Ancient Rome Vocabulary 6th Grade

a form of government in which people elect leaders, called representatives, to stand in for them

• consul

• monarchy

• republic

• theocracy

two heads of state in the Roman republic who presided over the Senate and carried out laws

• consul

• magistrate

• assembly

• census

in the Roman republic, an official given power during times of crisis; the appointment lasted 6 months.

• dictator

• consul

• tribune

• tyrant

a political or administrative division within a country that has its government

common citizens of Rome who had limited rights; the working class

• tyrant

• proletariat

• patrician

• plebian

Define tribune.

• the study of myths, legends, or folk tales

• men who fought against one another or against large animals as a form of entertainment

• a military or civil official in the Roman government

• A type of Roman gladiator

Which option is NOT a code of law

• Code of Hammurabi

• Justinian

• Magna Carta

wealthy land-owning families of Rome who were leaders in politics, the military, and religion

• patrician

• aristocrat

• plebian

• dictator

a paterfamilias is...

• common citizens of Rome who had limited rights; the working class

• "master of a house," or "head of a family," in Rome, the father of a family

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• A religious leader in the Roman Catholic church

an official count of people and households in a particular location at a certain time

• poll

• consul

• aqueduct

• census