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Ancient Rome Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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 |