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Consuls |
Primary executives in the Roman Republic, elected for one year terms, who commanded the army in battle, administered state business, and supervised financial affairs; originally the office was limited to patricians. |
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Patricians |
The Roman aristocracy; wealthy landowners who held political power. |
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Plebeians |
The common people of Rome, who had few of the patricians' advantages. |
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Senate |
The assembly that was the main institution of government in the Roman Republic. It grew out of an earlier council of advisors to the king. |
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Paterfamilias |
The oldest dominant male of the family, who held nearly absolute power over the lives of family members as long as he lived. |
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Manumission |
The freeing of individual slaves by their masters. |
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Pax Romana |
A period of Roman security, order, harmony, flourishing culture, and expanding economy during the first and second centuries c.e. |
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Pagan |
From a Latin term meaning "of the country," used to describe non- Christian followers of the Greco- Roman gods. |
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Bishop |
A Christian church officials with jurisdiction over a certain area and the power to determine the correct interpretation of Christian teachings. |
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Heresy |
A religious practice or belief judge unacceptable by church officials. |
