Ancient Rome Vocabulary

A person who is an official member of a political body

• Citizen
• Consuls
• Tribune
• Plebeian

Two heads of the government in the Roman Republic, elected for one year

• Consuls
• Tribune
• Plebeian
• Citizen

An elected official in Rome who represented the interests of the plebeians

• Tribune
• Plebeian
• Citizen
• Consuls

A member of a common people in ancient Rome

• Plebeian
• Citizen
• Consuls
• Tribune

A member of a class of wealthy families who held all power in the early Roman Republic

• Patrician
• Plebeian
• Consuls
• Tribune

A form of government by the people, who elect representatives to run the government for them

• Republic
• Empire
• Monarchy
• Communism

Several territories and peoples subject to a single powerful ruler

• Empire
• Monarchy
• City-State
• Republic

A group of laws, written down and carved on bronze tablets, that became the foundation of Roman law

• Twelve Tables
• Constitution
• Bronze Code
• Ten Commandments

The science of building

• Architecture
• Aqueduct
• Fresco
• Forum

A large stone structure built to carry water from one place to another

• Aqueduct
• Fresco
• Forum
• Architecture