Ch. 5 Vocab Flashcards
Great builders; shared the peninsula with Rome; lived North of Rome;
Romans adapted their alphabet, the use of the arch, and engineering techniques
Etruscans
The founders of Rome; brothers; father was Mars, mother was Rhea
Romulus and Remus
The people choose their representatives; Roman one established in 509 Bc
Republic
The power to shut down, say no to, a law
Veto
The way people in power can check each other, balance of power, the roman consuls had to agree and the decisions had to be approved by the other
Checks and balances
Roman government, made the laws and controlled the government, 300 members made up of patricians
Senate
Two men who supervised gov. business and command armies, checked each other, only served one term (year), from the patrician class
Consuls
Military leader chosen in times of war, served for six months (cincinnatus)
Dictator
Members of the upper class, nobility
Patricians
Farmers, merchants, artisans, who made up most of the population
Plebeians
The basic military unit, 5000 men, well trained, similar to Greek phalanx
Legion
A punishment for cowardly or non loyalty in army, every tenth man from a cowardly legion would be killed
Decimate
A word that describes the characters idolized by the Romans (discipline, strength, loyalty)
Gravitas
When the male (father) had absolute power in a family
Patar familias
City state in Northern coast of Africa that Rome fought the Punic wars with
Carthage
