Ancient Rome-Vocab

Romulus and Remus

• Twin pigs who found the city of Rome

• Twin sisters who supposedly founded Rome

• Twin brothers who supposedly founded Rome

  
  

• Twin animals who supposedly founded Greece

a type of government in which people elect the leaders who govern them

• Democracy

• Republic

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

A leader who has absolute control or power over a region

• King or Queen

• Tyrant

• President

• Dictator

Who were the common people, or the lower class

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• lower class

• Nobles

Patricians

• powerful and wealthy nobles

• Lower class, poor individuals

• common people

• nobles

elected officials from Rome’s first government

• Magistrate

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Consul

one of two magistrates in Rome with the most power

• Dictator

• Emperor

• President

• Consul

Roman council of powerful and wealthy people who advised city leaders

• Consul

• Legislative Branch

• Senate

• House of Representatives

public meeting place in Rome

• Forum

• Colosseum

• Province

• Diner

to prohibit or block a certain law or action from taking place

• Blockade

• Veto

• Cancel

• Approve