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DDES 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are legionaries? | soldiers in the Roman army |
| What are soldiers in the Roman army called? | Legionaries |
| What are Tribunes? | Roman officials who protected the rights of the citizens |
| Who are the Roman officials who protected the rights of the citizens? | Tribunes |
| Who are Consuls? | Military and administrative leaders of the Roman Republic. |
| Who are Patricians? | Members of Rome's wealthiest and oldest families |
| What does veto mean? | The power to say no and cancel another person's decision |
| Who is a dictator? | A ruler who has absolute power |
| What are military and administrative leaders of the Roman Republic called? | Consuls |
| What are members of Rome's wealthiest and oldest families called? | Patricians |
| What is the power to say no and cancel another person's decision? | Veto |
| What do we call a ruler who has absolute power? | dictator |
| What is a triumvirate? | A three-person group of rulers. |
| What is a three-person group of rulers called? | triumvirate |
| What are latifundias? | Large farm estates. |
| What are large farm estates? | Latifundias |
| What are Publicans? | Tax collectors for the Romans |
| What were tax collectors for the Romans called? | Publicans |
| Who are plebeians? | Ordinary citizens of Rome |
| What are ordinary citizens of Rome called? | Plebeians |
| What is Carthage? | A Phoeniciaqn city |
| What is the name of a Phoencian city? | Carthage |
| Who was Hannibal? | A general from Carthage that lead his troops over the Alps on elephants to surprize attack Rome. |
| Who was the general from Carthage who lead his troops over the Alps on elephants to surprize attack Rome? | Hannibal |