| A | B |
|---|
| Patrician | Ruling Class of Wealthy Landowners |
| Plebeian | Working Class; ordinary citizens |
| Consul | Head of government, usually with a limited term in office |
| Praetor | Government official who interprets the law and serves as judeges |
| Tribune | An elected official who protects the rights of ordinary citizens |
| Dictator | A person granted absolute power |
| Civic Duty | Idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country |
| Rome's oldest and prominent families | Who were Patricians? |
| Not as wealthy, many were very poor | Who were Plebeians? |
| artisans, shopkeepers and small farm owners | Who were Plebeians? |
| Both Plebeians and Patricians were: | Roman citizens, paid taxes, served in the army and Males only could vote |
| How many branches of government did the Republic have? | 3 |
| What did the 3 branches of government do in the Republic? | made laws, ran daily affairs and acted as judges |
| How many Patrician consuls did the Republic have? | 2 |
| What could Consuls do? | Administrators and could lead army |
| What limits did Consuls have in the Republic? | 1 year term limit and each Consul could veto the others vote |
| What were government officials called? | Praetors |
| What were the roles of the Praetors? | Interpret laws, serve as judges and lead armies |
| What was Rome's Legislature called? | Senate |
| Senators did this: | Served the Republic for life and advised the consuls |
| Legislative body that elected consuls and praetors and passed laws? | Assembly of Centuries |
| Why were the Plebeians unhappy? | Pay taxes, serve in the army but still had no power in government. |
| What did the Plebeians do to force the Senate to create the Plebeian Deal? | Strike and refuse to fight in the army |
| Plebeian Deal | Council of Plebs was created, Tribunes were elected to represent in Senate which eventually leads to Council of Plebs passing laws for all of Rome |
| Since the beginning of Rome all their laws have been written down T or F | False: they were verbal laws in the beginning |
| Rome's first code of laws was called? | Twelve Tables |
| Rule of Law for Rome meant that | Person was innocent until proven guilty, judges have to consider all evidence before ruling and everyone should be treated the same |
| A powerful trading empire based along coast of Northern Africa | Who was Carthage? |
| Carthage and Rome want control of this: | What was the Mediterranean world |
| What island off the tip of Italy does Rome want to control? | Sicily |
| Has a powerful Navy | Carthage |
| Has no navy but has best army | Rome |
| How did Rome modify Carthage Trireme? | Added a bridge to allow Roman soldiers to attack enemy |
| Who won the first Punic War? | Rome |
| What does Spain have that Carthage and Rome want? | Metals: copper, gold, iron, lead and silver |
| Carthage's greatest General was: | Who was Hannibal? |
| Hannibal crossed these Mtns with how many men and what animal? | Alps/46,000/Elephants |
| Rome becomes the superpower of the Mediterranean world by doing this; | What is capturing Spain and attacking Carthage? |
| In 146B.C. Rome finally does this; | What is, destroyed the Carthage Empire |
| What other civilization fell to the Romans? | Greece |
