| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Pax Romana | roman peace |
| rise of rome | 509 BC |
| fall of rome | 476 BC |
| three factors | politically practical geographic adaptability economic efficient |
| Thomas malthus | essay of the principles of the population |
| malthus' theory | population rises faster than food supply |
| wheat place rome must take over | great northern plain |
| what plain did rome take over | latinum plain |
| apennines | backbone of italy |
| 3 rivers | tiber po rubicon |
| german rivers | rhine danube |
| punic wars | 264 to 146 bc |
| patricians | mostly politicians |
| plebians | soldiers and tribunes |
| martial law | lockdown |
| habeus corpus | throw in jail and not tell what accused of |
| house of representatives | 435 people |
| senate | 100 people |
| roman senate | patricians and assembly of tribunes |
| who makes the law | legislative branch |
| who enforces the law | executive branch |
| max term of prez | 10 years |
| who makes up the executive branch | prez, VP, and cabinet |
| rome executive branch | consuls |
| max term of consuls | two years |
| who makes sure law is constitutional | judicial branch |
| us judicial branch | supreme court |
| how many ppl in supreme | 9 |
| roman judicial branch | praetors |
| how many praetors | 9 |
| Checks and Balances | prevent dictatorship of one branch |
| aedile | infrastructure officer |
| questor | collects tax money |
| censor | counts people and decides what is right and wrong |
| rome captured where by 265 bc | magna graecia and po valley |
| 3 g's | gold glory and god |
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