Quizlet MS. Lunas 19 words

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