Words:Roman Empire

• A.D. = Anno Domini = after the birth of Jesus Christ
• abandon = dump, leave
• according to = as shown or said by …
• admiration = feeling of respect and liking for
• admire = to show your love for something
• adopt = to take someone else’s child into your home and become its parent
• agreement = arrangement, deal
• argue = have a quarrel; fight
• assassinate = kill for political reasons
• B.C. = before the birth of Jesus Christ
• ban = here: not allowed to be in
• based on = to use something as a starting point
• basket = container made of thin pieces of wood that are woven together; used to carry things
• battle = one single fight in a longer war
• blame = to say it is someone else’s fault
• boundary = line that separates two countries
• Christianity =a religion based on the life and beliefs of Jesus Christ
• claim = to say that something is true
• commit suicide = to kill yourself
• complete = finish
• conquer = to take control of land with an army
• considered = thought
• construction = building
• consul = person who held a high office in ancient Rome
• convert = change to another religion
• crucify = kill someone by nailing them to a cross
• defeat = win against someone
• defend = guard, protect
• destroy = damage completely
• elect = to vote for someone to hold an official position in a state
• emperor = king or queen of a group of countries that belong together
• epic = very long
• especially = above all
• expand = to make larger
• focus on = concentrate on
• found – founded = start something new
• freedom = liberty
• gain = get
• Gaul = today’s France
• Germanic tribes = people who lived to the north of the Roman Empire
• govern = rule
• governor = a person who rules a territory for the king or emperor
• greatness = how great and successful something is
• heir = a person who will take over something after you die or who will get everything that belongs to you
• however = but
• influence = power
• invade = to enter a country with an army
• Judea = old name of the region around Jerusalem
• judge = person who decides in court if a person has committed a crime
• opposing = completely different from each other
• outskirts = outer areas; places that are far away from the centre
• peaceful = quiet; not violent
• peasant = poor farmer who owns very little or no land at all
• peninsula = land with water on three sides
• persecute = to treat someone cruelly and badly over a certain time because of their religion or what they think
• place = put
• poem = piece of writing in rhymes that shows a person’s ideas or how they feel
• poet = someone who writes poems
• popular = liked by many
• proud = pleased; to be happy about something
• recruit = sign up for the army
• refer to = to speak about someone
• regard = think of someone as
• reign = time in power
• relationship = here: a love affair
• repair = fix
• restore = save, rebuild, repair
• rumor = information that is passed on from person to person and does not always have to be true
• ruthless = cruel, violent, cold-blooded
• sensible = reasonable; to make good decisions
• shepherd = someone whose job it is to take care of sheep
• sole = only
• stab = to push a knife into someone
• statesman = a politician or leader who is respected by many
• support = approval, help
• supposedly = so they say
• threat = danger
• throughout = in all of
• trade = buy and sell things
• translate = to change written or spoken words into another language
• treason = to betray your country or government
• tribe = group of people of the same race, who have the same language and traditions
• triumvirate= a group of three powerful people who ruled Rome
• Trojan = person who lived in Troy, a powerful old city in today’s Turkey
• twin = one of two children born at the same time to the same mother
• uncompleted = not finished
• unpredictable = a person who changes his ideas a lot , so that you never know what they really do or think
• work = piece of writing
• worship = to pray to someone