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Republic: a form of government in which power rests with the citizens, who vote in order to
elect leaders.
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Augustus: the first emperor of Rome, who ruled from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14 and greatly
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Constantine: the Roman emperor from A.D. 306 to 337, who ended the persecution of
Christians and moved the capital of the empire to Byzantium (later known as Constantinople).
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Clovis: a leader of the Franks, who conquered the Roman prvince of Gal in A.D. 486 and
Byzantine Empire: the Eastern Roman Empire, which was ruled from Constantinople and
Justinian I: the ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire from A.D. 527 to 565, who ruled with this
Justinian Code: a legal code, prepared under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian
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Roman Catholic: relating to the Christian church of the West that is under the authority of the
pope.
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Orthodox: relating to the Christian church that developed in the Byzantine Empire and is not
Mosaic: a picture made out of many small colored tiles or pieces of glass.
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Stoicism: a Greek philosophy that stressed the importance of virtue, duty, and endurance and