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

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

Ordinary citizens

• plebeians

• patricians

• consul

The ruling class

• plebeians

• patricians

• consul

A ruler with absolute power

• dictator

• plot

• collapsed

• civil war

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

The river where Rome was founded.

• Yellow River

• Ganges River

• Tiber River

• Euphrates

These people taught the Romans how to build roads and buildings. They also influenced the way Romans dressed and organized their army. Who were they?

• The Greeks
• The Latins
• The Etruscans
• The Egyptians

The Romans did not like how they were being treated under the rule of the Etruscans. What did they do?

• Negotiated with the Etrucans and formed a democracy.
• They did not do anything...they were afraid of being killed by the Etruscans.
• The asked the Greeks for help and eventually got rid of the Etruscans.
• Overthrew the Etruscans and formed a republic.