Chapter 1
Word travel agents
Chapter 2
Star gazers and body builders
Chapter 3
Rules of the empire
Chapter 4
The inner compass
YOUR GOAL
Master of The secret Latin code in your everyday words
Ch 3 · Rules of the empire
ag47designs Etymology of Rule
Keep it straight like a stick—(Yeah, regula!) That's how we rule—(Oh-oh, regula!)
ag47designs The Latin term casus belli means an act provoking war, a root that also created the words belligerent
ag47designs A Roman dictator speaks to citizens from a stone platform in the forum.
BETA
ag47designs Conduct the word crowd to their correct targets to master ancient Latin roots.
Fun Fact
Rebellious words: The word rebel comes from the Latin *rebellis*, meaning to renew war, combining *re-* (again) and *bellum* (war).
Glossary
imperium (noun)
Absolute power or the right to command, especially in a political or military context. In 27 BCE, Augustus consolidated this supreme authority to govern Rome as its first official emperor.
Absolute power or the right to command, especially in a political or military context. In 27 BCE, Augustus consolidated this supreme authority to govern Rome as its first official emperor.
Quiz
Which word describes a state of active resistance to a government, using the root *bell*?