| A | B |
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| republic | a type of government in which citizens select their leaders |
| patrician | a member of a wealthy family in the ancient Roman Republic |
| pebeian | an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic |
| consul | an elected official who led the Roman Republic |
| veto | the power of one branch of government to reject bills or proposals passed by another branch of government |
| dictator | a person in the ancient Roman Republic appointed to rule for six months in times of emergency, with all the powers of a king |
| province | a unit of an empire |
| Colosseum | a large ampitheater built in Rome around A.D. 70; site of contests and combats |
| aqueduct | a structure that carries water over long distances |
| poytheism | a belief in more than one God |
| arch | a curved structure used as a support over an open space, as in a doorway |
