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Rome vocab
Rome
Question | Answer |
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Latins | people from the ancient county of latium an area in what is now the country of Italy |
Palatine | one of the seven hills in ancient Rome |
cuniculus | an irrigation system invented by the Etruscans |
Gladiator | a person trained to fight to the death for entertainment |
patricians | |
plebeians | |
republic | |
senate | a group of three hundred men elected to govern Rome in the roman republic. |
consul | one of two chief leaders in the roman republic. |
veto | to refuse to approve proposals of government made by the senate. |
tribune | an official of the roman republic elected by plebeians to protect their rights. |