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Ch14 Roman Republic
Question | Answer |
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soldiers in the Roman army | legionaries |
Roman officials who protected the rights of the citizens | tribunes |
military and administrative leaders of the Roman Republic | consuls |
members of Rome's wealthiest and oldest families | patricians |
How many legionaries were in a Roman legion? | 5,000 |
Who has a say in the Republic? | citizens |
Who has a say in the Roman Republic? | patricians |
the power to say no and cancel another person's decisions | veto |
a three-person group of rulers | triumvirate |
a ruler who has absolute power | dictator |
large farm estates | latifundias |
tax collectors for the Romans | publicans |
ordinary citizens of Rome | plebeians |
a Phoenician city that became a great Mediterranean trading center | Carthage |
A general from Carthage who led his troops over the Alps on elephants to surprise attack Rome | Hannibal |