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History about Rome
Key Terms :) please enjoy *^_^*
Question | Answer |
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Republic | a political system in which the citizens of a region elect representatives to run the government. |
Patricians | a class of powerful landowners in ancient Rome who controlled the government and society |
Plebeians | farmers or workers who made up a large part or population in ancient Rome |
Veto | Ban |
Forum | the assembly place of an ancient Roman city |
Constitution | a political structure |
Senate | a body of legislators |
Consuls | a chief executives elected to run the government in ancient Rome |
Dictator | a political leader holding unlimited power |
Gracchi | He is an Roman statesman who tried to help the ex soldiers in Rome by redistributing public land to small farmers. His action got him killed by the angry mob |
Gaius Marius | a Roman general and politician who eliminated property restrictions for acceptance into the Russian army. |
Lucius Cornelius Sulla | Roman general and politician who became consul 88 BC that led a civil war against Marius and his followers, soon had victory and was a dictator |
Julius Caesar | Roman general and one of the greatest military leaders in history. he conquered Gaul and was name dictator for life in Rome. He soon died in a murder from a group of senators who opposed him. |
Triumvirate | a ruling body of three members |
Augustus | The very first member of Rome who created the imperial system of administration which gave new coinages and encouraged trade |
Pax Romana | a period of peace in Roman Empire lasting from between the beginning of Augustus's region until the death of Marcus Aurelius |
Villa | a home in the country |
Circuses | |
Paterfamilias | |
Augurs | |
Galen | |
Ptolemy | |
Aqueducts | |
Latin | |
Civil Law |