Rome Vocabulary

Group of up to 6,000 soldiers

• century

• legion

• militia

Leader of the slave revolt in Rome?

• Marius

• Gauis

• Spartacus

• Julius

To reject

• ode

• neglect

• veto

A person granted absolute power

• tribune

• consul

• dictator

The idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country

• duty

• plebeian duty

• civic duty

a government with three parts

• Tripartite

• Colosseum

• Democracy

• Republic

A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.

• Peloponessian Wars

• Persian Wars

• Punic Wars

• 100 Years War

Rome's first code of laws; adopted in 450 B.C.

• Hammurabi's Code

• Justinian Code

• 12 Tables

• Ten Commandments

Rome's public meeting place

• Coliseum

• Forum

• Capital

• Senate

A council whose members were the heads of wealthy, landowning families. Originally an advisory body to the early kings, in the era of the Roman Republic the Senate effectively governed the Roman state and the growing empire.

• Representatives

• Consul

• Gladiator

• Senate