Chapter 7_define
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- pope
- title assumed by the patriach of Rome and head of the Catholic Church
- republic
- form of government in which voters elect officials to run the state
- triumvirate
- political alliance of three rulers
- matryrs
- persons put to death for their beliefs
- inflation
- rise in prices caused by a decrease in the value of the medium of exchange
- plebians
- farmers and workers who made up most of the Roman population
- censors
- Roman officials who registered citizens according to their wealth
- veto
- refuse to approve, as in a bill or law
- dictator
- absolute ruler
- rabbis
- religious scholars of Judaism
- bishops
- heads of the Catholic Church in major cities
- checks and balances
- system of government that prevents any one part of the government from being too powerful
- patriarchs
- bishops of the administrative centers for the church in the last years of the Roman Empire
- gladiators
- trained fighters,usually slaves, who fought in areas as entertainment
- tribunes
- officials elected by Rome's popular assemblies
- aqueducts
- bridegelike structures that carry water
- patricians
- powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society
- consuls
- chief executives elected to run the the government in ancient Rome
- praetors
- elected Roman officials who helped the consuls
- equites
- class of business people and landowners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power