Ancient Rome Flashcards
Mountains, Seas, Peninsula, Plains.
Landforms and Geographical Features
To contribute to something.
Contribution.
The form of government where citizens elect representatives to hold government positions. Power is divided into multiple parts.
Republic
A government consisting of three parts which share power.
Tripartite
Citizens of Roman society who were part of the higher or wealthier class. These people had most of the power and say in government.
Patricians
Citizens of Roman society who were part of the working or lower class. Until later in time, their political power was very limited.
Plebeians
Two patricians who were in charge of the army and overseeing the government. They were selected each year.
Consul
The Roman law making body made up of 300 patricians. These men served in this position for life.
Senate
Large group of Roman citizens. The only group that plebeians were able to participate in.
Assembly
People who interpreted the laws and acted as judges.
Praetors
Roman code of law that was carved on bronze tablets. These were developed because the plebeians demanded justice. “All free citizens had the right to be treated equally.”
12 Tables
-Male patricians and plebeians
-Parent who was a citizen (native born)
-Freed slaves or allies
-Made a large payment
Roman Citizenship
The system which has multiple parts; does not allow one part to gain too much power.
Checks and Balances
When citizens register themselves, their family, and their property for taxes.
Census
. First developed around 312 B.C., these engineering
marvels used gravity to transport water along stone, lead and concrete pipelines and into city
centers. Aqueducts liberated Roman cities from a reliance on nearby water supplies and proved
priceless in promoting public health and sanitation. While the Romans did not invent the
aqueduct—primitive canals for irrigation and water transport existed earlier in Egypt, Assyria
Aqueducts
