| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dictator | a leader with absolute power chosen by the senate in wartime |
| patricians | wealthy people who owned land in ancient Rome |
| plebeians | farmers and other common people in ancient Rome |
| republic | a government in which the leaders are elected by people |
| representatives | leaders who represent the people of a nation or group |
| senate | A group of 300 men who advised the leaders of ancient Rome |
| tribunes | leaders who represented the common people in ancient Rome |
| consuls | leaders of the ancient Roman Republic. Two consuls led the government at a time. |
| Hannibal | General from Carthage who fought against the Romans in the Punic Wars. He brought his army and elephants over the Alps to attack Rome. |
| Romulus and Remus | Legendary founders of Rome |
| Punic Wars | Wars between Rome and Carthage for control of trade in the Med. Sea. Rome won all three wars and destroyed Carthage in the end. |
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