Ancient Rome Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Forum | A Roman public meeting place |
| Dictatorship | A ruler who has almost absolute power |
| Empire | land with diffrenet territories and people under single rule |
| Emperor | name of a roman ruler during the imperial age |
| Patricians | The nobels in roman society |
| plebeians | Common people of ancient rome |
| Consuls | The two most powerful officials of Rome |
| Senate | Roman officals who were appointed by the consuls |
| Veto | to reject or prohibit actions and laws of other government officials |
| Checks and balences | a system that ballences the distrubution of power |
| Latin | The language of the romans |
| Arch | A structure that spans a space that sporrts wheight |
| Aqueduct | A human made raised channel that carries water from distant places |
| civil law | A legal system based on written codes of law |
| Rebpublic | A government in which citezens have the right to vote and elect government officials |
| Legion | Basic unit of roman army.Each unit has 4500 to 5000 solderis |
| Maniple | Each legion was broken into of bettween 60 to 160 solderis who formed a solid battle line |
| Constitution | A system of rules by which a government is organized |
| Magistrates | Elected officials that made the law |
| Tripartite Government | A government with tree parts |
| Province | an area of land under political control |
| Toga | A garment woren by male citezens |
| Pantheon | A Roman temple dedicated to ALL gods |
| Colosseum | a older amp theater builit around 70 A.D |
| Greco-Roman | charictaristics part greek and part Roman. |
| Paterfamilias | The male head of the house manely theh father of the family |
| Centurian | A roman officer in the military |
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