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chapter 6 vocab (smw
chapter 6 terms
Question | Answer |
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republic | a new type of govenment |
patricians | elected officials from among themselves |
plebians | didnt like war |
veto | something that bans a certain law |
forum | 12 large bronze tablets stating the law |
constitution | political structure |
senate | a body of three hundred members |
consuls | cheif executives |
dictator | someone with nearly unlimited power |
triumvirate | Rule of three men |
pax romana | the peace |
villa | a city home, and a country home |
circuses | where chariot races took place |
paterfamilias | family father |
augurs | preists who could read bird signs |
aqueducts | man made channels |
latin | the language of rome |
civil law | bases on a written law |
christianity | the beliaf of jesus |
messiah | a spiritual leader |
apostles | were the earliest christian mercenaries |
martyrs | people who die for their fauth |
eucharist | held in emorie of jesus's last supper |
bishop | emerged to oversee church affairs |
popes | peters spiritual heirs |
inflation | dramatic rise in prices |