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Honors Ancient Rome
This stack PLUS the Academic Ancient Rome = all words for honors
Question | Answer |
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Procurator | in the Roman Empire, an official in charge of a province . |
Praetor | an official of the Roman Republic in charge of enforcing civil law. |
Imperator | commander in chief, the Latin origin of the word emperor. |
Consul | a chief executive officer of the Roman Republic; two were elected each year, one to run the government and one to lead the army into battle. |
Optimates | Romans senators that didn't want new people allowed in the Senate; they also didn't want to help the poor. |
Populare | Roman senators who worked for rules that allowed new men to join the Senate and helped the poor. |
Sadducees | Jewish priests that wanted to cooperate with Rome |
Pharisees | a scholarly class of the Jews that strictly held to Jewish religious laws. |
Zealots | Jews who called for violent overthrow of Roman rule. |
Essenes | a Jewish sect that lived apart from society sharing their goods in common and waiting for the Messiah |
Equestrians | Roman senators that wanted to protect the Roman constitution |