Unit 3 Chapter 1 Vocabulary Ancient Rome

a piece of land sticking out into a body or water so that it is almost surrounded by water.

• corrupt

• peninsula

• patrician

• official

a war between groups of people who live in the same place

• civil war

• majority

• toga

• aqueduct

characterized by improper behavior, such as taking bribes

• veto

• plebian

• republic

• corrupt

a form of government in which people elect representatives to rule for them

• consul

• republic

• majority

• dictator

a member of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Rome

• toga

• official

• consul

• patrician

a person who was an ordinary free Roman in the lower social class

• peninsula

• veto

• plebian

• consul

one of the two people elected to rule the Roman Republic

• consul

• majority

• dictator

• aqueduct

to reject or refuse to approve a law

• corrupt

• republic

• official

• veto

a person who carries out a government duty

• majority

• laying siege

• official

• aqueduct

more than one-half

• toga

• civial war

• majority

• official