Chapter 6 Ancient Rome Vocabulary
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- A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH OFFICIALS ARE CHOSEN AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE
- REPUBLIC
- A MEMBER OF THE UPPER CLASS ROMAN SOCIETY; GENERALLY FOUNDING FAMILY LINEAGE; WEALTHY LAND-OWNERS
- PATRICIAN
- IN ANCIENT ROME, OFFICIAL FROM THE PATRICIAN CLASS WHO SUPERVISED THE GOVERNMENT AND COMMANDED THE ARMY
- CONSUL
- RULER WITH COMPLETE AUTHORITY; IN ANCIENT ROME, WAS APPOINTED TO RULE FOR 6 MONTHS DURING EMERGENCIES/WAR
- DICTATOR
- MEMBER OF THE LOWER CLASS IN ROME, INCLUDES FARMERS, MERCHANTS, ARTISANS AND TRADERS
- PLEBEIAN
- OFFICAL IN ANCIENT ROME WHO WAS ELECTED BY THE PLEBEIANS TO PROTECT THEIR LEGAL INTERESTS
- TRIBUNE
- TO BLOCK A GOVERNMENT ACTION
- VETO
- BASIC UNIT OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN ARMY; MADE UP OF ABOUT 5000 SOLDIERS
- LEGION
- CENTRAL MARKET PLACE IN ROME
- FORUM
- FAMILY FATHER-THE OLDEST LIVING MALE WHO HAD EXTENSIVE POWERS OVER HIS WIFE, KIDS, UNMARRIED DAUGHTER & SLAVES
- PATER-FAMILIAS
- THE ROMAN PEACE FROM AUGUSTUS IN 27BC TO MARCUS AURELIUS IN AD 180. STABLE GOVERNMENT, WIDESPREAD TRADE
- PAX ROMANA
- MAN-MADE CHANNELS USED TO BRING WATER TO THE CITIES; BUILT BY rOMAN ENGIEERS
- AQUEDUCTS
- ROMAN ASTRONOMER WHO CLAIMED THE EARTH WAS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
- PTOLEMY
- MEDICAL PHYSICIAN WHO LIVED IN ROME AND WROTE DOWN VOLUMES OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
- GALEN
- FIERCE NOMADIC CENTRAL ASIAN PEOPLE WHO STORMED OUT OF THE EAST. LIVED BY LOOTING AND PLUNDERING. LED BY ATTILA
- HUNS