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Rome Vocabulary
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Roman public meeting place | A Forum |
| A ruler who has absolute power | Dictorship |
| A Land with different territories and people under a single ruler | empire |
| Name of the Roman ruler during the imperial age | Emperor |
| The nobles in roman society | Patricians |
| The common people of Ancient Rome | Plebeians |
| The two most powerful Officials in Rome | consuls |
| Roman Officials who were appointed by the consuls. | Senate |
| To reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials | Veto |
| A system that balances the distribution of power in government | Checks and balances |
| The language of Romans | Latin |
| A structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight above it. | arch |
| A human-made raised channes that carries water from distant palces | Aqueduct |
| A civil based on a written code of laws | A legal system |
| A Roman piece, a period of general peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire | Pax Romana |
| What was the role of the Roman Forum | A public meeting place |