Roman Republic

What were the Twelve Tables?

• Roman consequences

• Roman laws

• Roman restaurants

What was the Roman senate?

• two patricians who headed the Roman Republic- had veto power / led the government

• consisted of 300 members from patrician families and suggested laws to the Consuls

• plebeians who had veto power

What two groups fought during the Punic Wars? Check the two that are correct

• Greeks

• Romans

• Carthaginians

• Phoenicians

What was the role of a Tribune?

• were who Plebeians went to when the senate passed an unfair law that over taxed the Plebeians

• were who the Patricians went to when the senate passed an unfair law that gave too much money to the Plebeians

• to control the land of the Patricians

What was the role of a Magistrate?

• to veto laws

• to keep the plebeians in line

• an official who oversees when a citizen breaks one of the laws of the twelve tables

• to control the legionaries

Rome fought the Punic Wars against?

• Egypt
• Greece
• Carthage
• Gaul

The word republic means

• ruled by an emperor
• ruled by a king
• ruled by elected representatives

 “We are the most powerful elected officials in Rome. We run the city and the army. Who are we?”

• senator 
• magistrate
• Consuls
• emperor 

 TRUE OR FALSE: The noble or more powerful citizens of Rome were called plebeians.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The laws of Rome were called the ______________________.

• Ten Commandments
• Code of Hammurabi
• Twelve Tables
• Eight Fold Path