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14 Cards in this Set
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Republic
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A nation in which power belongs to the citizens, wo govern through elected representatives
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Senate
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An essembly of elected representatives
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Patricain
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In ancient Rome, a menber of a wealthy, landowning family
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Plebian
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An ordinary, working male citizen of ancient Rome
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Julius Caesar
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A general who became dictator of the Roman world in the first century B.C.
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Empire
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A nation or group of territories ruled by a powerful leader, or emperor
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Augustus
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Caesar's adopted son and first emperor of Rome in 27 B.C.
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Constantine
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First Chistian emperor of Rome; ruled from A.D. 306-337
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Medieval
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of or about the middle ages
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Charlemagne
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Germanic King; crowned Holy Roman Emperor in A.D. 800
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Manorialism
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system in which a lord received food and work form peasants in exchange for his protection
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Feudalism
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system in which nobles gaveland to lesser nobles in return for services
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Guild
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association set up by trades pepole to protect their common interests
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Magna Carta
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document of 1215 that limited the english king's power
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