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vocab s.s.
lesson 2-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| patrician | a member of the noble families who controlled all power in the early years of the roman republic |
| plebian | a common person |
| representative | a person selected by the citizens to speak or act for them |
| senate | the law making bodies and most powerful branch of government in ancient times |
| tribune | an elected leader of ancient rome who represented the interests of most people |
| consul | one or two elected officials of the roman republic who commanded the army and were supreme officials |
| Punic wars | a series of conflicts between rome and Carthage in the 200s b.c., ending in a victory in rome |
| Twelve Tables | the earliest written collection of roman laws, drawn up by patricians about 450 b.c., that became the foundation of roman law |
| Pax Romana | a period of peace for the roman empirethat began with the rule of Augustus in about 27b.c. and lasted around 200 years |
| civil war | a armed between groups within one country |
| dictator | a ruler who has complete power |
| aqueduct | a hight arched structure built to carry water over long distances |
| census | a periodic count of all the people in a country, region, or other city |
| gladiator | a roman athlete usually a slave, criminal, or prisoner of war forced to fight for the entertianment of the public |
| Julius Caesar | roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45b.c. |
| Cleopatra | ruler of the Egyption government in alexandra who backed Caesar in the civil war, she waged from49 to 50 b.c. |
| Augustus | first roman emperor; won the civil war following in the assassination of Julius Caesar and went to unify the empire and establish the Pax Romana |
| Gaul | an ancient region and roman providence that includes most of present day France |
| Colosseum | a large stadium in ancient Rome where athletic events took place |
| Pantheon | a large domed temple built in ancient Rome to honor many gods and goddesses |
| Pompeii | an ancient city in southern Italy that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius |
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