| A | B |
|---|
| Republic | elected representatives govern |
| Patrician | a word that comes from Latin patres or fathers |
| Plebian | common citizens- had limited sa y in government |
| Imperium | a supreme authority |
| Consul | an official chosen from Patrician class, who carried out the laws of Rome |
| Veto | the power to stop the acts of another |
| Tribune | 10 people chosen by the Plebians though the assembly of Tribes |
| Tiber River | river in Italy where Rome was founded |
| Romulus and Remus | legendary twin brothers who founded Rome |
| Etruscans | a people from Asia Minor who dominated Italy |
| Tarquin the Proud | tyrant overthrown by Romans |
| Twelve Tables | written set of Roman laws adopted in 450 B.C. |
| Forum | Religious and governmental center of Rome |
| phalanx | a military formation that was made up of foot soldiers massed together with shields joined and spears overlapping |
| maniples | a term that means "handful". These replaced phalanxes and were organized in a simpler way. |
| gladiator | men who fought with swords, daggers, and spears |
| Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | patrician brothers who supported land redistribution |
| Julius Caesar | political leader of Rome (49-44bc) |
| The First Triumvirate | political alliance between Julius Casear, Pompey, and Crassus (60-49 bc) |
| Octavian | first emperor of Rome (31bc) |
| Pax Romana | 200 years of peace, beginning in AD 27 |
