 | Term | Definition |
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Patrician |
Wealthy landowning class, desendants of Etruskans, ruling senate |
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Plebeian |
Working class, common people |
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Senate |
Governing council |
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Consul |
one of two officials who led the government in the ancient Roman republic |
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Dictator |
a ruler who is unconstrained by law |
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Legion |
fighting army |
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Veto |
"I forbid" |
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Citezen |
A person who has politcal power in a democracy |
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12 tables |
12 laws; the earliest Roman code of laws |
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Tribunes |
Chosen representatives by patricians Assembly of tribes elected them. |
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Censors |
made up of senators, they assign the people classes |
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SPQR |
Roman motto "senatus Poulusque Romanus" |
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Assembly of Centuries |
Imperium, Voting population of senate comprised of citizens over 18. |
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Praetor |
an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic |
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Phalanx |
Tight military formation of men eight or more ranks deep |
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Republic |
Type of democracy where citezens , A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting |
