4 Pics, 1 Roman Republic Term

4 Pics,1 Roman Republic Term

Activity no. 1

Instruction

Based on the vocabulary Homework, IDENTIFY and define the terms related to the Roman Republic based on the pictures presented.

citizens of the roman republic

Category:

Multiple Choice

GUESS THIS ROMAN REPUBLIC TERM.

• Consuls

• Tribunes

• Patricians

• Plebeians

DEFINE A PATRICIAN.

• Wealthy citizens who were great landowners and aristocratic governing class.

• The most powerful assembly, the Centuriate Assembly, was responsible for electing the top magistrates and the majority of its members were patricians.

Patrician

Head of a Roman Patrician from Otricoli, c. 75–50 BCE, marble (Palazzo Torlonia, Rome, photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Multiple Choice

GUESS THIS ROMAN REPUBLIC TERM.

• Senate

• Representative

• Tribune

• Plebeians

DEFINE Plebeian.

• Common and everyday people:

  • farmers, merchants, artisans, soldiers, or peasants.

• As a result of the Conflict of the Orders, the plebeians formed the Council of Plebs and could elect Tribunes: 

  • Propose laws

  • Intervene for plebeians

  • Veto magistrates

plebeian

Magazine, M. P. /. A. H., & Magazine, M. P. /. A. H. (2024, July 30). Ancient Roman Marketplace. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12040/ancient-roman-marketplace/

DEFINE A PATRICIAN.

Multiple Choice

GUESS THIS ROMAN REPUBLIC TERM.

• Veto

• Senate

• Consensus

• Democracy

DEFINE SENATE.

• A council composed of the leading clans and served as an advisor to the previous monarchs.

• The Senate later included plebeians (commoners) as well.

SENATE

Ferguson, J., & Balsdon, J. P. D. (1999, August 9). Cicero | Biography, Philosophy, Writings, Books, Death, & Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cicero

Multiple Choice

GUESS THIS ROMAN REPUBLIC TERM.

• Senate

• Tribunes

• Diplomacy

• Plebeians

DEFINE tribunes.

• Elected representatives of the common people in the government.

• They were given significant powers (e.g. Veto) as they were considered the common people's guardians in the face of abuses among the patricians.

tribunes

Gill, N. (2018, September 10). Plebeian Tribune. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-was-plebeian-tribune-118558

Multiple Choice

GUESS THIS ROMAN REPUBLIC TERM.

• Citizenship

• Representative

• Diplomacy

• Democracy

DEFINE CITIZENSHIP.

• It could be given in whole or in part to certain individuals.

  • Roman women were not allowed to vote or hold public office.

  • Latins were considered secondary or lower-ranked citizens but could still avail themselves of certain privileges.

• Nonetheless, the Roman Empire extended full citizenship to all free citizens around 212 CE.

citizenship

​A coin from 113-112 BC, depicting voting in the Roman Republic. On the left, a voter receives a ballot from an attendant below. On the right, another voter casts his ballot into the ballot box (cista). Both voters are standing upon a pons.
Source: MK-B | Röm. Republik: P. Licinius Nerva 113-112 v. Chr. (n.d.). https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=en&id=18201479&view=rs

Word Cloud

Based on the definitions and homework, CONTRAST Patricians and Plebeians.

Word Cloud

Based on the definitions and homework, COMPARE Patricians and Plebeians.

define the remaining terms:

1. Consuls

2. Representative Democracy

3. Veto

4. Consensus

5. Diplomacy