world history chapter 6 section 1,2,and 3 vocab cards
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- Latins
- the ancestors of the Romans who migrated into Italy.
- Etruscans
- people who lived north of Rome and ruled much of Italy, including Rome.
- Laws of the Twelve Tables
- made it possible for the first time for plebeians to appeal a judgement handed down by a pratrician judge.
- Jupiter
- a Roman god who ruled over the sky and other gods.
- Republic
- system of government in which officials are chosen by the people.
- patrician
- member of the landholding upper class in ancient Rome.
- consul
- in ancient Rome, official from the patrician class who supervised the government and commanded the armies.
- dictator
- ruler who has complete control over a government; in ancient Rome, a leader appointed to rule.
- plebeian
- member of the lower class in ancient Rome, including farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders.
- tribune
- official in ancient Rome who was elected by the plebeians to protect their interests.
- veto
- power to block a government action.
- legion
- basic unit of basic Roman army, made up of about 5,000 soldiers.
- Punic Wars
- three wars Rome fought against Carthage.
- Hannibal
- the Carthaginian's general who led his army in the second Punic War.
- Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
- two young brother patricians who were among the first to attempt reform.
- Julius Ceasar
- an ambitious military commander.
- Augustus
- ruler who emphasized absolute power and name his successor, just as a king would.
- Hadrian
- emporor who confided Roman law, making it the same for all provinces.
- Pax Romano
- "Roman Peace"
- Circus Maximus
- Rome's largest race course
- imperialism
- domination by the country of the political, economis, or cultural life of another country or religion.
- province
- land outside the city of Rome that was controlled by the Roman government.
- latifundia
- huge estates bought up by newly wealthy Roman citizens.
- census
- population count.
- Greco-Roman civilization
- the blending of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman traditions.
- Virgil
- author of the epic poem, the Aeneid, which tried to show that Rome's past was as herioc as that of Greece.
- Livy
- a historian who sought to rouse patriotic feeling and restore traditional Roman virtues by recalling images of Rome's heroic past.
- Pantheon
- a dome structure in Rome that was a temple to all Roman gods.
- Galen
- a Greek doctor who advanced the frontiers of medical science by insisting on experiments to prove a conclusion.
- civil law
- a system of law during the Republic that applied to its citiznes.
- law of nations
- a second system of law that applied to all people under Roman rule, citiznes and non-citizens.
- satirize
- make fun of.
- mosaic
- pictures made from chips of colored stone or glass.
- engineering
- application of science and mathematics to develope useful structures and machines.
- aqueduct
- in ancient Rome, bridgelike stone structure that carried water from the hills into the cities.