Chapter 7 Section 2 World History Vocabulary

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Indemnity
Money for war damages
Latifundia
Large roman estates
Equites
Class of roman business people who had great wealth but little political power
Crucifixion
A common roman method of execution where the accused would be nailed to a cross and left to die a slow death of suffication
Publican
Officials who agreed to collect taxes and pay the roman treasury a fixed amount; they could keep anything extra for themselves
Spartacus
A slave who lead a revolt of 70,000 slaves, but did not succeed and was crucified