Rome Vocabulary

Form of government where leaders are elected by citizens with the right to vote.

• Pax Romana

• Roman Republic

• Roman Empire

• Roman Forum

The most important law making body of the Roman Republic made up of 300 Patrician men.

• Tribunes

• Assembly of Centuries

• Consuls

• Senate

Top Roman government officials elected every year; always patricians.

• Tribunes

• Assembly of Centuries

• Consuls

• Senate

Legislative body that elected consuls and praetors.

• Tribunes

• Assembly of Centuries

• Consuls

• Senate

Roman class of citizens that were wealthy landowners; Rome’s ruling class of nobles.

• Praetors

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Triumvirate

Roman class of citizens that were mostly artisans, shopkeepers and small farmers; majority of Rome’s citizens; Rome’s lower class.

• Praetors

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Triumvirate

Roman officials whose main job was to interpret the laws and act as judges.

• Praetors

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Triumvirate

A political alliance between 3 people.

• Praetors

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Triumvirate

Public meeting place for Roman politics and religion in the center of Rome.

• Law of the Twelve Tables

• Roman Forum

• Aqueducts

• Pax Romana

First written Roman Law that established laws that applied equally to every citizen, patrician and plebeian

• Law of the Twelve Tables

• Roman Forum

• Aqueducts

• Pax Romana