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11 Cards in this Set
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Tiber River |
The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres |
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Republic |
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. |
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Plebeians |
a commoner. |
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Patricians |
a member of a noble family or class in ancient Rome |
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Magistrates |
a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones. |
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Consuls |
one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic. |
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Roman Senate |
was a political institution in ancient Rome. It was one of the most enduring institutions in Roman history, being established in the first days of the city |
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Roman Assembly |
The Roman Assemblies were institutions in ancient Rome. They functioned as the machinery of the Roman legislative branch |
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Veto |
a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body. |
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Punic Wars |
The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time, they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place. |
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Gladiators |
a man trained to fight with weapons against other men or wild animals in an arena. |
