chapter 10 vocab

Question 1

Aeneas

Answer 1

Great Trojan hero named Aeneas

Question 2

Romulus

Answer 2

were twin brothers named Romulus

Question 3

republic

Answer 3

people elect leaders to govern them

Question 4

dictaters

Answer 4

rulers with almost absolute power.

Question 5

plebeians

Answer 5

or common people

Question 6

patricians

Answer 6

nobles called patricians

Question 7

magistrates

Answer 7

officials or magistrates

Question 8

consuls

Answer 8

The two most powerful magistates

Question 9

Roman Senate

Answer 9

was a council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city’s leaders

Question 10

veto

Answer 10

or prohibit

Question 11

Latin

Answer 11

the Romans language

Question 12

checks and balances

Answer 12

methods to balance power

Question 13

Forum

Answer 13

Rome’s public meeting place

Question 14

legions

Answer 14

or group of up to 6,000 soldiers

Question 15

Punic Wars

Answer 15

a series of wars against Carthage, a city in northern Africa.

Question 16

Hannibal

Answer 16

An army led by the brilliant genral

Question 17

gaius Marius

Answer 17

a consul name Gaius Marius

Question 18

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Answer 18

Became consul 88bc

Question 19

Spartacus

Answer 19

rose up and demanded freedom