Ch 3- Ancient Rome Flashcards
Founded by
Romulus and Remus
Founded in
753BC
Republic
Country that elects it’s own leader
Became a republic in
510BC
Senate
Parliament
Senators
Members of parliament
Consuls
A 1 year position to ensure no one individual gained too much power . Commanded the army
How do we know about the romans
Written documents eg language Latin
Archaeology- cities and towns
Legionnaire
Roman soldier
A legion has
5000 soldiers
How many legions in an army
30
Mutiny
Rebellion
Decimatio
If a muting occurred, the men were lined up and every 10th one was shot
Gruel
Soup made form barley
Legionnaires uniform
Chain mail vest over tunics. They carried a shield, sword, dagger and a javelin called a pilum. They wore greaves and a helmet
Greaves
Shin pads
Soldiers had to :
Be Roman citizens, serve 20 years, march 30km a day and carry everything they needed in a backpack
Auxilia
Back up army
Patricians
Rich people
Plebeians
Poor people
Forum
Center of Rome
Viasacre
Center of the forum (where produce was sold)
Domus
Patricians House
Parts of the domus
Atrium, impluvium, cubicula, culina and peristylum