Roman Review
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NantucketViking on March 22, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Assembly | Group of citizens elected or chosen to make laws |
| Cicero | Politician, philosopher, and public speaker |
| Hadrian | Emperor who built wall to keep barbarians out of the Emperor |
| Augustus | First Emperor; kept the Roman Peace and created trade routes to Asia |
| Civil Law | System of law based on written rules |
| Hannibal | Carthaginian general in 2nd Punic War; invaded Italy with elephants |
| Julius Caesar | General who began the end of the Republic by becoming dictator for life; assassinated in 44 B.C. |
| Constitution | Based on 12 Tables and other written laws |
| Monarchy | Government replaced by Romans because the king was a tyrant |
| 12 Tables | Laws written down to make application more fair for everyone |
| Orator | a skilled public speaker |
| Written Laws | Made laws fair for all |
| Founders | Mythologically speaking: Romulus and Remus |
| Tyrant | Violent leader like the one the Romans dethroned to make the Republic |
| Judges | Roman leaders who heard legal cases and set an exmple of performing civic duty |
| Separation | What the Romans did to the powers of government by having a senate, assemblies, and executives |
| Dictator | What Julius Caesar became, thus beginning the end of the Republic |
| Aeneas | Trojan hero who supposedly settled in Italy |
| Structure | Senate and assemblies provided structure in early Roman Republic |
| Checks and Balances | Ways to keep government people from getting too much power |
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