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Roman Republi 10-2
vocabulary chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rome's powerful nobles. | Patricians |
| The common people of Rome. | Plebeians |
| Rulers with absolute power. | dictators |
| A goverment in which people elect leaders to govern them. | republic |
| The legendary founders of Rome. | Romulus and Remus |
| The council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders. | Roman Senate |
| Elected officials in Rome. | magistrates |
| The two most powerful magistrates in Rome. | consuls |
| To prohibit | veto |
| The Roman's language | Latin |
| A method that balances the power of a government. | checks and balances |
| Rome's public meeting place. | Forum |
| Groups of 6,000 soldiers. | legion |
| A series of wars against Carthage, a city in Africa. | Punic Wars |
| Aeneas | Trojan war hero who took his followers to Rome after Troy fell to the Greeks. |
| Cincinnatus | Roman dictator considered to be an ideal leader by the Romans. |
| Hannibal | A brilliant general from Carthage. He tried to capture Rome but failed. |
| Gaius Marius | A Roman consul who encourage poor people to join the army. |
| Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | Roman tribunes who wanted to create public land for the poor to farm. Both were killed for their ideas. |
| primary | main, most important |