Chapt. 7
Terms
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- Praetors
- Elected Roman officials who helped the consuls
- Scipio
- Roman general
- Hannibal
- one of the greatest generals of all time; assembled a huge Cathaginian army that included foot soldiers, horse sodiers, and elephants.
- Spartacus
- slave who led the most brutal revolt in 73 B.C.
- Checks and Balances
- Systems of government that prevents any one part of the government from becoming too powerful
- Patriarchs
- bishops of the administrative centers for the church in the last years of the Roman empire
- Martyrs
- Persons put to death for their beliefs
- Equites
- Class of business people and landowners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power
- Tribunes
- Officials elected by Rome's popular assemblies
- Triumvirate
- political alliance of three rulers
- Veto
- Refuse to approve, as in a bill or law
- Censors
- Roman officials who registered citizens according to their wealth
- Consuls
- Chief executives elected to run the the government in ancient Rome
- Patricians
- Powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society
- Rabbis
- religious scholars of Judaism
- Plebeians
- Farmers and workers who made up most of the Roman population
- Gladiators
- trained fighters, usually slaves, who fought in arenas as entertainment
- Pope
- title assumed by the patriarch of Rome and head of the catholic church; from the latin word meaning "father"
- Aqueducts
- bridgelike structures that carry water
- Punic Wars
- three costly conflicts between the Romans and Carthaginians over control of the Mediterranean and overseas expansions
- Inflation
- A rise in prices caused to a decrease in the value of money
- Dictator
- Absolute ruler
- Republic
- Form of government in which voters elect officials to run the state
- Bishops
- headed church in each city