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Julius Caesar 10th grade
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Literature
10th Grade
01/31/2008

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Capitol

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A building in ancient Rome, where the state

business was done

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celebration

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A special service or actions to honor a person

or event, or to remember a special time or day

 

 

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glory

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1. a condition of greatest honor and success

visitors who see the ruins of ancient Rome goe an idea of the glory that was hers 

2.  great praise and honor given to someone

or something by others, perhaps making them

famous

The glory of being a hero at the World Trade center was immed by the deaths of so many

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mighty

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showing strength or power; strong;

full of power

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prevent

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to keep from happening; to stop something

from developing

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triumph

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1.  victory: success

 

2. to win success or victory

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beware

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to be careful; to be on your guard against

 

 

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devil

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the main wicked spirit or power, at work

 opposite goodness

 

 

 

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fate

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future; whatever is supposed to happen

 to a person, that is fixed beforehand

and beyond their control.

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honorable

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honest, good; having showing a sense

of what is right

 

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Brutus

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A highly repected roman; a friend of

Caesar who fears his power

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Cassius

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A Roman whose aim is to turn others against Caesar

 

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Flavius

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A government leader chosen to

represent Rome's lower-class citizens

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Julius Caesar

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A Roman general and very popular

government leader

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Mark Antony

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 A Roman general and government leader

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Marullus

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A government leader chosen to represent Rome's lower-class citizens

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Pompey

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A Roman leader beaten by Caesar in battle

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Roman 

 

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A citizen of Rome

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Rome

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A city in Italy; the seat of power

from which many countries were ruled

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 Timber

 

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a river if Italy, which runs

through Rome

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Feast of Lupercalia

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a celebration held in ancient

Rome every

February 15 to honor one of the

Roman gods

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Ides of March

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March 15

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