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24 Cards in this Set
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republic
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form of government in which voters elect officials to run the state
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tribunes
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officials elected by Rome's popular assemblies
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consuls
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chief executives in ealy Rome who ran the government & served as army commanders
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veto
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to refuse to approve a measure
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checks & balances
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system that prevents any part of a government from becoming too powerful
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praetors
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military commanders and overseers of government in ancient Rome
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censors
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magistrates who registered citizens by wealth, appointed candidates to senate, and oversaw moral conduct of citizens
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patricians
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powerful aristocratic class that controlled government & society
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plebeians
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citizens not in aristocratic class
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legion
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most important military unit consisting of 4,500 to 6,000 soldiers
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paterfamilies
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father who had absolute authority
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indemnity
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compensation paid to a nation for damages inflicted on it, as in war
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latifundia
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large estates
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equites
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class of Roman business & land-owning people who had wealth & political power
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Pax Romana
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period of peace from Augustus' reign (27 BC)--> Marcus Aurelius' death (180 AD)
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aqueducts
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bridgelike structures that carry water
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colonus
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tenant farmer who replaced slaveson large estates
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rabbis
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Jewish scholars knowledgeable about the scriptures & about the commentaries on religious law
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martyrs
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persons put to death because refusal to renounce certain beliefs
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patriarchs
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bishops of the 5 administrative centers for the church in the last years of the empire
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pope
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title assumed by patriarch of Rome & head of Christian Church
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inflation
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rise in prices caused by decrease in the value of the medium exchange
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collegia
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workers' trade associations in ancient Rome
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anarchy
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absence of any government
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