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chapter 6
capter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Republic | A politcal system in which the citizens of a region elect representives to run the goverment. |
| Patricians | A class of powerful landowners in ancient Rome who controlled the goverment and society. |
| plebeians | Farmers or workers, who made up a large part of the population in ancient Rome. |
| veto | Ban. |
| Forum | The assembly place of an ancient roman city. |
| constition | A politaical sturcture. |
| senate | A body of legislators. |
| consuls | The cheif executives elected to run the government in acient Rome |
| dictator | A political leader holding unlimited power. |
| Gracchi | Roman statesmen; they tried to help ex- soldiers in Rome by redistuting public land to small farmers |
| Julius Caesar | He help rome get a lot of territory. |
| triumvirate | he took over the Roman Republic. |
| Augustus | first emperor of Rome; he established the Second Triumvirate with Mark Antony and Lepidus. |
| Pax Romana | 180 AD is in the time of Pax romana. |
| Villa | A home in the country |
| circuses | the site of chariot races in acient Rome. |
| augurs | Priests in acient Rome who specialized in interpretation of the natural phenomena sent by the gods. |
| galen | he was a physician. |
| aqueducts | he made channels used to bring water to the cities. |
| Latian | |
| civil law | |
| paterfamilias |