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history vocab1996
Question | Answer |
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Republic | A form in government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote |
patrician | Great landowners, they formed the ruling class in the Roman Republic |
Dictator | An absolute ruler |
procurator | An official charge of a province |
clergy | Church leaders |
plague | An epidemic disease |
pax romana | the terms of peace imposed by ancient Rome on its dominions |
triumvirate | A government by three people with equal power |
martyr | a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion |
gladiator | a person who engages in a fight or controvers or a soldier |
consul | A cheif executive of the roman republic two are elected each year one to run the government and one to lead the army in battle. |