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Vocab 4/30/13
vocab for quiz on 4/30/13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Republic | Arepublic is a form of government in which the leader is not a king or queen but someone put in office by citizens with the right to vote. |
| Apennies | A mountain range, the Apennines, runs all the way down the boot from north to south. |
| Legion | Soldiers in small groups. Each legion had about 6,000 men. |
| Aeneas | A Trojan hero in a epic. |
| Etruscans | A group of people who joined the romans in Italy. |
| Romulus and Remus | The two twin brothers that founded the city Rome. Romulus killed Remus so Rome is named after Romulus. |
| Tarquins | A ruling family that grew more cruel, and finally, the romans rebelled. |
| Latins | Local people that Aeneas united |
| Virgil | A Roman poet that wrote the the Aeneid |