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 * DEFINE OR EXPLAIN THESE TERMS FROM EARLY ROMAN IMPERIAL HISTORY (INCLUDE DATES WHERE APPROPRIATE):

1. THE PAX ROMANA - the period of peace during Augustus Caesar's rule. (kbe) Pax Romana lasted from 27 BC to approxiametly 180 AD** The Pax Romana is sometimes referred to as Pax Augustus. (WCO)
 * 2. THE PRAETORIAN GUARD

3. POMPEII -** a city that was completely destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius. (rsc)


 * 4. HERCULANEUM-**the sister city of Pompeii, which was also lost in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.(aco)


 * 5. THE BATTLE OF THE TEUTOBURG FOREST

6. THE GREAT FIRE OF ROME: This was a great fire that happened on July 18 64 CE. This fire happened around the shops of the Circus Maximus. This fire spreaded quickly because most of the Romans lived in wood houses. The fire lasted six days and seven nights. The fire also destroyed four of the fourteen Roman districts. (cca)

7. THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF BRITAIN

8. BOUDICCA - queen of the British Iceni tribe, she lead a rebellion against the Romans around AD 60, during which her armies razed Camulodunum (or modern Colchester), Londinium (modern London), and Verulamium (modern ST. Albans). She was defeated by the general Suetonius at the Battle of Watling Street. (jbo)**