| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Republic | Is a form of government with elected leaders. |
| patrician | Power in the early republic belonged to them and they were rich men. |
| plebian | The majority of Romans and they had no say in government. |
| senate | A group of 300 men elected to govern Rome in the Roman republic. |
| consul | One of two cheif leaders in the Roman republic. |
| Conflict of the orders | When the plebians rebelled against the patricians. |
| tribune | An official of the Roman Republic elected by plebians to protect their rights. |
| veto | To refuse to approve proposals of government made by the senate. |
| Council of plebs | It was a plebian elected law making body that made laws for the plebians. |
| Twelve Tables | The laws of the partricians were written down on twelve stone tablets. |
| Cicero | A famous Roman States man. |
| Sicily | The Romans established a town there. |
| Latium Plain | Where Rome flourished. |
| Tiber River | The river that was next to the settlement. |
| Etruscans | Inhabitants of Etruria, A land just North of the Palatine. |
| Latins | People from the ancient country of Latium, an area what is now the country of Italy. |
| Palatine | One of the seven hills in ancient Rome. |
| Cuniculus | An irrigation system invented by the Etruscans. |
| gladiator | A person trained to fight another person to the death for public entertainment. |
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