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Early Rome
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happened to the roman empire | it split in two one was the Byzantines and the other fell |
| A group of people consisting of artisans, shopkeepers and owners of small farms. Most of Rome’s people belonged to this social class. | Plebeians |
| A social class consisting of wealthy landowners. These noble’s made up Rome’s ruling class. | Patricians |
| A form of government that has three parts. One group runs the government, another group makes the laws and the third group acts as judges. Ruled by a group of representatives chosen by the people. | tripartite |
| Top government officials in the Roman Republic. They headed the army and ran the government. | Consuls |
| People chosen to act and speak on behalf of a larger group. | Representative |
| A select group of 300 patrician men who served for life. This group of men proposed laws, held debates and approved building projects. | Senate |
| The power to reject another person’s decision. This kept the consuls from gaining too much power in Rome. Means “I forbid” in Latin. | Veto |
| Important Roman officials whose main job was to interpret the law and act as judges in a court. | prateors |
| A person who brought plebeian concerns to the government’s attention. | Council of plebs |
| An oppressive ruler with complete control over the state. In Rome this person served the people and ruled on a temporary basis. | Dictator |
| Rome’s first code of laws, adopted about 451 B.C. These laws were carved on bronze tablets and placed in Rome’s marketplace for all to see. | Twelve tables |
| A powerful rival to Rome located in the Mediterranean area on the coast of North Africa. This was a great trading empire founded by the Phoenicians in 800 BCE. | Carthage |
| A series of three wars between Carthage and Rome for control of land in the Mediterranean area. | The Punic wars |
| An island in Rome that looks like it is being kicked by a boot. | Sicily |
| Mountains that run across the top of the Roman peninsula and separates Italy from European lands to the north. | The Alps |
| A mountain range that runs all the way down the peninsula of Italy from north to south. | Apennines |
| A plain that the city of Rome was built upon. | Latium |
| A river that gave the Romans a source of water and a way to access the rest of the Mediterranean world. | Tiber river |
| One of the twin brothers that legend says founded Rome.This brother made fun of the wall his twin was building. | Remus |
| One of the twin brothers that legend says founded Rome. This brother killed his twin because he made fun of his wall. He went on to become the first king of Rome and named the city after himself. | Romulus |
| After about 800 BC this group of people joined the Romans and Greeks in Italy and played a major role in shaping Roman civilization. They ruled Rome for more than 100 years, making Rome wealthy and powerful. | Etrusans |
| Ruling family in Rome under the Etruscan's who were very cruel. The Romans finally rebelled and overthrew them. | Tarquins |
| A form of government in which the leader is not a king or queen, but someone put in office by citizens with the right to vote. | Republic |
| Small groups of soldiers. Each group had about 6000 men and were further divided into groups of 60 to 100 soldiers. These small groups easily cut through enemy lines. | Legions |
| Who was the person the ended the roman republic | Julius Caesar |
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