Ancient Rome Lesson 2 Vocabulary

elected officials

• magistrates

• consuls

• Forum

• legions

two most powerful elected officials

• senators

• consuls

• President and Vice President
• legions

council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised officials

• Roman Council

• Tribunal
• Roman Senate

• Assembly

the largest group has the power to decide government actions

• Consensus
• Minority rule

• Majority rule

• Unanimous decision

to prohibit an official action

• Veto

• Permitted
• Accepted
• Approved

language spoken by the ancient Romans

• Greek
• Celtic
• Phoenician
• Latin

methods of balancing power

• checks and balances

• Anarchy
• Dictatorship
• Monarchy

Rome's public meeting place

• The Pantheon
• The Forum

• The Colosseum
• The Circus Maximus

groups of up to 6,000 soldiers

• Battalions

• Legions

• Squadrons

• Platoons

a series of wars between Rome and Carthage

• Gallic Wars
• Macedonian Wars
• Social Wars
• Punic Wars