Rome's early expansion
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- tribunes
- plebian gov't official who could veto laws
- Marcus Manlius
- was stationed on the Capitoline hill w/ other soldiers, was warned by the sacred geese of juno to fight off attacking Gauls
- the twelve tablets
- the written laws of rome, written down due to plebiscite
- lictor
- attendants who carried the fasces to the meetings, had 12
- quaestor
- city treasurer
- Pyrrhus
- greek king of epirus who aided the Samnites in the struggle against the Romans
- censors
- elected every 5 years to write names in order of wealth for taxtaion purposes
- consilium plebis
- plebian assembly which made decrees called plebiscites
- Collatinus
- one of the 1st consuls
- Marcus Furius Camillus
- a dictator who suggested using javelins and breaking up the group to over come the Samnites
- Brennus
- Gaul general who overtook Rome and was bribed out of it with more than1000 lbs of gold
- aediles
- supervisor or traffic, entertainment and food supply
- gravitas
- devout loyalty to public service
- pontifex maximus
- leader of religious activity
- Comitia Centuriata
- the assembly of Roman citizens who met when called by the consuls
- Senate
- group of men who debated issues effecting public interest and voted on ways to fix them
- praetor
- judge in law court, there were eight
- plebians
- larger group of men, working class who fought for rome
- patricians
- wealthy established families, the blue bloodline
- rostum
- modern word for speakers platform
- Allia River battle
- battle lost by rome, ended up conquered by gauls
- Sentinum
- the battle which in which the Romans over came the Pyrrhic army
- Lucius Quinctus Cincinnatus
- dictator who showed gravitas
- consul
- elected leader of the early Roman civilization, shared duty w/ other consul, both had equal power and could cancel eachother out
- Publius Decius Mus
- consul who commanded his men to plunge through the enemy line at Sentinum to win the battle