Roman Society

Why did the Romans choose a democracy over a monarchy?

• So 1 person wouldn't have control

• So the Senate would not have power

• Bc patricians would've rebelled

How was the gov't of Rome similar to Athens?

• They had a monarchy

• They had an oligarchy

• They had a dictatorship

• They had a democracy

True or False? Most people living in the Roman Empire were citizens.

• True

• False

Which group was the smallest social class, but the MOST powerful?

• patricians

• liberti

• slaves

• plebeians

This group of people was made up of farmers, merchants, and shopkeepers.

• slaves

• plebeians

• patricians

• consuls

This group of people was the only one who could vote AND hold office at first.

• slaves

• liberti

• plebeians

• patricians

How did the Plebeians gain more political rights in Rome's republic?

• They overthrew Rome's kings.

• They refused to pay their taxes.

• They staged a violent revolt and destroed the Forum.

• They went on strike by refusing to serve in the military.

These were Rome's first laws written on bronze tablets and displayed in the Forum

• Hammurabl's Code.

• The Twelve Tables

• Polytheism

• Liberti

Even though the threat of a slave revolt was always present, slaves were necessary because...

• slaves built the very streets, temples and government buildings that made Rome what it was.
• had Rome not had slaves, foreign invasion of the Empire would have happened quickly.
• Romans couldn't read.
• None of the above.

Was the Roman upper class

• Patricians

• Plebeians