Ancient Rome Vocabulary

republic

• Government where citizens vote for their leader
• The name of the interplanetary State prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire
• To go in public again
• A conservative group of politicians

patrician

• A person who loves his or her country
• A group of 300 upper class men that made up the Roman Senate
• A group of people who made laws
• An ordinary person in Rome

senate

• A person who loves his or her country
• A group of 300 upper class men that made up the Roman Senate
• A group of people who made laws
• An ordinary person in Rome

plebeian

• A person who loves his or her country
• A group of 300 upper class men that made up the Roman Senate
• A group of people who made laws
• An ordinary person in Rome

consul

• Two men who led the Roman government
• An ordinary person in Rome
• Someone who led the government alone in Rome during an emergency
• A group of 300 upper class men that made up the Roman Senate

dictator

• Two men who led the Roman government
• An ordinary person in Rome
• Someone who led the government alone in Rome during an emergency
• A group of 300 upper class men that made up the Roman Senate

veto

• When a leader rejects a law
• When money isn’t as valuable and won’t buy as much as it did before
• A process in which a law is created
• How leaders are selected

Inflation

• When a leader rejects a law,
• When money isn’t as valuable and won’t buy as much as it did before,
• How to get a raise,
• Making money worth more than it used to be worth.

martyr

• An ordinary person in Rome
• Two men who led the Roman government
• A soldier who fights only for money, not country
• People who choose to die for a cause they believe in

mercenary   

• An ordinary person in Rome
• Two men who led the Roman government
• A soldier who fights only for money, not country
• People who choose to die for a cause they believe in