthage

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes the sentence.

7. Under the rule of __________________________, Roman government was stabilized and the Pax Romana began. (Augustus/Hadrian)

8. After the Social War, the general who became consul and eventually dictator was

__________________________. (Julius Caesar/Mark Antony)

9. Known as possibly insane, __________________________ was a leader who persecuted Christians and purposely started a fire in Rome. (Nero/Augustus)

10. Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompey, and Licinius Crassus formed a private alliance and

became known as the First __________________________.

(Triumvirate/Pax Romana)

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