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History Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Plague | a bad disease, often fatal |
democracy | government chosen by the people |
monarchy | government by a king |
oligarchy | few people hold power over a larger group |
tyrant | leaders who seized power by force |
alliance | an agreement |
sanctuary | sacred places used to honor gods |
agora | a marketplace |
republic | citizens elect leaders to run their government |
consuls | leaders elected by a citizen assembly and advised by a senate |
patricians | members of the small number of wealthy Roman families |
Plebeians | the bulk of the population- artisans, shop-keepers, and peasents |
debt bondage | became a servant of the man to whom he owed money, he was like a slave, he would never get the money he needed to regain his freedom |