Classical Civilizations Vocabulary

a Roman citizen or common person

• patrician
• plebeian

one of two of the highest elected officials in Roman government

• consul
• assembly

A form of government in which citizens elect leaders to represent them

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

a wealthy landowner descended 
from the earliest settlers of Rome (nobles)

• patrician
• plebeian

a democracy in which citizens elect other people to make decisions for them

• representative democracy
• direct democracy

a leader elected to protect the Plebeians interests

• tribune
• dictator

a group of 300 men who make laws and advised the consul

• senate
• assembly

member of a city-state; one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman

• citizen
• helot

to change

• veto
• reform

a system of canals or bridges that carry water from a natural source (river) to town

• aqueduct
• caste