Rise of the Republic

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

• Patrician

• Republic

• Consul

• Veto

A member of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families of Rome

• Republic

• Patrician

• Consul

• Veto

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

• Plebeian

• Patrician

• Consul

• Veto

Who had wealth, status, and power?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Who were farmers, bakers, and craftspeople?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

True or False:

Both patricians and plebeians were free.

• True

• False

At the beginning of the republic, who held almost all the power?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Who was at the top of the government?

• Enslaved people

• Senators

• Consuls

• Patricians

_______ made laws, commanded the army, and had the power to veto each other.

• Plebeian

• Consuls

• Vetos

• Patricians