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Rise of Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Forum | Was a cemetery, then it was a meeting place |
| 2. Gauls | Or Celts, as the Romans called them |
| 3. Franchise | Without the right to vote or hold Roman offices |
| 4. Patricians | Wealthy land owners |
| 5. Plebeians | Common people of Rome |
| 6. Senate | Greatest institution of the republic |
| 7. Consuls | Chief magistrates of the republic |
| 8. Praetor | New office created by Romans |
| 9. Aediles | Were later officials |
| 10. Struggle of the Orders | A vital aspect of early Roman history was a conflict between patricians and plebeians |
| 11. Tribunes | Were elected by the rights of the plebeians to have their own |
| 12. First Punic War | Battle for Sicily |
| 13. Second Punic War | War between Hannibal and Rome |
| 14. Paterfamilias | Oldest male head of the family |
| 15. First Triumvirate | Political alliance |
| 16. Second Triumvirate | Group of conspirators that assassinated Caesar’s |
| 17. Latifundia | Bought as small farms to create large estates |
| 18. Commentaries | Caesar’s accounts of his operations |
| 19. Mare nostrum | It became known as “one sea” |
| 20. Lex Canuleia | Law passed by patricians |