Ancient Rome (Ch 10 and Ch 11)

To keep any one part of the Roman government from becoming too powerful, the republic

• divided the people into patricians and plebeians.

• wrote down their law code.

• used a system of checks and balances.

• only allowed patricians to vote.

a ruler who has almost absolute power, was elected during times of war or disaster

• consul

• dictator

• magistrate

• senator

the language of the Romans

• Roman

• Patrician

• Latin

• Plebeian

common people of Rome

• plebeians

• patricians

wealthy, nobility of Rome

• Plebeian

• Patrician

a government led by officials elected into power by the citizens

• dictatorship

• monarchy

• oligarchy

• republic

Officials that served a one year term as the political and military leader of the Roman Republic

• Senators

• Tribunes

• Emperors

• Consuls

The part of the Roman government that elected the magistrates

• assemblies

• senators

• consuls

• tribunes

The part of the Roman government that represented the common people

• assemblies

• senators

• consuls

• tribunes

a legal system based on a written set of laws

• civil law

• republic

• assembly