Roman Vocab Practice

What is a republic?

• A group of three people working together, often in leadership roles.
• A state in which political power rests in the hands of the people through their representatives.
• A soldier in the Roman legion.
• Wealthy landowning families who made up the ruling class in Rome.

Who were the patricians?

• The father or husband who had the central role in society and the family.
• Free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial, or equestrian class.
• A group of three people working together, often in leadership roles.
• Wealthy landowning families who made up the ruling class in Rome.

What does the term 'veto' mean?

• One of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic.
• Right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
• A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
• Culture where the father or husband had the central role in society and the family.

What is the role of a consul?

• A soldier in the Roman legion.
• A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
• A group of three people working together, often in leadership roles.
• One of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic.

What is a dictator in the context of Roman history?

• A soldier in the Roman legion.
• A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
• A temporary magistrate with extraordinary powers, nominated by one of two consuls
• Culture where the father or husband had the central role in society and the family.

What is a triumvirate?

• A soldier in the Roman legion.
• Wealthy landowning families who made up the ruling class in Rome.
• A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
• A group of three people working together, often in leadership roles.

What does 'patriarchy' refer to?

• Culture where the father or husband had the central role in society and the family.
• A state in which political power rests in the hands of the people through their representatives.
• A group of three people working together, often in leadership roles.
• Right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

A soldier in the Roman army

• veto
• patrician
• legionary
• triumvirate

Free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial, or equestrian class.

• patrician
• consul
• plebeian
• legend

a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not proven true (unauthenticated)

• legend
• veto
• triumvirate
• patriarchy