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12 Cards in this Set
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Tiber River |
Rome was built around it. |
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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 member of the lower social classes. |
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Patricians |
An aristocrat or nobleman. |
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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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Consols |
One of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic. |
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Roman Senate |
The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. |
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Roman Assembly |
The Roman Assemblies were institutions in ancient Rome. |
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Veto |
a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body. |
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Checks and balances |
The Romans came up with this. |
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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. |
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Gladiators |
A gladiator was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. |
