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Unit 6 Ch 10 Sec 1
Geography and Early Rome
Term | Definition |
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peninsula | land that has water on three sides |
Aeneas | hero of an epic poem who is said to have been an early founder of roman civilizatoin |
Romulus | legendary figure who built Rome and named it after himself |
Remus | twin brother of Romulus |
Etruscans | people who lived in the northern part of the Italian peninsula |
republic | a government in which people elect leaders to govern them |
dictator | a ruler with almost absolute power |
Cincinatus | famous Roman dictator from the early Roman Republic who's civic duty is often compared to George Washington |
plebeian | common people of Roman society |
patrician | noble person of Roman society |