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| 275628030 | Republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 0 | |
| 275628031 | Patrician | Latin for father | 1 | |
| 275628032 | Plebian | Latin for the mass | 2 | |
| 275628033 | Consul | elected from members of the senate, limited to 1 year terms (each had veto power over the other) | 3 | |
| 275628034 | Censor | came from the senate "rubber stamp" any law passed by the senate was automatically okayed | 4 | |
| 275628035 | Law of the Twelve Tables | In 40 B.C when the Roman government wrote the laws of Rome on 12 tablets. This made Plebeians capable to appeal against patrician judge. Now they would be obeyed because the laws were strictly written down, and all citizens know to follow the laws. | 5 | |
| 275628036 | Hortensian Laws | In 287 B.C., the Hortensian Law (named for Quintus Hortensius) was enacted which stripped the Roman Senate of its veto power over the Assembly. | 6 | |
| 275628037 | Tribunes | An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates. | 7 | |
| 275628038 | Scipio Africanus | Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC) | 8 | |
| 275628039 | Reparations | payment for damages after a war | 9 | |
| 275628040 | Proconsuls | An official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province and who had powers similar to those of a consul | 10 | |
| 275628041 | Proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | 11 | |
| 275628042 | Gracchi Brothers | brothers who tried to reform the Roman Empire by giving back Latifundias to the small farmers but were assassinated; Founding fathers of socialism and populism | 12 | |
| 275628043 | Julius Caesar | conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) | 13 | |
| 275628044 | Octavian Caesar | considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD at his death. Augustus "The revered one" | 14 | |
| 275628045 | First Triumvirate | included Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar. Is a government by three people with equal power. Crassus was killed. Caesar became dictator | 15 | |
| 275628046 | Second Triumvirate | Octavius, Marc Antony, and Lepidus. Ocatvius took over and Replic was over. entered Pax Romana with Octavius. | 16 | |
| 275628047 | Pax Romana | the Roman peace | 17 | |
| 275628048 | Virgil | a Roman poet | 18 | |
| 275628049 | Municipia | The second highest class of Roman cities under colonia | 19 | |
| 275628050 | Jus Gentium | law of all peoples as opposed to the law that reflected only Roman practice | 20 | |
| 275628051 | Marcus Aurelius | Emperor of Rome, stoic philosopher and writer | 21 | |
| 275628052 | Misogyny | hatred of women | 22 | |
| 275628053 | Sui Juris | Law; Capable of managing one's affairs or assuming legal responsibility | 23 |
