Patrician
wealthy landowners, members of noble families
Plebeian
poor/working class: farmers, traders, artisans, served in the military etc. Plebeians worked for the patricians.
Punic Wars
a series of conflicts fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC.
Octavian
Caesar Augustus - Emperor of Roman Empire for 41 years; respected and beloved ruler. Brought Rome into its Golden Age - Pax Romana
julius Caesar
Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire,
Constantinople
(modern day Istanbul) was built in a place called Byzantium - hence the name the Byzantine Empire.
Justinian
Ruler of the Byzantine Empire during its Golden Age and created of Justinian’s Code